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John M. Samson
New York Times, Saturday, May 19, 1984
3-Down : Zone
Author:
John M. Samson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 28.3
John M. Samson has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 O | 2 M | 3 A | 4 R | 5 S | 6 L | 7 U | 8 R | 9 S | 10 A | 11 N | 12 S | 13 U |
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14 R | A | R | E | 15 P | I | N | U | P | 16 P | E | A | S |
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17 C | R | E | I | 18 G | H | T | O | N | A | 19 B | R | A | M | S |
20 S | C | A | N | N | E | R | 21 T | R | O | O | P | E | R |
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22 O | R | E | 23 L | 24 S | A | N | ||||||||
25 S | 26 A | 27 L | 28 O | M | E | 29 A | 30 B | E | T | 31 H | 32 M | 33 S |
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34 A | L | A | M | O | 35 A | B | E | L | 36 B | O | O | T |
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37 M | A | D | A | N | 38 T | H | O | N | Y | 39 W | A | Y | N | E |
40 B | I | E | N | 41 H | E | R | D | 42 E | L | A | T | E |
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43 A | N | N | 44 L | I | M | E | 45 D | A | M | S | E | L |
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46 F | I | R | 47 R | 48 E | A | P | ||||||||
49 S | 50 E | 51 R | R | A | T | 52 E | 53 L | I | O | 54 N | 55 E | 56 S | 57 S |
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58 C | L | A | I | R | E | C | 59 H | E | N | N | A | U | L | T |
60 A | S | I | S | 61 E | R | E | C | T | 62 U | R | A | L |
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63 T | A | N | K | 64 N | U | T | T | Y | 65 T | O | G | O |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,611
Across
1
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
5
Calumniates : SLURS
10
Apricot : ANSU
14
Special : RARE
15
Grable, to G.I. Joe : PINUP
16
High protein source : PEAS
17
U.S. Army Chief of Staff: 1972–74 : CREIGHTONABRAMS
20
Monitoring device : SCANNER
21
Cavalryman : TROOPER
22
City on the Oka : OREL
24
___ Juan Hill : SAN
25
Strauss opera : SALOME
29
Incite : ABET
31
"___ Pinafore" : HMS
34
"Cradle of Texas liberty" : ALAMO
35
I. W. of U.S.W.A. fame : ABEL
36
Kind of camp : BOOT
37
He captured Stony Point: 1779 : MADANTHONYWAYNE
40
___ entendu (of course) : BIEN
41
Elephantine group : HERD
42
Spread sunshine : ELATE
43
Actress Harding : ANN
44
Calcium oxide : LIME
45
Maiden : DAMSEL
46
Christmas tree : FIR
47
Crop crops : REAP
49
Saw-toothed : SERRATE
53
Jungle queen : LIONESS
58
Flying Tigers leader : CLAIRECHENNAULT
60
Sans improvements : ASIS
61
Construct : ERECT
62
Orsk's river : URAL
63
Sherman, for one : TANK
64
Off the wall : NUTTY
65
Lomé's locale : TOGO
Down
1
Grampuses : ORCS
2
Playwright Connelly : MARC
3
Zone : AREA
4
Curb : REIN
5
Domain : SPHERE
6
One cubic decimetre : LITRE
7
Número ___ : UNO
8
Litter member : RUNT
9
In a meager manner : SPARSELY
10
Hangar abutment : APRON
11
Spring tide's kin : NEAP
12
Equivalent : SAME
13
Security Council mem. : USSR
18
Sundial style : GNOMON
19
Cutter, e.g. : BOAT
23
September honoree : LABORER
25
Dance in duple time : SAMBA
26
Cote of the Nordiques : ALAIN
27
Burdened : LADEN
28
Neighbor of South Yemen : OMAN
30
Yield : BEND
31
Georgetown team : HOYAS
32
Hall-of-Famer Irvin : MONTE
33
Kind of guitar : STEEL
35
Attention-getting word : AHEM
36
Salve : BALM
38
Triskaidekaphobe's fear : THIRTEEN
39
Arm : WEAPON
44
Perjurer : LIAR
45
Delicious : DAINTY
46
Gambol : FRISK
48
Pick out : ELECT
49
"Vamoose!" : SCAT
50
"Lohengrin" role : ELSA
51
Precipitate : RAIN
52
Raw silk color : ECRU
54
Salty: Abbr. : NAUT
55
Wallaroo : EURO
56
Scoria : SLAG
57
War-torn town in 1944 : STLO
59
___ Meeuwtje, Minuit's ship : HET
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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