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Jay Spry
New York Times, Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Author:
Jay Spry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 40, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 37.7
Jay Spry has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 E | 2 S | 3 P | 4 O | 5 A | 6 F | 7 H | 8 A | 9 L | 10 O |
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11 W | A | R | 12 P | 13 F | I | L | 14 M | 15 L | A | C | E | S |
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16 E | V | E | L | 17 F | L | O | U | 18 R | I | S | H | E | S |
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19 R | E | D | U | 20 C | E | 21 A | M | E | N | 22 E | R | A |
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23 I | M | A | R | 24 E | T | 25 T | E | 26 N | D | S | ||||
27 I | C | E | S | 28 R | E | 29 F | I | N | E | |||||
30 D | N | A | 31 T | 32 I | N | D | E | R | 33 A | 34 E | 35 R | 36 O |
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37 E | S | T | 38 H | E | T | E | 39 L | E | 40 A | R | N | E | D |
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41 A | T | E | E | 42 A | S | 43 S | I | S | T | 44 T | I | E |
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45 M | 46 O | L | T | E | N | 47 O | 48 M | E | N | |||||
49 C | 50 A | P | R | I | 51 L | E | 52 A | N | E | R | ||||
53 A | R | R | 54 B | A | 55 A | L | 56 S | E | A | T | 57 E | 58 D |
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59 D | E | R | 60 R | I | N | G | E | 61 R | S | 62 N | A | M | E |
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63 A | P | A | R | T | 64 A | R | E | A | 65 T | I | M | E |
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66 M | E | S | S | 67 S | P | Y | 68 N | A | P |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,404
Across
1
Sixth sense : ESP
4
Dolt : OAF
7
Angel's I.D. : HALO
11
Distort : WARP
13
Thin coating : FILM
15
Shoestrings : LACES
16
Mr. Knievel : EVEL
17
Thrives : FLOURISHES
19
Go on a diet : REDUCE
21
Verily : AMEN
22
Eventful period : ERA
23
Turkish inn : IMARET
25
Inclines : TENDS
27
Desserts : ICES
28
Purify : REFINE
30
Genetic link: Abbr. : DNA
31
Contents of a risky box : TINDER
33
Gas: Prefix : AERO
37
Votary of art : ESTHETE
39
Scholarly : LEARNED
41
To ___ : ATEE
42
Part of a baseball put-out : ASSIST
44
Draw : TIE
45
Like a volcano's output : MOLTEN
47
Portent : OMEN
49
Famous isle : CAPRI
51
Certain horseshoe pitch : LEANER
53
Timetable abbr. : ARR
54
False god : BAAL
56
Installed : SEATED
59
Handguns : DERRINGERS
62
Specify : NAME
63
Separately : APART
64
Space : AREA
65
Occasion : TIME
66
Predicament : MESS
67
Le Carre character : SPY
68
Snooze : NAP
Down
1
Pitcher : EWER
2
Statistic for a relief pitcher : SAVE
3
Subject's follower : PREDICATE
4
Propose : OFFER
5
Languish : AIL
6
Achieved, as a loan : FLOATED
7
Possesses : HAS
8
Yearned : ACHED
9
Sly glances : LEERS
10
Mountain in Thessaly : OSSA
12
Peacock's pride : PLUME
14
Uncommunicative : MUM
15
___ closet : LINEN
18
Goes on pension : RETIRES
20
Prestige : CASTE
24
Hemingway : ERNEST
26
Close : NEAR
27
Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. : INST
29
Sleekly graceful : FELINE
30
Roman goddess : DEA
32
Duse, for one : ITALIAN
34
Consider : ENTERTAIN
35
Check : REIN
36
Poem : ODE
38
Rope fiber : HEMP
40
Make up for : ATONE
43
Mutuel-window people : SELLERS
46
Satellite's path : ORBIT
48
Intended : MEANT
49
French pancake : CREPE
50
Wall hanging : ARRAS
52
Analyze : ASSAY
53
First name : ADAM
55
Eastern title : AGA
57
Madame Bovary : EMMA
58
Profound : DEEP
60
B. & O. and C. & O. : RRS
61
Corded fabric : REP
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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