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Evelyn Benshoof
New York Times, Tuesday, April 6, 1976
Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { C J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 50.5
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 R | 3 I | 4 S | 5 E | 6 F | 7 L | 8 O | 9 P | 10 H | 11 O | 12 P | 13 E |
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14 P | E | N | A | L | 15 R | E | A | L | 16 O | R | A | D |
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17 E | A | G | L | E | 18 E | A | S | Y | 19 G | O | I | N | G |
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20 D | R | E | A | M | 21 I | E | R | 22 A | L | O | N | E |
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23 D | E | L | A | N | 24 D | 25 P | I | N | E | D |
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26 R | 27 E | 28 D | 29 N | O | N | 30 O | 31 L | E | G | |||||
32 A | B | O | 33 U | T | 34 D | 35 E | S | I | R | A | 36 B | 37 L | 38 E |
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39 G | A | I | N | 40 M | E | L | A | S | 41 N | E | A | T |
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42 I | N | T | H | 43 E | M | A | I | N | 44 A | S | T | O | R |
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45 U | S | E | S | 46 D | 47 E | L | 48 S | S | E |
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49 S | 50 P | 51 A | R | S | 52 Y | 53 O | D | E | L | 54 S | ||||
55 T | E | R | R | E | 56 D | O | E | S | T | 57 I | 58 M | 59 E |
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60 A | D | M | I | S | 61 S | 62 I | O | N | 63 T | A | R | O | T |
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64 F | R | O | E | 65 I | S | N | T | 66 A | G | I | L | E |
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67 F | O | R | D | 68 T | O | T | S | 69 R | E | S | T | S |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,733
Across
1
Get ___ out of (needle) : ARISE
6
Failure : FLOP
10
Trust : HOPE
14
Colony or code : PENAL
15
Unfeigned : REAL
16
Toward the mouth : ORAD
17
Lodge member : EAGLE
18
Casual : EASYGOING
20
More impractical : DREAMIER
22
Berlin's "All ___" : ALONE
23
Florida city : DELAND
25
Languished : PINED
26
Buttons or Grange : RED
29
___ obstante : NON
30
Cassini : OLEG
32
On all sides : ABOUT
34
Attractive : DESIRABLE
39
Reach : GAIN
40
Turkish rug : MELAS
41
Trim : NEAT
42
Chiefly : INTHEMAIN
44
John Jacob : ASTOR
45
Plies : USES
46
Wilmington, ___ : DEL
48
Compass point : SSE
49
Bandies words : SPARS
52
Alpine sounds : YODELS
55
Earth: Fr. : TERRE
56
Serves a sentence : DOESTIME
60
Acknowledgment : ADMISSION
63
Fortune-telling card : TAROT
64
Cleaving tool : FROE
65
"This ___ my day" : ISNT
66
Lithe : AGILE
67
Gerald or Henry : FORD
68
Moppets : TOTS
69
Rhythmic pauses : RESTS
Down
1
Copied : APED
2
"___ Window" : REAR
3
U. S. playwright : INGE
4
Youthful days : SALAD
5
Substance : ELEMENT
6
Informal : FREEANDEASY
7
Find out : LEARN
8
Western alliance : OAS
9
Layer : PLY
10
Ruffians : HOOLIGANS
11
Sky Hunter : ORION
12
Soft velvet : PANNE
13
Bordered : EDGED
19
One who stares : GAPER
21
Org. for workers : ILO
24
Informal guidelines : DOSANDDONTS
26
Cereal grass : RAGI
27
Abba of Israel : EBAN
28
___ up brown : DOIT
31
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
33
Leisurely : UNHURRIED
35
Wallach : ELI
36
Stakes : BETS
37
Asian country : LAOS
38
To be, in France : ETRE
40
Defarge or Tussaud : MME
43
Curves : ESSES
44
July baseball game : ALLSTAR
47
Shoe width : EEE
49
Crew : STAFF
50
Trump in a card game : PEDRO
51
Wear for Longfellow's skeleton : ARMOR
53
Tooth: Prefix : ODONT
54
Phase : STAGE
57
Flower : IRIS
58
Shed : MOLT
59
Summers, in France : ETES
61
Perch : SIT
62
Equal: Prefix : ISO
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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.