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Sam Bellotto Jr.
New York Times, Friday, June 1, 1984
Author:
Sam Bellotto Jr.
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 44.1
Sam Bellotto Jr. has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 G | 2 A | 3 Z | 4 E | 5 R | 6 O | 7 W | 8 L | 9 S | 10 R | 11 A | 12 W |
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13 A | M | I | N | O | 14 F | E | I | N | 15 A | A | R | E |
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16 P | I | N | T | S | 17 T | A | M | O | 18 V | I | N | E |
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19 S | C | A | T | 20 T | E | R | B | R | 21 A | I | N | E | D |
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22 I | R | O | N | Y | 23 E | G | A | D | ||||||
24 B | 25 E | 26 D | L | A | M | 27 T | R | I | T | E | 28 S | 29 T |
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30 O | A | R | 31 B | 32 R | 33 E | A | 34 N | O | L | T | E |
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35 A | G | A | 36 I | 37 N | S | T | T | H | 38 E | G | R | A | I | N |
39 S | L | I | M | E | 40 E | A | R | L | 41 Y | E | S |
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42 T | E | N | P | I | 43 N | S | 44 G | 45 R | 46 O | S | S | E |
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47 P | A | G | E | 48 S | 49 T | A | I | R | ||||||
50 Q | 51 U | I | C | H | E | 52 L | O | R | R | A | I | 53 N | 54 E | |
55 E | X | P | T | 56 D | O | R | Y | 57 T | O | O | T | 58 H |
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59 N | O | E | S | 60 E | K | E | S | 61 A | L | T | A | R |
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62 A | R | S | 63 D | I | R | T | 64 S | E | A | L | S |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,624
Across
1
Astronomer, at times : GAZER
6
They give a hoot : OWLS
10
Bleak : RAW
13
Kind of acid : AMINO
14
Eire's Sinn ___ : FEIN
15
River through Bern : AARE
16
Quantities in steins : PINTS
17
"___ Shanter," Burns poem : TAMO
18
Liana or allamanda : VINE
19
Incapable of concentration : SCATTERBRAINED
22
Ferrous : IRONY
23
Zounds! : EGAD
24
Pandemonium : BEDLAM
27
Most uninteresting : TRITEST
30
Scull : OAR
31
City in SW California : BREA
34
Star of 58 Down : NOLTE
35
Contrary to one's nature : AGAINSTTHEGRAIN
39
Ooze : SLIME
40
Mountbatten was one : EARL
41
Aye : YES
42
Alley match : TENPINS
44
___ Pointe, Mich. : GROSSE
47
Leaf : PAGE
48
One step : STAIR
50
Popular hot custard pie : QUICHELORRAINE
55
Lab. test : EXPT
56
Sturdy boat : DORY
57
Buck or eye follower : TOOTH
59
Denials : NOES
60
___ out (gets by) : EKES
61
Offertory site : ALTAR
62
Word with the M-G-M lion : ARS
63
Gossip : DIRT
64
Licks and sticks : SEALS
Down
1
Lacuna : GAP
2
Author Kingsley : AMIS
3
Color called cloud gray : ZINC
4
Necessitate : ENTAIL
5
Pulpits : ROSTRA
6
Time after time : OFTEN
7
Fatigued : WEARY
8
Wing or fin : LIMB
9
Sound sleeper? : SNORER
10
Inning interruptions : RAINDELAYS
11
Book by Björnson : ARNE
12
Use a hoe : WEED
15
Odom or Post : AVIATOR
20
Places to find mummies : TOMBS
21
Getting on : AGING
24
Exult : BOAST
25
Bird at the mint : EAGLE
26
Downspouts : DRAINPIPES
27
Asian goat : TAHR
28
Pigs' digs : STIES
29
Nervous : TENSE
32
U.S. 66 and I-95 : RTES
33
After zeta : ETA
36
Collisions : IMPACTS
37
Whinny : NEIGH
38
"Dream of Gerontius" composer : ELGAR
43
Required : NEEDED
45
Lariats : RIATAS
46
Brooks Robinson was one : ORIOLE
48
More resentful : SORER
49
Rendezvous : TRYST
50
City near Luxor : QENA
51
Calpurnia, to Caesar : UXOR
52
Fenrir's father : LOKI
53
"___ creature was stirring ... " : NOTA
54
Inclusive abbr. : ETAL
58
"48 ___," 1982 film : HRS
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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