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Janis Heller
New York Times, Monday, April 30, 1984
Author:
Janis Heller
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.9
Janis Heller has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 A | 3 B | 4 U | 5 C | 6 O | 7 R | 8 F | 9 U | 10 S | 11 H | 12 A | 13 D |
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14 U | L | A | N | 15 O | D | E | O | N | 16 H | O | N | E |
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17 T | A | N | S | 18 R | E | N | E | W | 19 R | O | T | E |
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20 U | N | C | H | 21 A | S | T | E | 22 I | 23 B | I | D | E | M |
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24 A | V | E | S | 25 K | E | R | N | |||||||
26 D | 27 I | V | O | T | 28 U | N | L | I | K | 29 E | 30 L | 31 Y |
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32 B | E | D | E | W | 33 E | R | O | D | E | 34 G | O | O |
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35 L | I | E | N | 36 U | N | I | T | Y | 37 U | R | D | U |
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38 A | G | A | 39 A | N | D | E | S | 40 S | N | E | E | R |
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41 U | N | L | 42 A | W | F | U | L | 43 S | E | C | T | S | ||
44 R | E | A | P | 45 E | U | R | O | |||||||
46 S | 47 T | 48 R | E | S | S | 49 U | N | S | A | V | 50 O | 51 R | 52 Y |
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53 A | O | U | T | 54 T | 55 E | R | R | A | 56 E | T | A | S |
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57 L | A | N | E | 58 E | G | G | O | N | 59 R | I | S | E |
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60 A | D | E | S | 61 N | O | E | L | S | 62 S | C | A | R |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,592
Across
1
Forbidden : TABU
5
Ionian island : CORFU
10
Food fish : SHAD
14
___ Bator : ULAN
15
Music hall : ODEON
16
Sharpen : HONE
17
Prepares hides : TANS
18
Subscribe again : RENEW
19
Repetition : ROTE
20
Impure : UNCHASTE
22
In the same place, to Pompey : IBIDEM
24
Bird class : AVES
25
Composer Jerome : KERN
26
Dislodged turf on a fairway : DIVOT
28
Improbable : UNLIKELY
32
Moisten : BEDEW
33
Wear away : ERODE
34
Sticky stuff : GOO
35
Legal hold : LIEN
36
Oneness : UNITY
37
Indic language : URDU
38
___ Khan : AGA
39
S.A. mountains : ANDES
40
Scornful expression : SNEER
41
Illegal : UNLAWFUL
43
Cults : SECTS
44
Harvest : REAP
45
Prefix with dollar : EURO
46
Emphasis : STRESS
49
Distasteful : UNSAVORY
53
August, in Arles : AOUT
54
___ cotta : TERRA
56
Greek letters : ETAS
57
Aisle : LANE
58
Incite : EGGON
59
Ascend : RISE
60
Fruit drinks : ADES
61
Carols : NOELS
62
Blemish : SCAR
Down
1
Odile's garb : TUTU
2
Late-show host Thicke : ALAN
3
Judge's bench : BANC
4
Bearded : UNSHAVEN
5
Tight undergarment : CORSET
6
"Golden Boy" playwright : ODETS
7
Descartes : RENE
8
Enemy : FOE
9
Awkward : UNWIELDY
10
Diminish : SHRINK
11
Car part : HOOD
12
Stake at cards : ANTE
13
Consider : DEEM
21
Confess : AVOW
23
Mold-ripened cheese : BRIE
25
Grannies, e.g. : KNOTS
26
Vouchsafe : DEIGN
27
Exemplar : IDEAL
28
Archangel : URIEL
29
Wading bird : EGRET
30
Mineral deposits : LODES
31
Possessive pronoun : YOUR
32
Blue, to Bismarck : BLAU
33
Keep one's ___ (do one's share) : ENDUP
36
Open : UNFASTEN
37
Bares : UNCOVERS
39
Inspires : AWES
40
Blood fluids : SERA
42
Mountain ridges : ARETES
43
Black-eyed and lazy followers : SUSANS
45
Register : ENROL
46
Hacienda room : SALA
47
Tailless amphibian : TOAD
48
Germanic letter : RUNE
49
Exhort : URGE
50
Auricular : OTIC
51
Tabula ___ : RASA
52
Belgian river : YSER
55
Self : EGO
Answer summary:
4 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.