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Esther Blum
New York Times, Wednesday, June 23, 1976
17-Across : Mire, in Scotland
Author:
Esther Blum
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 13.0
Esther Blum has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 O | 3 A | 4 F | 5 B | 6 A | 7 S | 8 A | 9 L | 10 S | 11 O | 12 A | 13 P |
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14 A | L | D | A | 15 A | M | E | B | A | 16 U | L | N | A |
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17 G | L | A | R | 18 C | O | R | E | D | 19 L | I | O | N |
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20 A | M | A | 21 J | O | R | I | T | Y | 22 O | F | O | N | E |
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23 D | A | N | A | 24 B | S | A | ||||||||
25 A | 26 R | 27 C | 28 I | S | L | 29 Q | U | A | 30 A | 31 S | 32 A |
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33 S | A | H | 34 U | 35 S | U | G | G | 36 E | S | T | S |
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37 T | W | O | F | 38 O | 39 R | 40 T | H | E | S | E | E | S | A | W |
41 R | E | C | O | V | E | R | Y | 42 N | E | V | A |
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43 A | R | K | 44 A | T | A | 45 H | 46 M | 47 S | 48 T | E | N |
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49 P | T | A | 50 O | A | T | 51 S | ||||||||
52 T | 53 H | 54 R | E | E | B | 55 L | 56 I | N | D | M | I | 57 C | 58 E | |
59 R | E | E | D | 60 L | I | T | E | R | 61 L | A | V | 62 E |
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63 A | R | E | A | 64 E | L | I | S | A | 65 A | M | O | S |
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66 P | E | L | L | 67 S | Y | S | T | S | 68 S | P | E | T |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,811
Across
1
Sugar or meat : LOAF
5
Fundamental : BASAL
10
Kind of opera : SOAP
14
Alan or Robert : ALDA
15
Protozoan : AMEBA
16
Arm bone : ULNA
17
Mire, in Scotland : GLAR
18
Dissected an apple : CORED
19
Celebrity : LION
20
Narrow victory : AMAJORITYOFONE
23
Author Richard : DANA
24
Daniel Beard's org. : BSA
25
Spotlight : ARC
28
Staten, for one: Abbr. : ISL
29
Sine ___ non : QUA
30
King of Judah : ASA
33
Egyptian spirit body : SAHU
35
Hints : SUGGESTS
37
Playground instructions : TWOFORTHESEESAW
41
Patient's goal : RECOVERY
42
Leningrad river : NEVA
43
Biblical craft : ARK
44
One ___ time : ATA
45
"___ Pinafore" : HMS
48
"___ Little Indians" : TEN
49
School org. : PTA
50
Horse fodder : OATS
52
Mrs. Farmer annoyances : THREEBLINDMICE
59
Yellow-fever pioneer : REED
60
Liquid measure : LITER
61
Wash : LAVE
63
Tract : AREA
64
Girl's name : ELISA
65
Partner of Andy : AMOS
66
Senator from R.I. : PELL
67
Penal and solar: Abbr. : SYSTS
68
Barracuda : SPET
Down
1
Hang back : LAG
2
Earthen pot : OLLA
3
Genesis name : ADAM
4
Electrical unit : FARAD
5
Sir Francis and family : BACONS
6
Without a sense of right : AMORAL
7
Indian of Sonora : SERI
8
Encourage : ABET
9
Beetles : LADYBUGS
10
Type of drug : SULFA
11
Potpourri : OLIO
12
Soon : ANON
13
Window or counter : PANE
21
___ alai : JAI
22
Indian or orange : OSAGE
25
"Ad ___ per aspera" : ASTRA
26
More crude : RAWER
27
Kind of full : CHOCK
29
Can. province : QUE
30
Item of property : ASSET
31
Forestall, with "off" : STAVE
32
African dam : ASWAN
34
Transport for Martians : UFO
35
Bashful : SHY
36
Poetic contraction : EEN
38
Egg-shaped : OVATE
39
Structures above altars : RETABLES
40
___-la-la : TRA
45
"___ Abe" : HONEST
46
Corded fabric : MADRAS
47
Violent rain: Abbr. : STM
49
Piano part : PEDAL
51
Marner : SILAS
52
Pitfall : TRAP
53
Present : HERE
54
Stagger : REEL
55
Easter or calla : LILY
56
Inflammation: Suffix : ITIS
57
Boot or Walter : CAMP
58
Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
62
N.Y. time : EST
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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