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David Crosatto
New York Times, Saturday, July 20, 1974
Author:
David Crosatto
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { C J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.3
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
David Crosatto has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 R | 3 A | 4 G | 5 T | 6 W | 7 A | 8 N | 9 G | 10 G | 11 A | 12 G | 13 E |
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14 G | O | G | O | 15 H | A | N | N | A | 16 A | M | I | D |
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17 O | M | A | R | 18 O | G | D | E | N | 19 R | I | N | G |
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20 G | A | R | G | 21 A | N | E | Y | 22 G | 23 R | A | S | S | E |
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24 E | R | G | S | 25 S | W | I | G | |||||||
26 A | 27 R | 28 G | O | T | S | 29 R | E | A | G | E | 30 N | 31 T | 32 S |
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33 G | A | I | U | S | 34 G | A | R | Y | S | 35 I | A | N |
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36 A | G | A | S | 37 G | O | N | G | S | 38 A | G | R | A |
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39 T | E | N | 40 D | I | R | G | E | 41 G | R | E | G | G |
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42 E | S | T | 43 R | A | N | G | E | 44 I | N | G | R | E | S |
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45 I | N | G | E | 46 B | R | A | E | |||||||
47 F | 48 L | 49 A | N | G | E | 50 G | R | O | W | N | 51 U | 52 P | 53 S |
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54 R | U | N | S | 55 R | 56 E | R | A | N | 57 T | R | U | K |
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58 U | R | G | E | 59 E | V | O | K | E | 60 A | G | N | I |
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61 G | E | E | D | 62 D | A | W | E | S | 63 L | A | G | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,107
Across
1
"To ___ and a bone ... " : ARAG
5
Archery sound : TWANG
10
Challenge : GAGE
14
Girl of a kind : GOGO
15
McKinley's sponsor : HANNA
16
During : AMID
17
Bradley or Sharif : OMAR
18
Utah city : OGDEN
19
Encircle : RING
20
Old World duck : GARGANEY
22
French perfume center : GRASSE
24
Energy units : ERGS
25
Shot of liquor : SWIG
26
Jargons : ARGOTS
29
Substances used in chemical analysis : REAGENTS
33
Roman jurist : GAIUS
34
Moore and Player : GARYS
35
John, in Prestwick : IAN
36
Turkish titles : AGAS
37
Oriental bells : GONGS
38
City in India : AGRA
39
Playing card : TEN
40
Solemn song : DIRGE
41
Shorthand man : GREGG
42
Alienate : ESTRANGE
44
French painter : INGRES
45
U.S. dramatist : INGE
46
Scottish hillside : BRAE
47
Part of a rail-car wheel : FLANGE
50
Adults : GROWNUPS
54
Baseball scores : RUNS
55
Showed again : RERAN
57
Pacific island : TRUK
58
Press : URGE
59
Draw forth : EVOKE
60
Hindu fire god : AGNI
61
Turned right : GEED
62
V.P. under Coolidge : DAWES
63
Falls behind : LAGS
Down
1
Highly excited : AGOG
2
City in Italia : ROMA
3
Thickening agent : AGAR
4
Former wrestler George : GORGEOUS
5
Leather strips : THONGS
6
Carries on : WAGES
7
Singer Williams : ANDY
8
Compass point : NNE
9
Theater aisles, in Britain : GANGWAYS
10
Mechanic's place : GARAGE
11
British author : AMIS
12
Sloe and cotton : GINS
13
Sharpness : EDGE
21
College subject : ARTS
23
Manipulates by fraud : RIGS
25
Suit material : SERGE
26
Type : AGATE
27
Fads : RAGES
28
S.F. athlete : GIANT
29
Tetons, e.g. : RANGE
30
African river : NIGER
31
Early archer's shield : TARGE
32
Obstacles : SNAGS
34
Royal ___ (Western sight) : GORGE
37
Pepped up : GINGERED
38
Resembling silver : ARGENTAL
40
Expletive : DANG
41
Torment : GNAW
43
Did a laundry job : RINSED
44
Liquids used in perfume : IRONES
46
Auto pedal : BRAKE
47
Twist-like dance : FRUG
48
Decoy : LURE
49
Seraph in Anjou : ANGE
50
Increase : GROW
51
Former name of Ulan Bator : URGA
52
Sleigh : PUNG
53
Does a schuss : SKIS
56
___ Perón : EVA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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