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Marie West
New York Times, Thursday, March 24, 1977
21-Across : Surpass
Author:
Marie West
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Marie West has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 D | 3 A | 4 M | 5 P | 6 R | 7 E | 8 S | 9 S | 10 M | 11 A | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 S | O | L | O | 15 R | A | D | A | R | 16 A | U | L | A |
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17 S | P | A | R | 18 R | I | N | G | P | A | 19 R | T | N | E | R |
20 T | E | N | D | E | N | C | Y | 21 O | U | T | D | O |
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22 A | N | T | E | 23 T | 24 O | U | R | |||||||
25 S | 26 L | 27 A | N | T | S | 28 B | U | D | G | E | 29 T | 30 E | 31 R |
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32 H | I | L | T | S | 33 H | O | R | D | E | 34 I | R | A |
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35 E | N | D | S | 36 F | I | N | N | S | 37 T | E | A | K |
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38 A | G | E | 39 R | I | D | E | S | 40 P | A | U | S | E |
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41 F | O | R | 42 G | I | V | E | R | 43 P | E | P | P | E | R |
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44 A | C | E | S | 45 T | O | T | E | |||||||
46 C | 47 R | 48 E | P | E | 49 C | A | T | E | R | 50 S | 51 T | 52 O |
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53 R | U | L | E | R | 54 O | 55 F | T | H | E | R | O | O | S | T |
56 U | S | S | R | 57 B | A | R | O | N | 58 F | R | A | T |
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59 S | E | A | S | 60 I | N | S | E | T | 61 F | A | R | O |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,085
Across
1
Eve's mate : ADAM
5
Kind of agent : PRESS
10
Upright pole : MAST
14
Song for Sills : SOLO
15
Detecting device : RADAR
16
German hall : AULA
17
Rowing mate : SPARRINGPARTNER
20
Drift : TENDENCY
21
Surpass : OUTDO
22
___ up (pay) : ANTE
23
Journey : TOUR
25
Inclines : SLANTS
28
Thrifty mate : BUDGETER
32
Sword handles : HILTS
33
Throng : HORDE
34
A Gershwin : IRA
35
Remnants : ENDS
36
Helsinki natives : FINNS
37
Furniture wood : TEAK
38
Iron or Stone : AGE
39
Commutes : RIDES
40
Brief stop : PAUSE
41
Tolerant mate : FORGIVER
43
Condiment : PEPPER
44
King toppers : ACES
45
Carry : TOTE
46
Thin pancake : CREPE
49
Pampers : CATERSTO
53
Dominating mate : RULEROFTHEROOST
56
U.N. member : USSR
57
Lady's mate : BARON
58
Student org. : FRAT
59
Red and White : SEAS
60
Map feature : INSET
61
Gambling game : FARO
Down
1
Helpful mate: Abbr. : ASST
2
Info : DOPE
3
Arkin or Bean : ALAN
4
Dyeing fixatives : MORDANTS
5
Some pictures : PRINTS
6
Belgian marble : RANCE
7
Irritable : EDGY
8
Vital fluid : SAP
9
Señor's mate: Abbr. : SRA
10
Ripen : MATURE
11
Uncle's mate : AUNT
12
Luge : SLED
13
Source of poi : TARO
18
Landlord's income : RENTS
19
Roulette bet : ROUGE
23
Whirls : TURNS
24
Advantage : ODDS
25
Bundle : SHEAF
26
Jargon : LINGO
27
Rot-resistant wood : ALDER
28
Blooper : BONER
29
Traffic jam : TIEUP
30
Rub out : ERASE
31
Farmer, at times : RAKER
33
Pelts : HIDES
36
Reporter's ___ W's : FIVE
37
Diminish : TAPEROFF
39
Kitchen gadget : RICER
40
Catherine the Great's mate : PETER
42
Certain clams : GAPERS
43
Powerful : POTENT
45
Western resort lake : TAHOE
46
Shank : CRUS
47
Artifice : RUSE
48
Lohengrin's mate : ELSA
49
Middles: Abbr. : CTRS
50
Carolina rail : SORA
51
Ivan the Terrible : TSAR
52
Klemperer : OTTO
54
Geisha's sash : OBI
55
Rooter : FAN
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.