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Jay Spry
Jay Spry

New York Times, Monday, April 8, 1974

Author:
Jay Spry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F H Q U X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 50, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.1
Jay Spry has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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J
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A
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R
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M
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R
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P
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B
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D
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,004
Across
1
Affected by ennui : JADED
6
Parallel-bars feat : KIP
9
Breathe hard : GASP
13
"What's in ___?" : ANAME
14
Poem : ODE
15
Chose : OPTED
17
Like some ink : INDELIBLE
19
Legal document : LEASE
20
Diving bird : LOON
21
Swerved : VEERED
23
Tar : GOB
24
Sine ___ : DIE
26
Type of bank : SAVINGS
28
Equipped : ARMED
31
Aladdin's benefactor : GENIE
32
Schubert pieces : LIEDER
34
Mil. title : GEN
35
Urge : PROD
38
Do stage work : ACT
39
Annoys : MOLESTS
42
Daughter of Cadmus : INO
43
Soft ___ : SOAP
45
Court : WOO
46
Where the medium gets the message : SEANCE
48
German spa : BADEN
50
Dudgeon : ANGER
51
Soil samples : BORINGS
53
Drug : LSD
54
___ de mer : MAL
55
In abundance : GALORE
57
Invites : ASKS
61
Digression : ASIDE
63
Simple : ELEMENTAL
65
Letters : ESSES
66
Political org. : GOP
67
Made a baseball ploy : STOLE
68
Leave out : OMIT
69
TU-144, e.g. : SST
70
Halfhearted : TEPID
Down
1
Place for hoods : JAIL
2
Part of A.D. : ANNO
3
Wall part : DADO
4
Edited : EMENDED
5
State: Abbr. : DEL
6
Major port in Japan : KOBE
7
Puts out of work : IDLES
8
Earldoms or dukedoms : PEERAGES
9
"Thar's ___ them thar ... " : GOLDIN
10
Copy : APE
11
Overwhelming : STAGGERING
12
Mexican coins : PESOS
16
Ball girl : DEB
18
Common contraction : IVE
22
Current ___ : EVENTS
25
Literary footnote : IDEM
27
Chill : NIP
28
Lament for Yorick : ALAS
29
Puerto ___ : RICO
30
Biological process : METABOLISM
33
Ivanhoe's beloved : ROWENA
34
Earth: Prefix : GEO
36
"___ upon a ... " : ONCE
37
Active one : DOER
40
"Daddy ___" : LONGLEGS
41
Banda, Kara, etc. : SEAS
44
___ avion : PAR
47
Musical direction : ANDANTE
49
Condense : DIGEST
51
Singer : BASSO
52
Flies : SOLOS
53
Lunar vehicle : LEM
54
West : MAE
56
Statement: Abbr. : REPT
58
End : STOP
59
Hindu goddess : KALI
60
Cutter : SLED
62
Roman gods : DEI
64
N. Y. time : EST

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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