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Bamby
New York Times, Wednesday, May 23, 1984
Author:
Bamby
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J W }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 40.5
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Bamby has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 S | 2 M | 3 A | 4 S | 5 H | 6 C | 7 A | 8 S | 9 C | 10 A | |||||
11 D | O | I | L | I | E | 12 S | 13 C | A | N | C | A | N | 14 S |
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15 A | R | S | E | N | I | C | 16 H | I | D | A | L | G | A |
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17 D | O | T | S | 18 L | E | 19 C | I | D | 20 M | I | L | L |
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21 O | B | I | 22 N | O | M | 23 B | E | T |
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24 S | A | N | 25 G | 26 C | A | M | E | 27 L | 28 M | A | R | Y |
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29 N | G | A | 30 I | O | 31 B | R | A | 32 Z | E | N | S | |||
33 M | C | S | 34 Q | U | A | R | E | D | ||||||
35 I | 36 M | P | E | T | U | S | 37 K | N | E | 38 A | 39 D | |||
40 A | V | I | S | 41 S | A | T | 42 E | S | 43 S | L | I | 44 P |
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45 D | O | R | 46 S | O | X | 47 B | L | E |
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48 A | R | A | 49 P | 50 H | A | R | U | 51 M | 52 L | E | A | P |
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53 P | I | C | A | 54 D | O | R | 55 L | I | 56 B | E | R | T | Y |
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57 T | E | L | L | E | R | S | 58 T | R | I | A | G | E | S |
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59 S | E | P | I | A | 60 E | N | D | O | R |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,615
Across
1
Tennis and overhand stroke : SMASH
6
First to strike Caesar : CASCA
11
Lace mats : DOILIES
13
Dances at the Folies Bergère : CANCANS
15
"Old Lace" accompaniment : ARSENIC
16
Cádiz noblewoman : HIDALGA
17
Dowries : DOTS
18
Massenet opera : LECID
20
Sutter's place : MILL
21
Part of Cio-Cio-San's attire : OBI
22
___ de guerre : NOM
23
Action at Santa Anita : BET
24
Squealed : SANG
26
Dromedary : CAMEL
28
Queen beheaded by Q.E. I : MARY
29
Author Marsh : NGAIO
31
Faces boldly, with "out" : BRAZENS
33
Energy, to Einstein : MCSQUARED
35
Moving force : IMPETUS
37
Massage : KNEAD
40
Rara ___ : AVIS
41
Surfeits : SATES
43
Ferry terminus : SLIP
45
Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le Coq ___" : DOR
46
A.L.'s Red or White ___ : SOX
47
Wheat, in France : BLE
48
Not give ___ : ARAP
50
Westcott's "David ___" : HARUM
52
What hurdlers do : LEAP
53
Torero's aide : PICADOR
55
Shore leave : LIBERTY
57
Vote counters : TELLERS
58
Casualty sortings : TRIAGES
59
Brown pigment : SEPIA
60
Witch of ___ : ENDOR
Down
1
Japanese abacus : SOROBAN
2
Barely drizzling : MISTING
3
Pub offerings : ALES
4
Transgress : SIN
5
"Sieg ___" : HEIL
6
Moslem judge : CAID
7
Ampersand : AND
8
Confidence game : SCAM
9
Prospero's slave : CALIBAN
10
Fishermen : ANGLERS
11
Sets into grooves : DADOS
12
"Tosca" part : SCENA
13
Monster : CHIMERA
14
Witty and racy : SALTY
19
Jet-engine chamber : COMBUSTOR
25
Kin of bumbershoots : GAMPS
26
Outlays : COSTS
27
Songbirds : LARKS
28
Ancient lawmakers : MEDES
30
A dessert : ICE
32
Type of Buddhism : ZEN
34
Starlike, celestial objects : QUASARS
35
What Liberace tickles : IVORIES
36
Kind of play : MIRACLE
38
Italian inn : ALBERGO
39
Expander : DILATER
40
Fit : ADAPT
42
Rejoice : EXULT
44
English diarist : PEPYS
49
Insect part : PALP
50
Haifa dance : HORA
51
Embog : MIRE
52
Plumbum : LEAD
54
"Agnus ___" : DEI
56
"___ ein Berliner": J.F.K. : BIN
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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