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Margaret W. Huskey
New York Times, Tuesday, June 11, 1991
3-Down : Like a bump on ___
Author:
Margaret W. Huskey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 243 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 38.9
Margaret W. Huskey has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 A | 4 R | 5 T | 6 T | 7 R | 8 A | 9 P | 10 K | 11 A | 12 T | 13 E |
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14 C | O | L | O | R | 15 A | E | R | O | 16 I | T | E | S |
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17 A | D | O | B | E | 18 N | A | S | T | 19 L | O | R | E |
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20 R | O | G | U | N | 21 D | A | M | 22 S | 23 E | L | L | S | ||
24 S | T | A | G | E | 25 S | 26 I | D | L | E | |||||
27 A | 28 C | 29 C | T | 30 B | E | D | S | 31 I | D | E | ||||
32 L | O | U | 33 A | B | R | 34 S | T | E | E | 35 P | 36 E | 37 R |
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38 E | N | R | 39 O | L | L | 40 E | R | R | O | R | S |
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41 E | N | T | R | E | E | 42 S | 43 D | R | S | 44 L | I | V |
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45 A | U | R | E | 46 L | I | A | 47 D | E | E | P |
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48 W | 49 A | T | T | 50 C | A | S | T | 51 L | E | |||||
52 A | M | I | S | 53 S | 54 P | H | E | A | S | 55 A | 56 N | 57 T |
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58 I | D | E | O | 59 L | 60 A | P | P | 61 C | E | D | A | R |
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62 T | E | N | N | 63 A | S | E | A | 64 E | R | A | S | E |
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65 O | R | T | S | 66 T | A | R | N | 67 S | T | R | A | Y |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,190
Across
1
Commence : START
6
Snare : TRAP
10
Shakespearean shrew : KATE
14
Hue : COLOR
15
Kind of space or plane : AERO
16
Inhabitants: Suffix : ITES
17
Sun-dried brick : ADOBE
18
Memorable caricaturist: 1840-1902 : NAST
19
Traditional knowledge : LORE
20
U.S.S.R. water barrier : ROGUNDAM
22
Exchanges for money : SELLS
24
Phases : STAGES
26
Unemployed : IDLE
27
C.P.A. : ACCT
30
___ manner of 43 Across : BEDSIDE
32
Mrs. Hoover : LOU
33
Shortened: Abbr. : ABR
34
More precipitous : STEEPER
38
Register : ENROLL
40
Boo-boos : ERRORS
41
Main dishes : ENTREES
43
A.M.A. members : DRS
44
Actress Ullmann : LIV
45
A jellyfish : AURELIA
47
Abysmal : DEEP
48
Unit of power : WATT
50
Rook : CASTLE
52
Improper : AMISS
54
Gallinaceous bird : PHEASANT
58
Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
59
Northern Scandinavian : LAPP
61
Juniper : CEDAR
62
Vols' state : TENN
63
On the Coral : ASEA
64
Obliterate : ERASE
65
Leftovers for Rover : ORTS
66
Mountain lake : TARN
67
Wander : STRAY
Down
1
Blemish : SCAR
2
Hubbub : TODO
3
Like a bump on ___ : ALOG
4
Hale : ROBUST
5
English river : TRENT
6
Scarlet bird : TANAGER
7
Bored : REAMED
8
"___ longa, vita brevis" : ARS
9
Crocks : POTS
10
Plover : KILLDEER
11
Tarawa is one : ATOLL
12
Concise : TERSE
13
Suffix with Nippon : ESE
21
Amateur : DABBLER
23
Ducks : EIDERS
25
Draft org. : SSS
27
Helm position : ALEE
28
Direct a helmsman : CONN
29
Short and not so sweet : CURT
31
Repeat : ITERATE
33
Attu natives : ALEUTS
35
Walesa is one : POLE
36
Canal called "Clinton's Folly" : ERIE
37
Book by Elsa Maxwell : RSVP
39
Ciceronian discourses : ORATIONS
42
Dry, as wine : SEC
43
Type of hands? : DISHPAN
46
Thirsty cat or dog : LAPPER
47
Mojave or Gobi : DESERT
48
Waterproof garment : WADER
49
Catkin : AMENT
51
Stiffens the punch : LACES
53
Blind part : SLAT
55
Jewish month : ADAR
56
Space agcy. : NASA
57
Deuce topper : TREY
58
Japanese statesman : ITO
60
Sly ___ fox : ASA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.
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