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G. Gordon Cook
New York Times, Monday, June 3, 1974
52-Down : Arrow poison
Author:
G. Gordon Cook
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.6
G. Gordon Cook has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 R | 4 C | 5 R | 6 O | 7 B | 8 E | 9 C | 10 L | 11 O | 12 T |
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13 A | M | E | R | 14 E | N | A | R | 15 M | 16 H | A | L | E |
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17 S | A | D | O | 18 Z | E | B | R | A | 19 A | I | D | E |
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20 S | T | O | P | 21 F | O | R | E | S | T | 22 F | I | R | E | S |
23 D | O | N | S | 24 I | O | S | ||||||||
25 I | 26 M | 27 P | U | R | E | 28 C | 29 O | N | S | E | 30 R | 31 V | 32 E |
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33 N | O | O | S | E | 34 R | O | S | E | S | 35 H | A | L |
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36 F | I | S | T | 37 P | U | P | A | E | 38 D | E | L | E |
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39 E | R | E | 40 P | O | L | E | R | 41 G | R | I | E | F |
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42 R | E | S | 43 C | A | L | E | D | 44 P | R | I | N | T | S |
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45 A | L | L | 46 T | A | I | L | ||||||||
47 S | 48 A | 49 V | E | O | U | 50 R | 51 W | I | L | D | L | 52 I | 53 F | 54 E |
55 L | I | E | S | 56 T | I | A | R | A | 57 E | N | I | D |
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58 A | L | G | A | 59 E | G | R | E | T | 60 R | E | N | E |
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61 Y | E | A | R | 62 A | N | S | E | 63 S | E | E | N |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,060
Across
1
Grape residue : MARC
5
Bath accessory : ROBE
9
Lump : CLOT
13
Citizen of U. S. or Can. : AMER
14
Provide protection : ENARM
16
Nathan : HALE
17
Javanese carriage : SADO
18
Veld animal : ZEBRA
19
Assistant : AIDE
20
Advice from Smokey Bear : STOPFORESTFIRES
23
Puts on : DONS
24
Hawks of Hawaii : IOS
25
Like much river water : IMPURE
28
Save soundly : CONSERVE
33
Loop : NOOSE
34
Derby winner's wear : ROSES
35
Shakespearean prince : HAL
36
Finger clump : FIST
37
Moth stages : PUPAE
38
Printer's instruction : DELE
39
Prior to : ERE
40
Boatman : POLER
41
Sadness : GRIEF
42
Checked the timber measure : RESCALED
44
Photos : PRINTS
45
Lion's share : ALL
46
Place for some salt : TAIL
47
Woods slogan : SAVEOURWILDLIFE
55
Turf positions : LIES
56
Crown : TIARA
57
Tennyson character : ENID
58
Marine growth : ALGA
59
Cattle bird : EGRET
60
Frenchman's name : RENE
61
Time period : YEAR
62
French handle : ANSE
63
Observed : SEEN
Down
1
Bach work : MASS
2
Schoolboy's Latin verb : AMAT
3
Decorate again : REDO
4
Do a farm-pest control job : CROPDUST
5
Change an area designation : REZONE
6
Unique people : ONERS
7
The Blue Ox : BABE
8
Does wrong : ERRS
9
Carriage : CHAISE
10
Den : LAIR
11
Word for a shoppe : OLDE
12
Golfers' aids : TEES
15
Saturday offering : MATINEE
21
Fairway word : FORE
22
Moat : FOSS
25
Surmise : INFER
26
Watered silk : MOIRE
27
Portraitists' concerns : POSES
28
Handled the situation : COPED
29
Glacial ridges : OSAR
30
Lorelei's home, to Germans : RHEIN
31
Manservant : VALET
32
Hebrew letters : ELEFS
34
Golden or slide : RULE
37
Add debris : POLLUTE
38
Wildcatters and dentists : DRILLERS
40
___ Alto : PALO
41
Kind of iron : GRID
43
Popular salad : CAESAR
44
Sense of taste : PALATE
46
Wearies : TIRES
47
Do in : SLAY
48
Wing: Fr. : AILE
49
Star in Lyra : VEGA
50
Baltic capital : RIGA
51
Advise of danger : WARN
52
Arrow poison : INEE
53
Judge's concern : FINE
54
Garden : EDEN
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.