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William E. Heinemann
New York Times, Tuesday, June 8, 1982
Author:
William E. Heinemann
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.1
1 S | 2 P | 3 O | 4 T | | 5 S | 6 C | 7 O | 8 O | 9 P | | 10 B | 11 L | 12 O | 13 W |
14 W | E | A | R | | 15 P | A | U | L | I | | 16 L | O | D | I |
17 A | S | T | O | | 18 A | S | S | E | T | | 19 E | R | I | S |
20 T | O | E | V | 21 E | R | S | T | O | C | 22 H | A | N | C | E |
| 23 S | N | E | A | K | | | | 24 H | I | C | | | |
| | | | 25 R | Y | 26 A | 27 N | | 28 O | T | H | 29 E | 30 R | 31 S |
32 S | 33 H | 34 A | 35 G | S | | 36 M | A | 37 R | U | | 38 E | R | I | E |
39 P | O | U | R | | 40 D | I | V | O | T | | 41 R | A | C | E |
42 A | R | N | O | | 43 O | R | E | S | | 44 E | S | S | E | N |
45 S | A | T | U | 46 R | N | | 47 L | E | 48 H | R | | | | |
| | | 49 N | U | T | | | | 50 E | R | 51 I | 52 C | 53 A | |
54 S | 55 L | 56 I | D | E | K | 57 E | 58 L | 59 L | Y | S | L | I | D | 60 E |
61 L | O | R | E | | 62 N | A | I | A | D | | 63 I | R | O | N |
64 A | V | E | R | | 65 O | S | T | I | A | | 66 A | C | R | O |
67 M | E | S | S | | 68 W | E | E | D | Y | | 69 D | E | N | S |
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,900
Across
1
5
Gather in a bouncing ball :
SCOOP10
___ one by (throw a fast strike) :
BLOW14
15
Nobel Prize physicist: 1945 :
PAULI16
17
18
Accountant's word :
ASSET19
Goddess of discord :
ERIS20
23
24
25
His pitches travel over 90 m.p.h. :
RYAN28
32
36
Supertanker Nissei ___ :
MARU38
39
40
Golfer's piece of turf :
DIVOT41
Competition for a pennant :
RACE42
43
Bauxite and galena :
ORES44
45
Subject of Voyager II photos :
SATURN47
Lew ___, memorable comic :
LEHR49
50
54
61
What some campers acquire :
LORE62
63
"The ___ Horse" (Lou Gehrig) :
IRON64
65
Ancient Roman port :
OSTIA66
Height: Comb. form :
ACRO67
68
Like neglected lawns :
WEEDY69
Down
1
"Sultanate" of Babe Ruth :
SWAT2
3
Like a popular porridge :
OATEN4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
21
22
26
27
29
Pitching data: Abbr. :
ERAS30
31
Homophone for scene :
SEEN32
33
34
Relative for Charley :
AUNT35
37
40
I ___ (third baseman in Abbott-Costello skit) :
DONTKNOW44
46
48
51
52
53
54
Grand ___ (bases-full home run) :
SLAM55
One of "Three Little Words" :
LOVE56
57
K. Coyle's "Immortal ___" :
EASE58
59
60
Slaughter or Cabell :
ENOS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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