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Samuel K. Fliegner
New York Times, Thursday, March 9, 1967
41-Across : Take up, as a cause.
Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 40.2
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 C | 3 O | 4 P | 5 E | 6 S | 7 C | 8 A | 9 R | 10 B | 11 A | 12 R | 13 I |
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14 H | U | M | I | D | 15 I | O | N | A | 16 A | M | I | D |
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17 A | R | E | N | A | 18 E | T | Y | M | 19 O | L | O | G | Y |
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20 L | I | G | A | M | 21 E | N | T | 22 A | S | T | R | A | L |
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23 L | O | A | F | 24 S | N | A | 25 P | 26 T | I | P | ||||
27 O | 28 C | T | A | G | O | 29 N | 30 C | H | 31 O | 32 P |
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33 S | 34 T | 35 E | R | E | O | 36 E | S | A | 37 U | 38 O | T | E |
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39 C | A | Y | E | N | N | 40 E | 41 E | S | P | 42 O | U | S | E |
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43 U | R | E | 44 T | I | L | 45 T | 46 C | O | N | S | U | L |
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47 P | O | O | 48 R | 49 A | B | I | 50 L | E | N | E | ||||
51 P | A | 52 R | 53 A | M | O | N | 54 T | 55 R | 56 E | 57 S |
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58 S | 59 C | E | N | I | 60 C | 61 P | O | T | 62 R | O | A | S | T |
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63 C | O | N | C | O | R | 64 D | A | T | 65 A | O | R | T | A |
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66 O | R | E | O | 67 A | O | N | E | 68 S | N | E | E | R |
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69 T | E | R | R | 70 W | E | I | R | 71 P | E | R | S | E |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,417
Across
1
Extent. : SCOPE
6
Identifying mark. : SCAR
10
Italian seaport. : BARI
14
Sultry. : HUMID
15
Hebrides island. : IONA
16
Betwixt. : AMID
17
Gladiator's milieu. : ARENA
18
Word derivation. : ETYMOLOGY
20
Bond or tie. : LIGAMENT
22
Starry. : ASTRAL
23
Bread shape. : LOAF
24
Pushover. : SNAP
26
Secret information. : TIP
27
Geometric figure. : OCTAGON
30
Cut short. : CHOP
33
Kind of recording. : STEREO
36
Biblical twin. : ESAU
38
Native of: Suffix. : OTE
39
Pepper variety. : CAYENNE
41
Take up, as a cause. : ESPOUSE
43
Yorkshire river. : URE
44
Incline. : TILT
46
Chargé d'affaires. : CONSUL
47
Inadequate. : POOR
49
City in Texas. : ABILENE
51
Golf term. : PAR
53
Egyptian god. : AMON
54
Three, in Spain. : TRES
58
Picturesque. : SCENIC
61
Meat dish. : POTROAST
63
Formal agreement. : CONCORDAT
65
Blood vessel. : AORTA
66
Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
67
Tops. : AONE
68
Express contempt. : SNEER
69
Region: Abbr. : TERR
70
Milldam. : WEIR
71
Intrinsically: Lat. : PERSE
Down
1
"___ We Dance?" : SHALL
2
Rare object. : CURIO
3
Greek letter. : OMEGA
4
Name of stage fame. : PINAFORE
5
Cheese. : EDAM
6
Earth pigment. : SIENNA
7
Country home. : COTTAGE
8
Some. : ANY
9
Hindu deity. : RAMA
10
European sea. : BALTIC
11
Shapeless. : AMORPHOUS
12
Latvian capital. : RIGA
13
Pastoral. : IDYL
19
East: Ger. : OST
21
Country on 10 Down. : ESTONIA
25
Affectation. : POSE
28
Coin. : CENT
29
Beginning to exist. : NASCENT
31
City near Kyoto. : OTSU
32
Scale off. : PEEL
33
Porgy. : SCUP
34
Edible root. : TARO
35
Something startling, as news. : EYEOPENER
37
Preposition. : UPON
40
Napoleon's principality. : ELBA
42
Unit per unit. : ONETOONE
45
Kettledrums. : TIMPANI
48
Ill will. : RANCOR
50
Marauder. : LOOTER
52
Brasilia's predecessor. : RIO
55
More tenuous. : RARER
56
___ Park. : ESTES
57
Gaze. : STARE
58
Clansman. : SCOT
59
Center. : CORE
60
Crop. : CRAW
62
Grate. : RASP
64
Cervine animal. : DOE
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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