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Donald V. Lee II
O, No!
New York Times, Sunday, April 30, 1989
Author:
Donald V. Lee II
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 71, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { J O Q Z }, Scrabble score: 578 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 73, Grid flow: 48.9
1 R | 2 C | 3 H | 4 I | 5 D | 6 S | | 7 R | 8 B | 9 L | 10 E | | 11 R | 12 U | 13 T | 14 S | | 15 D | 16 A | 17 C | 18 E |
19 A | R | I | S | E | N | | 20 A | R | U | T | | 21 S | T | E | P | | 22 I | M | A | G |
23 C | N | V | E | N | I | 24 E | N | T | L | Y | | 25 T | S | C | A | | 26 S | A | N | G |
27 L | E | E | R | | 28 N | R | T | H | U | M | 29 B | R | I | A | N | | 30 C | T | T | N |
31 E | R | S | E | | 32 L | S | E | S | | 33 L | E | A | D | P | I | 34 S | N | I | N | G |
| | | | 35 S | A | I | D | | 36 A | G | A | T | E | | 37 A | T | S | | | |
38 C | 39 A | 40 M | 41 P | T | W | N | | 42 S | H | I | R | E | | 43 D | R | P | L | 44 E | 45 A | 46 F |
47 A | R | I | E | L | S | | 48 M | A | R | S | H | | 49 F | L | D | | 50 A | X | I | L |
51 R | E | C | K | N | | 52 C | N | N | A | T | U | 53 R | A | L | | 54 B | T | T | M | S |
55 R | A | R | E | | 56 W | I | S | D | M | | 57 G | E | S | | 58 T | T | E | R | | |
59 T | S | S | | 60 D | E | N | I | M | | | | 61 P | H | 62 A | R | S | | 63 T | 64 T | 65 S |
| | 66 C | 67 S | T | S | | 68 G | I | 69 B | | 70 H | A | I | R | Y | | 71 L | I | A | R |
72 T | 73 R | P | H | Y | | 74 C | N | N | I | 75 P | T | I | N | S | | 76 M | A | N | I | T |
77 A | S | I | A | | 78 R | A | R | | 79 C | W | E | R | S | | 80 P | R | T | E | G | E |
81 R | E | C | R | 82 D | E | R | | 83 I | N | D | R | S | | 84 C | R | S | S | R | A | D |
| | | 85 P | E | C | | 86 G | L | V | E | S | | 87 G | R | V | E | | | | |
88 P | 89 A | 90 S | S | I | N | 91 F | L | W | E | R | | 92 R | A | K | I | | 93 T | 94 A | 95 R | 96 A |
97 E | P | C | H | | 98 V | E | R | E | X | P | 99 S | U | R | E | S | | 100 R | D | E | R |
101 P | I | N | T | | 102 E | V | I | L | | 103 U | N | C | N | D | I | 104 T | I | N | A | L |
105 L | A | C | E | | 106 N | E | L | L | | 107 F | A | K | E | | 108 N | N | T | I | D | E |
109 E | N | E | R | | 110 E | R | E | S | | 111 F | R | S | T | | 112 S | E | N | S | E | S |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,418
Across
1
7
11
15
Carp-family member :
DACE19
20
In ___ (bogged down) :
ARUT21
22
23
25
26
27
28
30
31
Irregularly notched :
ERSE32
33
35
36
Variegated chalcedony :
AGATE37
38
42
English draft horse :
SHIRE43
47
48
49
50
51
52
54
Actor Timothy or Joseph :
BTTMS55
Precious, in a way :
RARE56
57
58
59
60
61
One of the Seven Wonders :
PHARS63
66
Shoppers' considerations :
CSTS68
70
71
72
74
76
Algonquian spirit :
MANIT77
78
79
Cringes with fear :
CWERS80
Michelangelo to Lorenzo :
PRTEGE81
83
Opposite of 12 Down :
INDRS84
85
86
87
88
92
93
97
98
100
Rank between family and class :
RDER101
Type of bean or horse :
PINT102
103
105
106
Actress-singer Carter :
NELL107
108
109
110
You are, in Mexico :
ERES111
112
Sight, touch and taste :
SENSES
Down
1
2
3
4
French river or department :
ISERE5
"___ Indolence": Keats :
DEN6
Belonging to a relative by marriage :
SNINLAWS7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Nicolo of Cremona :
AMATI17
18
Seasonal beverage :
EGGNG24
29
34
35
36
Al ___, Cairo newspaper :
AHRAM38
Plant of the parsley family :
CARRT39
40
41
42
Largest of the Tremiti Islands :
SANDMIN43
Raggedy Ann or Andy :
DLL44
45
46
Type of gold or paradise :
FLS48
49
They go in one era and out the other :
FASHINS52
53
54
56
58
60
Weak-minded, in Dixie :
DTY62
64
65
67
69
70
71
Former monetary units of Riga :
LATS72
73
74
75
76
78
80
82
83
84
86
87
88
89
90
Bracket for candles :
SCNCE91
92
Wrinkles or large numbers :
RUCKS93
Conch-shell blowing demigod :
TRITN94
95
Aptly named novelist :
READE96
Kingdom of Burgundy, once :
ARLES99
Naut. detection apparatus :
SNAR104
Answer summary:
72 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 0 cheater squares.
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Grid has normal rotational symmetry It has 72 words unique to this puzzle:
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These 93 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:
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