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Sophie Fierman
New York Times, Friday, July 9, 1976
29-Across : Constituents of a long month
Author:
Sophie Fierman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 32.2
Grid has duplicate clues.
Sophie Fierman has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 P | 3 I | 4 C | 5 S | 6 A | 7 L | 8 A | 9 D | 10 A | 11 B | 12 R | 13 A |
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14 L | A | V | A | 15 E | L | E | M | I | 16 C | R | A | B |
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17 I | T | A | L | 18 T | A | T | A | R | 19 C | O | Z | E |
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20 T | H | R | O | 21 W | I | N | T | H | E | 22 T | O | W | E | L |
23 M | A | G | 24 F | O | R | |||||||||
25 S | 26 L | 27 E | E | V | E | 28 D | 29 S | U | N | D | 30 A | 31 Y | 32 S |
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33 H | O | L | L | E | R | U | 34 N | C | L | E | 35 S | O | U |
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36 A | B | A | S | 37 A | I | R | 38 S | P | U | D |
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39 R | A | T | 40 C | 41 A | L | L | I | 42 T | 43 Q | U | I | T | S |
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44 P | R | E | 45 F | E | R | S | 46 P | A | U | N | C | H | Y |
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47 R | E | G | 48 R | A | S | |||||||||
49 G | 50 I | 51 V | E | S | U | 52 P | 53 T | 54 H | E | G | H | 55 O | 56 S | 57 T |
58 A | V | E | S | 59 E | L | O | I | N | 60 A | P | I | E |
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61 L | A | I | C | 62 R | O | G | E | T | 63 D | A | R | T |
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64 A | N | N | O | 65 S | T | O | R | E | 66 E | L | S | E |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,827
Across
1
Span's partner : SPIC
5
Lettuce, etc. : SALAD
10
Canyon mouth : ABRA
14
Volcano leavings : LAVA
15
Varnish resin : ELEMI
16
Complain : CRAB
17
Type style: Abbr. : ITAL
18
Asian tribesman : TATAR
19
Friendly chat : COZE
20
Admit defeat : THROWINTHETOWEL
23
Periodical, for short : MAG
24
Favoring : FOR
25
Like some sweaters : SLEEVED
29
Constituents of a long month : SUNDAYS
33
Admit defeat : HOLLERUNCLE
35
French coin of old : SOU
36
Down with, in Paris : ABAS
37
Make known : AIR
38
Potato : SPUD
39
Squealer : RAT
40
Admit defeat : CALLITQUITS
44
Favors : PREFERS
46
Like one with a spare tire : PAUNCHY
47
Army unit: Abbr. : REG
48
Headland : RAS
49
Admits defeat : GIVESUPTHEGHOST
58
Birds' class : AVES
59
Conceal, as goods: Var. : ELOIN
60
" ... baked in ___" : APIE
61
Secular : LAIC
62
Synonym man : ROGET
63
Blowgun ammo : DART
64
___ Domini : ANNO
65
Squirrel away : STORE
66
Or ___ : ELSE
Down
1
Cut : SLIT
2
Hiker's way : PATH
3
Match-king Kreuger : IVAR
4
Mineral salts : CALOMELS
5
Bristle-bearing segment : SETIGER
6
King or Alda : ALAN
7
Native of Riga : LETT
8
Asian nurse : AMAH
9
Terrible : DIREFUL
10
Harmony : ACCORD
11
High or eye : BROW
12
Demolish : RAZE
13
Biblical victim : ABEL
21
Gesture of greeting : WAVE
22
Franchot : TONE
25
Music symbol : SHARP
26
Pneumonia type : LOBAR
27
Gladden : ELATE
28
Grammatical numbers : DUALS
29
Money substitute : SCRIP
30
Jellied dish : ASPIC
31
Time of life : YOUTH
32
Like bubble-bath water : SUDSY
34
Naught : NIL
38
Awning, for one : SUNSHADE
40
Letters : CEES
41
Ones in a debate : ARGUERS
42
Lizard of Europe : TARENTE
43
Bog : QUAG
45
Sistine Chapel art : FRESCO
49
Festive : GALA
50
Russian czar : IVAN
51
Leaf framework : VEIN
52
Flower bed : PLOT
53
Eatery order : TOGO
54
Sacred: Prefix : HIER
55
Gemstone : OPAL
56
Gentlemen : SIRS
57
Mal de ___ : TETE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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