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Jeanette K. Brill
New York Times, Wednesday, April 6, 1977
51-Down : Golconda
Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.4
Jeanette K. Brill has 78 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 M | 2 U | 3 S | 4 S | 5 O | 6 C | 7 C | 8 U | 9 R | 10 H | 11 A | 12 W | 13 K |
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14 A | N | T | I | 15 M | O | O | R | E | 16 I | R | O | N |
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17 S | T | I | L | 18 L | E | R | A | N | D | 19 M | E | A | R | A |
20 A | I | L | 21 E | G | A | L | 22 A | M | B | E | R |
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23 I | L | L | 24 E | G | A | L | 25 O | 26 L | L | A | ||||
27 L | A | I | S | 28 S | T | I | L | L | 29 M | 30 A | 31 N |
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32 G | 33 R | I | S | T | 34 S | E | A | M | S | 35 I | D | O |
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36 R | I | F | T | 37 S | T | A | G | E | 38 T | S | A | R |
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39 A | D | E | 40 C | A | I | R | O | 41 C | O | M | M | A |
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42 D | I | S | 43 T | I | L | L | S | 44 F | A | L | A | |||
45 A | V | A | L | 46 O | R | I | E | N | 47 T | 48 E |
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49 I | 50 A | 51 M | B | I | 52 S | T | I | R | 53 A | E | X |
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54 S | T | I | L | L | 55 O | 56 F | T | H | E | N | 57 I | G | H | T |
58 T | O | N | E | 59 C | R | O | O | N | 60 D | E | E | R |
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61 S | P | E | T | 62 S | A | P | I | D | 63 A | S | E | A |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,098
Across
1
Disarrange : MUSS
5
Happen : OCCUR
10
Peddle : HAWK
14
Oppositionist : ANTI
15
Marianne or Garry : MOORE
16
Anemic's need : IRON
17
Jerry and Anne : STILLERANDMEARA
20
Be out of sorts : AIL
21
Equal, in Paris : EGAL
22
Spotlight color : AMBER
23
Outside the law : ILLEGAL
25
Stewpot : OLLA
27
Medieval lyrics : LAIS
28
Moonshiner : STILLMAN
32
Something for the mill : GRIST
34
Furrows : SEAMS
35
Courtroom vow : IDO
36
Schism : RIFT
37
The world, to Jaques : STAGE
38
Emperor : TSAR
39
Fruit punch : ADE
40
Sadat's capital : CAIRO
41
Punctuation mark : COMMA
42
Extracts or infuses : DISTILLS
44
Presidential pet : FALA
45
Relating to grandparents : AVAL
46
Province of Cuba : ORIENTE
49
Metrical feet : IAMBI
52
Agitate : STIR
53
Duck genus : AEX
54
Cole Porter subject : STILLOFTHENIGHT
58
E flat is one : TONE
59
Sing like young Bing : CROON
60
Source of venison : DEER
61
Small barracuda : SPET
62
Toothsome : SAPID
63
Cruising : ASEA
Down
1
Kenyan inhabitants : MASAI
2
Up to this time : UNTIL
3
Paintings of flowers, fruits, etc. : STILLLIFES
4
___ vous plaît : SIL
5
List enders : OMEGAS
6
Deep pink : CORAL
7
Abundant source of energy : COAL
8
Samovar : URN
9
Flushed : RED
10
Wintry : HIEMAL
11
Graceful horse : ARAB
12
"She ___ a yellow ribbon" : WORE
13
Knot in wood : KNAR
18
On the square : LEGIT
19
Promenades : MALLS
24
Bridge seat : EAST
25
N.Z. university : OTAGO
26
Mortar ingredient : LIME
28
Scorches : SEARS
29
Handles poorly : MISMANAGES
30
Style of furniture : ADAM
31
Liberated fictional wife : NORA
32
Reunion figure, for short : GRAD
33
"___, Pagliaccio" : RIDI
34
Calm : STILL
37
Room, in Madrid : SALA
38
Lacquered metalware : TOLE
40
Urbane : CIVIL
41
Type of terrier : CAIRN
43
Plaque : TABLET
44
Quaker : FRIEND
46
H.R.E. ruler: 962–73 : OTHOI
47
Giggle : TEHEE
48
Special news edition : EXTRA
49
Adherents : ISTS
50
Over : ATOP
51
Golconda : MINE
52
Warning word : STOP
55
School for would-be lts. : OCS
56
Monk : FRA
57
Mt. in Crete : IDA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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