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Christopher Sherwood
New York Times, Wednesday, July 5, 1989
Author:
Christopher Sherwood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { B J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Grid flow: 29.1
Christopher Sherwood has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 H | O | N | E | 15 O | M | A | H | A | 16 W | R | A | P |
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17 A | C | T | S | 18 W | I | S | E | R | 19 I | O | N | A |
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32 F | R | E | E | 33 G | 34 R | I | T | S | 35 R | H | O | |||
36 T | A | M | 37 O | N | E | 38 A | F | 39 T |
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40 Y | E | 41 W | 42 S | T | A | M | 43 P | 44 T | R | I | O |
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45 S | N | I | 46 F | T | E | R | 47 L | 48 A | R | I | A | T |
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51 T | 52 H | 53 E | G | E | O | 54 R | 55 G | I | A | P | E | 56 A | 57 C | 58 H |
59 H | A | L | L | 60 P | E | A | L | S | 61 S | I | R | E |
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62 I | S | L | E | 63 E | A | G | L | E | 64 T | R | E | E |
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65 S | P | A | D | 66 D | R | E | S | S | 67 E | Y | E | D |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,484
Across
1
Beach-party edible : CLAM
5
Cousins of pfennige : CENTS
10
Sunbathers' aims : TANS
14
Sharpen : HONE
15
Triple Crown winner: 1935 : OMAHA
16
Boa or stole : WRAP
17
Playwrights' "innings" : ACTS
18
Having an edge in experience : WISER
19
New Rochelle institution : IONA
20
George H. Ruth : THESULTANOFSWAT
23
Sale words : ASIS
24
Goofball : NUT
25
Kind of mask or tent : OXYGEN
28
Ramble; stray : DIGRESS
32
Unshackle : FREE
33
Dixie side dish : GRITS
35
Pi follower : RHO
36
Gaelic cap : TAM
37
Washington note : ONE
38
Ship's tail : AFT
40
Popular shrub : YEW
42
Imprint : STAMP
44
Tinker, Evers and Chance : TRIO
45
Brandy vessel : SNIFTER
47
Cowhand's tool : LARIAT
49
Stickum : GOO
50
Half: Prefix : HEMI
51
Tyrus R. Cobb : THEGEORGIAPEACH
59
Cooperstown building : HALL
60
Bell sounds : PEALS
61
One concern of a derby bettor : SIRE
62
Map dot : ISLE
63
Armstrong's craft : EAGLE
64
Poon or roble : TREE
65
Sopwith Camel contemporary : SPAD
66
Marines' ___ blues : DRESS
67
Brando's "One-___ Jacks" : EYED
Down
1
Causerie : CHAT
2
Lake, to a Scot : LOCH
3
Bellum beginning : ANTE
4
Knockdown pitch, in baseball jargon : MESSAGE
5
Engine covering : COWLING
6
Releases : EMITS
7
Voyager agency : NASA
8
At the moment : THEN
9
Polynesian skirts : SARONGS
10
Prairie peril : TWISTER
11
How bench jockeys might sit : AROW
12
Wendy Darling's pooch : NANA
13
Lovers' quarrel : SPAT
21
Purpose : USE
22
Kolinsky or chinchilla : FUR
25
"___ in the Stilly Night," T. Moore poem : OFT
26
Diagnostic aids : XRAYS
27
Sana's locale : YEMEN
28
Jordanian dollar : DINAR
29
Columnist's detail : ITEM
30
Ventriloquist Lewis : SHARI
31
Capital of Bulgaria : SOFIA
34
Kyle or Tobin of the gridiron : ROTE
39
Diaper wearer : TOT
41
Moved quickly from side to side : WIGGLED
42
Bent over : STOOPED
43
Brings joy : PLEASES
44
Mediterranean gulf : TRIESTE
46
Hannibal, to Scipio Africanus : FOE
48
Electrical meas. : AMP
50
Rome has seven : HILLS
51
"Now hear ___!" : THIS
52
Trunk fastener : HASP
53
Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
54
Bring up : REAR
55
Sign of a challenge : GAGE
56
Light; unsubstantial : AIRY
57
Canadian aborigine : CREE
58
Take advice seriously : HEED
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