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Eileen Daly
New York Times, Thursday, July 15, 1976
Author:
Eileen Daly
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 13.7
Eileen Daly has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 E | 4 E | 5 L | 6 E | 7 R | 8 S | 9 T | 10 O | 11 R | 12 E | 13 S |
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14 T | E | R | R | E | N | E | 15 C | A | R | R | O | L | L |
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16 A | R | R | I | V | E | D | 17 E | R | C | I | R | O | M | A |
18 I | R | O | N | Y | 19 S | P | O | R | E | 20 F | O | Y |
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21 D | A | R | 22 S | H | I | N | E | R | 23 S | |||||
24 M | 25 A | L | I | C | E | 26 A | 27 A | 28 R | 29 O |
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30 S | 31 T | 32 P | E | T | E | R | S | 33 L | 34 O | N | G | A | S |
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35 A | R | E | O | L | E | T | 36 G | A | R | D | E | N | S |
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37 G | E | T | W | E | T | 38 M | A | M | M | A | M | I | A |
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39 O | E | S | E | 40 G | O | S | P | E | L | |||||
41 D | 42 E | 43 P | L | O | R | E | 44 N | 45 I | 46 B |
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47 A | 48 R | 49 S | 50 B | O | O | L | A | 51 E | 52 T | A | N | A |
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53 R | O | M | 54 U | L | U | S | A | N | 55 D | R | E | M | U | S |
56 E | M | E | T | I | C | S | 57 G | E | S | T | U | R | E |
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58 S | I | W | A | S | H | 59 E | N | T | E | R | E | D |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,833
Across
1
N.F.L. player : STEELER
8
Feeds a memory bank : STORES
14
Earthly : TERRENE
15
Lewis or Pat : CARROLL
16
Ciao at Trevi fountain : ARRIVEDERCIROMA
18
Sarcasm : IRONY
19
Seed : SPORE
20
Famous vaudeville family : FOY
21
Persian gateway : DAR
22
Minnows : SHINERS
24
"With ___ toward none ... " : MALICE
26
Danish island : AARO
30
Fisherman's shrine : STPETERS
33
"As ___ you're up, get ... " : LONGAS
35
Small space : AREOLET
36
Babylon's hanging pride : GARDENS
37
Stand out in the rain : GETWET
38
Dear me, to Gina : MAMMAMIA
39
Bacteriologist's wire : OESE
40
Absolute truth : GOSPEL
41
Lament : DEPLORE
44
Penpoint : NIB
47
___ poetica : ARS
50
Yale song word : BOOLA
51
Babylonian hero : ETANA
53
Wolf-fed duo : ROMULUSANDREMUS
56
Dosages for poison swallowers : EMETICS
57
Token movement : GESTURE
58
Smalltown U. : SIWASH
59
Recorded : ENTERED
Down
1
Sober : STAID
2
___ firma : TERRA
3
Miscue : ERROR
4
Home of poteen : ERIN
5
Conscript : LEVY
6
Compass point : ENE
7
Follower of Garibaldi : REDSHIRT
8
"___ bleu!" : SACRE
9
Rhineland city : TRIER
10
Hockey's Bobby : ORR
11
Santa's landing strip : ROOF
12
Sailors' saint : ELMO
13
Do in : SLAY
15
Beldam : CRONE
17
Certain poems : EPICS
22
Winter driving hazard : SLEET
23
Beach footwear : SANDAL
24
Made an alley noise : MEOWED
25
Salt tree : ATLE
27
" ... many ___ of purest ray serene" : AGEM
28
Rajah's consort : RANI
29
Pelion's partner : OSSA
30
Palm starch : SAGO
31
Corner : TREE
32
Favorites : PETS
33
Florence Nightingale's aid, to French : LAMPE
34
Tennessee town : ORME
36
Kitchen fixture : GASRANGE
38
Spondulix : MOOLA
40
Luster : GLOSS
42
Arabian Satan : EBLIS
43
Tobacco holder : POUCH
44
Belgian city : NAMUR
45
Habituate : INURE
46
Established : BASED
47
Greek god : ARES
48
Gypsy wife : ROMI
49
Small duck : SMEW
51
Formerly, old style : ERST
52
Parisian's head : TETE
54
Japanese verse : UTA
55
Snuggery : DEN
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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