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Jack Wherry
New York Times, Friday, May 3, 1974
Author:
Jack Wherry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { C F J M P Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 11.1
Jack Wherry has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 R | 4 B | 5 S | 6 B | 7 A | 8 B | 9 A | 10 B | 11 E | 12 S |
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13 O | L | E | O | 14 E | N | O | L | 15 B | L | O | B | S |
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16 O | L | I | O | 17 B | O | B | B | 18 O | B | B | O | B | S |
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19 B | A | N | K | 20 R | O | B | B | E | R | 21 A | S | S | T |
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22 S | H | E | B | A | 23 B | L | E | E | 24 D | |||||
25 I | T | 26 H | E | E | 27 A | 28 H | 29 A | 30 U | 31 L |
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32 E | 33 L | 34 A | N | 35 A | R | S | 36 K | N | O | B | B | Y |
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37 G | O | O | D | 38 B | U | Y | 39 B | L | A | B | B | E | R |
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40 A | B | N | E | R | S | 41 B | E | E | 42 N | E | R | A |
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43 D | E | E | R | E | 44 A | R | E | 45 S | O | |||||
46 R | 47 A | 48 B | B | I | 49 A | B | 50 B | 51 A | 52 S |
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53 B | 54 I | 55 B | 56 B | 57 B | U | B | B | 58 L | E | B | A | T | H |
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59 B | R | E | A | 60 K | A | B | L | E | S | 61 I | B | Y | I |
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62 L | O | B | B | Y | 63 B | E | R | T | 64 N | E | O | N |
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65 S | N | E | A | D | 66 A | S | I | 67 G | L | U | E |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,029
Across
1
Sharp remark : BARB
5
U.S. org. for minor traders : SBA
8
___ in the woods : BABES
13
Spread : OLEO
14
Chemical compound : ENOL
15
Globules : BLOBS
16
Miscellany : OLIO
17
What the red, red robin does : BOBBOBBOBS
19
Clyde Barrow, for one : BANKROBBER
21
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
22
Home of a famous queen : SHEBA
23
Run off the page : BLEED
25
"With this ring ___ wed" : ITHEE
27
Make ___ (do well) : AHAUL
32
Verve : ELAN
35
___ gratia artis : ARS
36
Having protuberances : KNOBBY
37
Bargain : GOODBUY
39
Kind of mouth : BLABBER
40
Doubleday et al. : ABNERS
41
Queen or quilting : BEE
42
Tiber tributary : NERA
43
Steel-plow man : DEERE
44
"You ___ right!" : ARESO
46
Religious leader : RABBI
49
Eban et al. : ABBAS
53
Kind of lettuce : BIBB
57
Luxury for milady : BUBBLEBATH
59
Glassware, etc., for instance : BREAKABLES
61
Singly : IBYI
62
Busy D. C. group : LOBBY
63
Lahr : BERT
64
Not-so-rare gas : NEON
65
Golfer Sam or J. C. : SNEAD
66
"___ live and breathe" : ASI
67
Factory for nags : GLUE
Down
1
Stupes : BOOBS
2
Islamic God : ALLAH
3
French queen : REINE
4
Printing-shop employe : BOOKBINDER
5
High-hat quality : SNOBBERY
6
Diamond errors : BOBBLES
7
Playwright Edward : ALBEE
8
Consumer agency: Abbr. : BBB
9
Neighbor of Sask. : ALBA
10
Shea sounds, at times : BOOS
11
Recedes : EBBS
12
Attention-getting sound : SSST
14
Central American tree : EBO
18
Part of a krone : ORE
20
Brother ___ : RAT
24
Actor Andrews : DANA
26
Residence, in Munich : HAUS
28
Hanging out together : HOBNOBBING
29
Church title : ABBE
30
Above, in Berlin : UBER
31
Vega's constellation : LYRA
32
Mild expletive : EGAD
33
Ear part : LOBE
34
Superior rating : AONE
36
Swiss painter : KLEE
38
Fox or Rabbit : BRER
39
Diet-deficiency ailment : BERIBERI
41
Prattles : BABBLES
45
Scottish so : SAE
47
Camel's hair fabric : ABA
48
Smith of football : BUBBA
50
City of heavenly tower : BABEL
51
"Here's looking ___!" : ATYOU
52
Moon or shoe : SHINE
53
Beer containers: Abbr. : BBLS
54
Duke or Age : IRON
55
Daniels of silents : BEBE
56
Ali : BABA
58
W.W. II craft : LST
60
Thomas ___, English dramatist : KYD
Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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