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Christopher Sherwood
Christopher Sherwood

New York Times, Tuesday, April 28, 1987

Author:
Christopher Sherwood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { B Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 26.1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Christopher Sherwood has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,685
Across
1
Chutzpah, in the extreme : GALL
5
Atlantis proprietor : NASA
9
Dwell on tediously : HARP
13
Fugitive's moniker : ALIAS
15
Egyptian goddess : ISIS
16
G.I.'s transgression : AWOL
17
Mute bird : STORK
18
Caron role : GIGI
19
W.W. II offshoot : NATO
20
Together : HANDINHAND
22
Dew or rain follower : DROP
23
Deserter : RAT
24
Mr. Fudd : ELMER
26
Incantations : SPELLS
30
Railroad flare : FUSEE
32
Exhort : URGE
33
Chester ___ Arthur : ALAN
35
Take as one's own : ADOPT
39
Complain : MOAN
40
"___ Be," Beatles song : LETIT
42
Medley : OLIO
43
Rice field : PADDY
45
Throw a party for : FETE
46
Sight in an OPEC land : WELL
47
Adds seasoning : SALTS
49
Enmesh : TANGLE
51
Tremble : SHAKE
53
Actor Voight : JON
54
Former Iranian ruler : SHAH
55
"___ Rose," Streisand hit : SECONDHAND
62
What Antofalla might spew : LAVA
63
Bombay garment : SARI
64
Adjective for a séance : EERIE
65
South Yemen's capital : ADEN
66
Kiln : OVEN
67
"There is a ___ of love": Blake : SMILE
68
Hawk : VEND
69
Salamander : NEWT
70
Winter plaything : SLED
Down
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Wound : GASH
2
Utah resort : ALTA
3
N.F.L. participant : LION
4
Rendered fat : LARD
5
This has "a thousand eyes" : NIGHT
6
Singapore's location : ASIA
7
"Stop" or "Falling Rocks" : SIGN
8
Thespians' words with the audience : ASIDES
9
Item from a sib : HANDMEDOWN
10
Cognizant : AWARE
11
Part of a Sikorsky vehicle : ROTOR
12
Noise from a fall : PLOP
14
Sound o' the pipes : SKIRL
21
Twangy : NASAL
25
Meadow : LEA
26
Pit : SUMP
27
Malayan canoe : PROA
28
"Consarn it!" : EGAD
29
Acts neighborly : LENDSAHAND
30
Clotho et al. : FATES
31
Gram or meter : UNIT
34
A Parisian Bank : LEFT
36
Designer Cassini : OLEG
37
Bolus : PILL
38
Japanned metalware : TOLE
41
Wyo.'s ___ Range : TETON
44
Tibetan ox : YAK
48
Concern for a student : LESSON
50
Bogotá's location : ANDES
51
Hades habitué : SHADE
52
Place to seek sanctuary : HAVEN
53
Knee or elbow : JOINT
54
Wend or Croat : SLAV
56
Building part : EAVE
57
Stars & Stripes heroes : CREW
58
___ and haws : HEMS
59
Seed covering : ARIL
60
Christie's "Death on the ___" : NILE
61
Feat : DEED

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