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Wells Gemberling
New York Times, Monday, July 24, 1967
Author:
Wells Gemberling
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 8.7
Wells Gemberling has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 H | 3 I | 4 T | 5 P | 6 A | 7 B | 8 L | 9 O | 10 F | 11 I | 12 D |
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13 M | A | D | E | 14 A | G | A | I | N | 15 S | O | D | A |
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16 U | S | E | R | 17 T | O | I | L | E | 18 A | R | O | W |
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19 S | H | A | R | 20 P | S | 21 N | A | T | 22 U | R | A | L | S |
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23 E | E | L | E | R | 24 S | C | O | L | D | S | ||||
25 D | D | S | 26 E | 27 O | 28 N | 29 A | N | I | O | 30 N | 31 S |
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32 M | Y | W | O | 33 R | 34 D | 35 A | N | N | E | E |
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36 L | 37 I | 38 F | E | 39 E | M | E | E | 40 R | 41 E | G | E | R |
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42 A | L | L | A | 43 N | 44 E | X | C | E | 45 L | S | ||||
46 D | E | A | L | I | 47 N | 48 K | E | A | 49 A | 50 S | 51 T |
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52 T | I | M | E | 53 R | 54 S | 55 M | 56 E | S | T | O |
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57 N | 58 O | T | E | B | O | O | K | 59 K | E | Y | S | U | P |
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60 A | P | E | S | 61 S | P | I | 62 E | L | 63 E | A | C | H |
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64 P | A | R | T | 65 H | E | L | G | A | 66 R | I | C | E |
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67 S | L | Y | 68 O | R | L | O | N | 69 S | L | O | T |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,554
Across
1
"We want ___!" : AHIT
5
Picasso. : PABLO
10
Nautical pin. : FID
13
Created. : MADE
14
Over. : AGAIN
15
Kind of cracker. : SODA
16
Consumer. : USER
17
Linen cloth. : TOILE
18
Lined up. : AROW
19
Certain card players. : SHARPS
21
Those with obvious talent: Colloq. : NATURALS
23
Fisherman. : EELER
24
Takes to task. : SCOLDS
25
Medical degree. : DDS
26
Two or more eras. : EON
29
Certain particles. : ANIONS
32
Genteel exclamation. : MYWORD
35
Year, in Paris. : ANNEE
36
Riley's forte. : LIFE
39
Arab prince. : EMEER
41
The Ohre River, in Germany. : EGER
42
Poe's benefactor. : ALLAN
44
Shines. : EXCELS
46
Allow to join: Slang. : DEALIN
48
N.Z. parrot. : KEA
49
Noun suffix. : AST
52
Stop watches. : TIMERS
55
Mournful: Mus. : MESTO
57
Stenographer's necessity. : NOTEBOOK
59
Sets on fine edge. : KEYSUP
60
Tarzan's friends. : APES
61
Hawker's routine. : SPIEL
63
Every. : EACH
64
Comber's concern. : PART
65
Girl's name, meaning "holy." : HELGA
66
Partner of old shoes. : RICE
67
Like Reynard. : SLY
68
Synthetic fabric. : ORLON
69
Mail receptacle. : SLOT
Down
1
What Queen Victoria was not. : AMUSED
2
Chopped. : HASHED
3
Goals. : IDEALS
4
___ Haute. : TERRE
5
Pieces of butter. : PATS
6
Past. : AGO
7
Baths: Fr. : BAINS
8
Fragrant flower. : LILAC
9
___ customer. : ONETOA
10
Very cheaply, so to speak. : FORASONG
11
Graven image. : IDOL
12
Birds. : DAWS
15
The makings of a quick meal. : SARDINES
20
Victim. : PREY
22
Bone. : ULNA
27
Have debts. : OWE
28
Alaskan city. : NOME
30
Born. : NEE
31
Indian unit of weight. : SER
32
Most powdery. : MEALIEST
33
Regina's spouse. : REX
34
Famous burning item. : DECK
36
One of the boys. : LAD
37
Island: Fr: : ILE
38
Forte of a sycophant. : FLATTERY
40
Arikara Indian. : REE
43
Halo. : NIMB
45
Rich fabric. : LAME
47
Missouri city. : NEOSHO
49
Attack. : ASSAIL
50
Exterior finish. : STUCCO
51
Place of punishment. : TOPHET
53
Rodeo performer. : ROPER
54
Know-how. : SKILL
56
Oglers. : EYERS
57
Takes a rest. : NAPS
58
Gem. : OPAL
59
Notorious group, for short. : KLAN
62
Concern of the conceited. : EGO
Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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