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Joe Clonick
New York Times, Saturday, July 16, 1988
12-Down : Annie Oakley
Author:
Joe Clonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { E F I J O Q U V X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 5.2
Joe Clonick has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 S | 4 T | 5 C | 6 S | 7 A | 8 C | 9 P | 10 A | 11 S |
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12 P | A | S | T | A | 13 H | A | L | 14 B | 15 A | L | L | A |
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16 A | N | W | A | R | 17 A | G | A | L | 18 S | A | C | S |
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19 S | T | A | N | Z | 20 A | S | 21 B | A | 22 L | A | T | A | S |
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23 S | A | N | D | A | L | 24 C | A | T | A | L | A | N | ||
25 A | N | T | 26 A | M | A | N | S | |||||||
27 C | 28 L | 29 A | R | A | 30 C | R | A | N | K | 31 A | 32 T | 33 A |
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34 H | A | N | D | 35 P | L | A | N | T | 36 G | A | R | N |
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37 A | D | D | 38 S | L | A | W | S | 39 A | R | R | A | S |
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40 S | C | A | P | A | 41 A | D | A | |||||||
42 S | 43 P | L | A | S | H | Y | 44 B | A | N | 45 T | 46 A | 47 M |
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48 M | A | H | A | T | M | A | 49 S | A | M | A | R | R | A |
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50 A | L | A | N | 51 A | N | 52 N | A | 53 A | D | A | M | S |
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54 T | A | R | T | 55 S | D | A | K | 56 N | A | M | A | S |
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57 A | D | M | S | 58 S | P | S | 59 T | S | P | S |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,130
Across
1
Spar : MAST
5
Jeff Davis's org : CSA
8
V.I.P.'s at tax time : CPAS
12
Staple in Sorrento : PASTA
13
Half, in Hamburg : HALB
15
___ breve : ALLA
16
Sadat : ANWAR
17
Cord for a kaffiyeh : AGAL
18
Bursae : SACS
19
Verses : STANZAS
21
Tropical trees : BALATAS
23
Strapped-on shoe : SANDAL
24
A Romance language : CATALAN
25
Carpenter or army follower : ANT
26
"___ home is his castle" : AMANS
27
Bow or Barton : CLARA
30
Model T necessity : CRANK
31
___ loss for words : ATA
34
Hired helper : HAND
35
Sow : PLANT
36
Utah senator : GARN
37
Tot : ADD
38
Shredded-cabbage dishes : SLAWS
39
Tapestry : ARRAS
40
___ Flow (Orkneys sea basin) : SCAPA
41
Nabokov novel : ADA
42
Riotously colorful : SPLASHY
44
Small, feisty one : BANTAM
48
Honorific for Gandhi : MAHATMA
49
"Appointment in ___" : SAMARRA
50
Astronaut Shepard : ALAN
51
Mrs. Leonowens : ANNA
53
He came on after Monroe : ADAMS
54
Strumpet : TART
55
Neighbor of Minn. : SDAK
56
Hottentots of SW Africa : NAMAS
57
Navy V.I.P.'s : ADMS
58
U.S.N. police : SPS
59
Recipe abbr. : TSPS
Down
1
Kind of ray : MANTA
2
Nile dam : ASWAN
3
Criterion : STANDARD
4
L.A. suburb : TARZANA
5
Cartoonist Addams : CHAS
6
Droop : SAG
7
Mobile people : ALABAMANS
8
Memorable cellist : CASALS
9
Sevilla silver : PLATA
10
Northern highway : ALCAN
11
Lip : SASS
12
Annie Oakley : PASS
14
Offensively obtrusive : BLATANT
20
Hgt. : ALT
22
Tall and skinny : LANK
24
Seeds for rye bread : CARAWAY
27
Half of a S.A. dance : CHA
28
Terhune dog : LAD
29
"___ so to bed" : AND
30
Applaud : CLAPHANDS
31
Swiss stream : AAR
32
Refrain syllable : TRA
33
Suburb of Liège : ANS
35
Blood fluids : PLASMAS
36
Cities in Spain and Nicaragua : GRANADAS
38
Fitzgerald's forte : SCAT
39
Unbending : ADAMANT
40
Virgules : SLANTS
41
Lawyers' org. : ABA
42
Caesar, for one : SALAD
43
___D. (druggist's degree) : PHARM
45
Bird of passage : TRAMP
46
A.L. home-run champion: 1984 : ARMAS
47
The "m" in E = mc2 : MASS
48
Conductor Eduardo ___ : MATA
49
Director Gene ___ : SAKS
52
Baize feature : NAP
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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