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Bill Shipp
New York Times, Saturday, April 10, 1976
Author:
Bill Shipp
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 17.4
Bill Shipp has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 H | 4 A | 5 R | 6 A | 7 N | 8 I | 9 P | 10 R | 11 I | 12 E | 13 D | ||
14 A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | 15 R | I | N | S | E | 16 S |
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17 T | A | R | T | A | R | U | S | 18 E | L | A | P | S | E |
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19 A | D | E | 20 L | E | T | 21 A | T | E | 22 A | P | A |
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23 H | A | D | 24 A | T | 25 I | 26 N | R | E | 27 A | V | O | N |
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28 A | V | I | S | O | 29 L | A | N | N | 30 E | R | E | T | S |
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31 R | A | T | E | 32 F | U | T | 33 D | O | E | |||||
34 I | T | Y | 35 M | I | S | U | 36 S | E | S | 37 O | 38 U | 39 R |
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40 E | E | L | 41 R | A | D | 42 A | N | N | E |
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43 B | 44 A | 45 C | K | W | A | 46 T | E | R | 47 A | M | E | B | A |
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48 L | O | R | E | 49 M | I | L | D | 50 B | A | S | E | S |
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51 E | R | E | 52 R | E | P | 53 I | 54 A | L | 55 P | A | C |
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56 S | T | A | 57 L | I | N | 58 I | N | T | I | 59 M | A | T | E |
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60 T | A | M | E | S | T | 61 L | I | O | N | S | D | E | N |
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62 E | S | S | E | S | 63 L | A | N | D | S | E | N | D |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,737
Across
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Indian princess : MAHARANI
9
Forced open : PRIED
14
Dreiser's tragedy : AMERICAN
15
Washes lightly : RINSES
17
Hades : TARTARUS
18
Slip by : ELAPSE
19
Drink : ADE
20
___ go (release) : LET
21
Consumed : ATE
22
Brazilian tree : APA
23
Attacked : HADAT
25
Concerning : INRE
27
English river : AVON
28
Dispatch boat : AVISO
29
Male falcons : LANNERETS
31
Deserve : RATE
32
Russian measure : FUT
33
Hind : DOE
34
Degree: Suffix : ITY
35
Handles badly : MISUSES
37
Possessive : OUR
40
Conger : EEL
41
Energy unit : RAD
42
Furniture queen : ANNE
43
Row in reverse : BACKWATER
47
Microscopic animal : AMEBA
48
Erudition : LORE
49
Soft : MILD
50
Foundations : BASES
51
Before : ERE
52
Fabric : REP
53
Adjective suffix : IAL
55
Ocean: Abbr. : PAC
56
Russian leader : STALIN
58
Close : INTIMATE
60
Most subdued : TAMEST
61
Daniel's milieu : LIONSDEN
62
Road curves : ESSES
63
It's a long way from John o' Groat's : LANDSEND
Down
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W.W. I spy : MATAHARI
2
Indian songbird : AMADAVAT
3
Genetic derivation : HEREDITY
4
Linkletter : ART
5
Theater district : RIALTO
6
Land measure : ACRE
7
O. W. Holmes's was chambered : NAUTILUS
8
___ and outs : INS
9
Feigned : PRETENDED
10
Irritate : RILE
11
Miss Claire : INA
12
Tropical timber tree : ESPAVE
13
Tyrant : DESPOT
16
O'Casey et al. : SEANS
21
Scottish alder : ARN
24
Suffix in enzyme names : ASE
26
Au ___ (unclothed) : NATUREL
27
Metric measure : ARE
30
Dawn goddess : EOS
32
Light-bulb parts : FILAMENTS
35
Common gull : MEW
36
Medit. island : SARDINIA
37
Bridge bid : ONESPADE
38
Still on top : UNBEATEN
39
Go up again : REASCEND
40
___ out a living : EKE
42
Doctors' org. : AMA
43
Enjoying happiness : BLEST
44
Arteries : AORTAE
45
Drubs soundly : CREAMS
46
Hint : TIP
47
Up ___ alley (stymied) : ABLIND
52
Upward slope : RISE
54
Solar disk : ATON
57
French article : LES
58
Indisposed : ILL
59
Papers: Abbr. : MSS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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