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Christine R. Valence
New York Times, Monday, April 3, 1967
Author:
Christine R. Valence
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 327 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.0
Christine R. Valence has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 O | 3 S | 4 H | 5 F | 6 A | 7 N | 8 C | 9 Y | 10 A | 11 H | 12 M | 13 E |
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14 E | X | P | O | 15 A | W | A | R | E | 16 N | O | E | D |
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17 T | E | R | M | 18 L | A | B | E | L | 19 D | U | S | E |
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20 A | N | Y | B | 21 O | D | Y | 22 A | L | 23 S | O | R | A | N |
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24 U | L | E | 25 M | O | O | R | ||||||||
26 T | 27 H | 28 I | R | D | R | 29 O | 30 W | 31 W | A | R | 32 M | 33 U | 34 P |
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35 R | I | N | G | 36 A | V | O | 37 W | 38 R | A | I | S | E |
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39 A | R | C | 40 C | L | A | M | O | 41 R | S | 42 N | U | N |
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43 D | E | U | 44 C | Y | 45 L | A | V | A | 46 T | O | A | D |
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47 E | R | R | A | N | 48 T | 49 N | E | W | 50 G | I | R | L | S |
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51 L | I | R | 52 A | 53 H | U | M | ||||||||
54 T | 55 A | 56 X | I | C | A | B | 57 M | I | N | E | 58 R | 59 A | 60 L |
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61 H | U | M | P | 62 J | A | 63 P | E | D | 64 L | I | K | E |
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65 U | T | A | H | 66 A | T | O | N | E | 67 A | G | I | N |
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68 D | O | S | S | 69 N | E | X | U | S | 70 G | I | N | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,442
Across
1
Fiddlesticks! : BOSH
5
Believe without certainty. : FANCY
10
Oh, dear! : AHME
14
Montreal event of '67. : EXPO
15
Cognizant. : AWARE
16
Refused to agree. : NOED
17
Semester. : TERM
18
Mark of identification. : LABEL
19
Great name in the theater. : DUSE
20
Indefinite one. : ANYBODY
22
Loser. : ALSORAN
24
Diminutive suffix. : ULE
25
Heath. : MOOR
26
Theater location. : THIRDROW
31
Activity in the bull pen. : WARMUP
35
Encircle. : RING
36
Confess. : AVOW
38
Lift. : RAISE
39
___ lights. : ARC
40
Makes a din. : CLAMORS
42
Poor Clare. : NUN
43
Acey-___. : DEUCY
45
Source of basalt. : LAVA
46
Amphibian. : TOAD
47
Wandering. : ERRANT
49
Certain school entrants. : NEWGIRLS
51
Turkish coin. : LIRA
53
Be busy: Colloq. : HUM
54
Part of the street scene. : TAXICAB
57
One of a basic trio. : MINERAL
61
Protuberance. : HUMP
62
Played tricks. : JAPED
64
Typical of. : LIKE
65
Rocky Mountain state. : UTAH
66
In agreement. : ATONE
67
Not for: Dial. : AGIN
68
Sleep: Brit. slang. : DOSS
69
Link. : NEXUS
70
Snares. : GINS
Down
1
Second of a series. : BETA
2
Domestic animals. : OXEN
3
Active. : SPRY
4
Hat. : HOMBURG
5
Nonsense. : FALDERAL
6
Out of town. : AWAY
7
Grab. : NAB
8
The best part. : CREAM
9
Forsythia. : YELLOW
10
Spain's neighbor. : ANDORRA
11
Midnight. : HOUR
12
Western sight. : MESA
13
Genesis place. : EDEN
21
Long used. : OLD
23
Rises. : SOARS
26
Exchange. : TRADE
27
Employer. : HIRER
28
Become liable to. : INCUR
29
Rounded. : OVAL
30
Eve. : WOMAN
32
Unimportant. : MINOR
33
The same. : USUAL
34
Hangs fire. : PENDS
37
Entwined. : WOVE
40
Misanthrope. : CYNIC
41
Untanned skins. : RAWHIDES
44
Moslem rulers. : CALIPHS
46
Interval of a kind. : TIMELAG
48
Roman emperor. : TRAJAN
50
Annie's prop. : GUN
52
Let up. : ABATE
54
Dull noise. : THUD
55
Self: Prefix. : AUTO
56
December time. : XMAS
57
Bill of fare. : MENU
58
Swiss peak. : RIGI
59
Allied (to). : AKIN
60
Glass. : LENS
63
Word with cow or chicken. : POX
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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