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Raymond F. Eisner
New York Times, Tuesday, May 28, 1974
Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 10.6
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 A | 3 S | 4 R | 5 U | 6 H | 7 R | 8 B | 9 I | 10 T | 11 O | 12 N |
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13 A | R | I | 14 F | 15 A | L | A | E | 16 E | N | A | T | E |
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17 T | O | R | A | 18 F | A | N | D | 19 A | N | C | E | R | S |
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20 O | M | E | N | 21 S | 22 K | A | S | 23 A | L | O | T |
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24 F | A | N | T | A | 25 S | 26 T | I | C | K | 27 S | ||||
28 A | L | L | S | E | T | 29 O | 30 F | 31 M | 32 A | 33 N |
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34 S | 35 I | 36 R | S | 37 O | A | S | 38 C | L | A | I | R | E |
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39 C | R | U | I | 40 S | E | R | 41 M | O | O | N | S | E | T |
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42 A | M | A | Z | E | S | 43 T | E | A | 44 N | E | S | S |
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45 B | A | S | E | L | 46 S | E | N | T | 47 R | Y | ||||
48 F | 49 A | N | E | U | I | L | H | 50 A | 51 L | 52 L |
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53 A | 54 R | 55 I | 56 A | 57 N | A | P | 58 S | I | N | A | I |
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59 F | A | N | C | 60 Y | D | R | E | 61 S | 62 S | 63 L | E | N | S |
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64 A | G | A | T | E | 65 L | E | A | R | 66 L | A | A | P |
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67 R | E | N | E | W | 68 S | S | T | S | 69 T | I | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,054
Across
1
Musical notes : FAS
4
Rhine tributary : RUHR
8
Started a caramel : BITON
13
Iraq's Abdul ___ : ARIF
15
Wings : ALAE
16
Growing out : ENATE
17
Law of Moses : TORA
18
Sally Rand et al. : FANDANCERS
20
Foretokens : OMENS
22
Dutch cupboard : KAS
23
"Thanks ___" : ALOT
24
Long-run Off-Broadway hit : FANTASTICKS
28
Ready to go : ALLSET
29
Isle ___ : OFMAN
34
Olivier and Hardwicke : SIRS
37
American org. : OAS
38
Ina of stage : CLAIRE
39
Pleasure boat : CRUISER
41
Celestial event : MOONSET
42
Flabbergasts : AMAZES
43
Darjeeling, for one : TEA
44
Well-known loch : NESS
45
Swiss city : BASEL
46
Man on guard : SENTRY
48
Boston landmark : FANEUILHALL
53
Opera highlight : ARIA
57
Downy coating : NAP
58
Biblical mount : SINAI
59
Kind of ball : FANCYDRESS
63
Telescope part : LENS
64
Small type size : AGATE
65
Cordelia's father : LEAR
66
Sweet tree secretion : LAAP
67
Keep on subscribing : RENEW
68
Fast jets : SSTS
69
" ... ___ folly to be wise" : TIS
Down
1
" ... eat the ___ land" : FATOF
2
Fragrance : AROMA
3
Lorelei : SIREN
4
Brit. heroes of W. W. II : RAF
5
Diminutive suffix : ULA
6
Purse reserves, for short : HANKIES
7
Edit : REDACT
8
Hur or Franklin : BEN
9
S. A. native : INCA
10
Far-East weight : TAEL
11
Other: Sp. : OTRO
12
Chinese soup ingredient : NEST
14
Daydream : FANTASIZE
19
Request : ASK
21
Mineo : SAL
25
Wild plums : SLOES
26
Despot : TSAR
27
Recital unit : SOLO
30
Long-banned novel : FANNYHILL
31
___ en scène : MISE
32
Greek god : ARES
33
N. Y. cagers : NETS
34
Incrustation : SCAB
35
Marie Wilson role : IRMA
36
Maori pits for roots : RUAS
38
Tropical animal : COATI
40
Ego : SELF
41
Waiter's offering : MENU
43
Blackfeet homes: Var. : TEEPEES
46
Tangles : SNARLS
47
Literary monogram : RLS
49
Connective : AND
50
"It's ___ job" : ANEAT
51
Hawaiian veranda : LANAI
52
Speech defects : LISPS
53
Remote : AFAR
54
Storm : RAGE
55
"I'm ___ awful hurry" : INAN
56
Deed: Fr. : ACTE
60
Evergreen : YEW
61
Convened : SAT
62
Certain students: Abbr. : SRS
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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