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Hallie Parsons
Gerald Parsons
New York Times, Saturday, June 25, 1977
Author:
Hallie & Gerald Parsons
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 47, Avg Word Len: 4.94, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 29.5
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
1 M | 2 O | 3 S | 4 S | 5 S | 6 P | 7 A | 8 S | |||||||
9 F | I | L | T | E | 10 R | 11 S | P | A | R | T | 12 A | |||
13 C | O | R | D | I | T | E | 14 P | I | C | T | U | R | 15 E |
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16 O | R | A | 17 R | A | P | 18 P | O | R | T | 19 M | R | S |
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20 P | A | C | 21 S | 22 E | L | I | T | E | 23 S | P | A | T |
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24 S | Y | L | P | 25 H | 26 Y | E | T | 27 A | L | E | N | E |
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28 S | E | R | I | 29 N | 30 D | E | 31 S | S | E | R | T | |||
32 E | N | I | 33 D | 34 D | O | S | E | |||||||
35 S | 36 C | A | T | T | E | 37 R | 38 S | E | P | 39 A | 40 L | |||
41 S | H | A | D | S | 42 S | O | 43 B | 44 T | E | N | O | 45 N |
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46 P | I | T | S | 47 S | P | A | R | 48 S | 49 R | A | V | E |
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50 U | R | N | 51 O | K | I | N | A | W | 52 A | 53 T | E | A |
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54 D | R | A | 55 G | N | E | T | 56 D | I | S | 57 T | O | R | T |
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58 S | P | E | C | I | E | 59 S | P | O | O | L | S | |||
60 S | T | E | N | 61 E | R | N | E |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,178
Across
1
Lichen : MOSS
5
Hot Springs and Warm Springs : SPAS
9
Strain : FILTER
11
Athens's rival : SPARTA
13
Smokeless powder : CORDITE
14
Visualize : PICTURE
16
"A feast ___ famine" : ORA
17
Harmonious relationship : RAPPORT
19
Grundy or Miniver : MRS
20
Heelless sheepskin shoes : PACS
22
Aristocracy : ELITE
23
Petty quarrel : SPAT
24
Slender, graceful girl : SYLPH
26
Still : YET
27
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
28
Canary's cousin : SERIN
30
Dinner course : DESSERT
32
Camelot character : ENID
34
Prescribed quantity : DOSE
35
Strew : SCATTER
38
Part of a calyx : SEPAL
41
Common food fishes : SHADS
42
Kind of story : SOB
44
Type of dovetail : TENON
46
Sets into opposition : PITS
47
Coast Guard group : SPARS
49
Rapturous praise : RAVE
50
Footed vase : URN
51
Largest of the Ryukyu Islands : OKINAWA
53
Afternoon party : TEA
54
Lawmen's trawl : DRAGNET
56
Misshape : DISTORT
58
Hard cash : SPECIE
59
Bobbins : SPOOLS
60
British gun : STEN
61
White-tailed fisheater : ERNE
Down
1
Seemingly impossible event : MIRACLE
2
"That ___ Black Magic" : OLD
3
Penintentiary: Slang : STIR
4
Caterpillar hairs : SETAE
5
Place for an epi : SPIRE
6
Agreement : PACT
7
Dexterity : ART
8
Difficult question : STUMPER
9
Incursions : FORAYS
10
Repartee : REPLY
11
Espied : SPOTTED
12
Thoroughgoing : ARRANT
13
Beat pounders : COPS
15
This: Sp. : ESTE
18
Variegated : PIED
21
Diffuses : SPREADS
23
Unexpected winner : SLEEPER
25
Cues : HINTS
27
Item of value : ASSET
29
N.Y.C. court tournament : NIT
31
Help! : SOS
33
Notwithstanding : DESPITE
35
Bakes eggs : SHIRRS
36
Short snoozes : CATNAPS
37
Kind of equine : ROAN
39
___ France, 1921 Nobelist : ANATOLE
40
Romeos : LOVERS
41
Potato: Colloq. : SPUD
43
Small nails : BRADS
45
Undiluted : NEAT
47
Hank of yarn : SKEIN
48
Pilfer : SWIPE
51
Fairy-tale starter : ONCE
52
Hebrew musical instrument : ASOR
55
___-rich-quick scheme : GET
57
Bon ___ : TON
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later.
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