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G. Gordon Cook
New York Times, Saturday, April 27, 1974
Author:
G. Gordon Cook
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 45.0
G. Gordon Cook has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 O | 3 A | 4 S | 5 D | 6 E | 7 A | 8 L | 9 S | 10 S | 11 W | 12 A | 13 B |
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14 A | V | E | C | 15 E | R | N | I | E | 16 M | A | M | E |
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17 N | E | R | O | 18 B | R | O | N | C | 19 H | I | T | I | S |
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20 C | R | I | T | 21 E | R | I | A | 22 O | I | L | E | R | S |
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23 F | R | I | S | 24 U | N | D | E | R | ||||||
25 C | 26 O | 27 P | R | A | S | 28 A | N | D | E | R | S | 29 O | 30 N |
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31 O | B | O | E | 32 M | U | S | E | S | 33 H | U | I |
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34 M | E | L | E | 35 D | A | T | E | D | 36 G | E | T | S |
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37 I | S | L | 38 C | O | U | R | T | 39 A | D | D | A |
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40 C | A | U | 41 S | A | L | L | Y | 42 S | 43 A | M | S | O | N |
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44 T | I | R | E | S | 45 H | E | L | M | ||||||
46 O | 47 R | A | T | E | S | 48 S | E | R | I | A | 49 L | 50 L | 51 Y |
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52 M | O | N | I | T | O | 53 R | I | N | G | 54 R | O | U | E |
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55 A | T | T | N | 56 M | I | N | C | E | 57 A | R | C | H |
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58 N | E | S | S | 59 E | D | G | E | S | 60 Y | A | K | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,023
Across
1
Snakes : BOAS
5
Bridge units : DEALS
10
Deck cleaner : SWAB
14
With, in Brest : AVEC
15
Ford : ERNIE
16
Famous aunt : MAME
17
Pianist Peter : NERO
18
Chest ailment : BRONCHITIS
20
Standards : CRITERIA
22
Houston team : OILERS
23
Relatives of Sats. and Mons. : FRIS
24
Down ___ : UNDER
25
Dried coconut meats : COPRAS
28
Singer Marian : ANDERSON
31
Reed instrument : OBOE
32
Nine daughters of Zeus : MUSES
33
Chinese guild : HUI
34
Hawaiian chant : MELE
35
Obsolete : DATED
36
Obtains : GETS
37
Bermuda or Cuba: Abbr. : ISL
38
Old Bailey, e.g. : COURT
39
Egyptian skink : ADDA
40
In an effect-producing way : CAUSALLY
42
Famous hair-loser : SAMSON
44
Exasperates : TIRES
45
Place of control : HELM
46
Sounds off : ORATES
48
In installments : SERIALLY
52
Listening in : MONITORING
54
Profligate : ROUE
55
Envelope-routing abbr. : ATTN
56
Holiday pie : MINCE
57
St. Louis sight : ARCH
58
Monster's H.Q. : NESS
59
Rims : EDGES
60
Tibetan animals : YAKS
Down
1
Judge's seat : BANC
2
Ham operator's word : OVER
3
Atmosphere: Prefix : AERI
4
Off the hook, completely : SCOTFREE
5
Waste material : DEBRIS
6
Area of County Mayo : ERRIS
7
Celebes ox : ANOA
8
Yutang : LIN
9
Supported : SECONDED
10
Happy one : SMILER
11
Drainage divisions : WATERSHEDS
12
Afghan ruler : AMIR
13
Myerson : BESS
19
Lies in ambush : HIDES
21
Time period : ERA
24
Like some gems : UNSET
25
Kind of valentine : COMIC
26
Plump, in Spain : OBESA
27
Smoke, waste chemicals, etc. : POLLUTANTS
28
Gene of films : AUTRY
29
Excel : OUTDO
30
Jewish month : NISAN
32
Manhandles : MAULS
35
Disconsolate : DOLESOME
36
Atomic emission : GAMMARAY
38
Printer's mark : CARET
41
Certain forms of protest : SITINS
42
Twills : SERGES
43
Heavyweight name : ALI
45
Therefore : HENCE
46
Arabian area : OMAN
47
Fixed course : ROTE
48
Half a prison : SING
49
Insect parts : LORA
50
Sometimes a lady : LUCK
51
Slangy agreements : YEHS
53
Purge : RID
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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