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Manny Miller
New York Times, Tuesday, July 3, 1962
33-Down : Small bit.
Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Grid has duplicate clues.
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 L | 3 A | 4 T | 5 T | 6 E | 7 A | 8 S | 9 H | 10 O | 11 M | 12 E | 13 N |
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14 R | E | D | H | O | T | 15 D | I | A | 16 S | P | O | R | E |
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17 I | N | D | E | P | E | 18 N | D | E | N | C | E | D | A | Y |
19 M | O | I | S | T | 20 E | A | T | 21 I | N | A | ||||
22 E | X | C | H | 23 W | A | X | E | 24 N | 25 F | L | 26 I | 27 T |
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28 T | O | 29 L | E | T | 30 T | 31 R | O | I | K | A |
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32 W | I | D | E | 33 N | 34 H | E | R | T | E | R |
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35 S | 36 W | 37 I | M | S | 38 R | I | 39 B | 40 A | B | Y | S | S |
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41 N | O | D | U | L | 42 E | 43 P | E | 44 R | D | U | ||||
45 A | V | O | S | E | T | 46 L | O | E | S | 47 S | ||||
48 P | E | L | T | 49 A | 50 G | 51 L | O | W | 52 I | P | 53 S | 54 O |
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55 A | G | 56 E | 57 E | E | N | 58 A | N | I | L | S |
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59 A | 60 T | T | O | R | 61 N | E | Y | G | 62 E | N | E | R | A | L |
63 T | H | E | O | R | I | S | T | 64 O | N | S | I | D | E |
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65 M | O | R | N | 66 B | E | E | 67 S | I | S | T | E | R |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,736
Across
1
Missouri tributary. : PLATTE
7
Gray. : ASH
10
Presage. : OMEN
14
Very new. : REDHOT
15
Hydrate of aluminum. : DIASPORE
17
Important anniversary. : INDEPENDENCEDAY
19
Humid. : MOIST
20
Have a bite. : EAT
21
Feminine suffix. : INA
22
Place of business: Abbr. : EXCH
23
Like paraffin. : WAXEN
25
Move swiftly. : FLIT
28
Real estate sign. : TOLET
30
Russian vehicle. : TROIKA
32
Expand. : WIDEN
34
Eisenhower aide. : HERTER
35
Floats. : SWIMS
38
Tease: Colloq. : RIB
40
The ocean depths. : ABYSS
41
Small lump. : NODULE
43
Concealed. : PERDU
45
Shore bird. : AVOSET
46
Loamy deposit. : LOESS
48
Strike repeatedly. : PELT
49
Shining. : AGLOW
52
___ facto. : IPSO
55
Of ___. : AGE
57
Poetic contraction. : EEN
58
Indigo shrubs. : ANILS
59
Cabinet post. : ATTORNEYGENERAL
63
Newton or Einstein. : THEORIST
64
Football term. : ONSIDE
65
"September ___." : MORN
66
Pollinator. : BEE
67
Term of address. : SISTER
Down
1
Chief. : PRIME
2
City in Massachusetts. : LENOX
3
Devotee. : ADDICT
4
Theatre code. : THESHOWMUSTGOON
5
Rose above: Poet. : TOPT
6
Parisian season. : ETE
7
Large antelope. : ADDAX
8
Seven, in Spain. : SIETE
9
Tributary of the Yangtze. : HAN
10
Store sign. : OPENFORBUSINESS
11
Form or pattern. : MODALITY
12
The Gay Nineties, for one. : ERA
13
French marshal. : NEY
16
Branch of study: Abbr. : SCI
18
More precise. : NEATER
23
Unite. : WED
24
To the ___ degree. : NTH
26
Dwight and others. : IKES
27
Bluejackets. : TARS
29
Knit goods. : LISLE
31
British novelist. : READE
33
Small bit. : NIP
35
Vigor: Colloq. : SNAP
36
Intertwined. : WOVE
37
Devotee. : IDOLATER
39
Have a proper place. : BELONG
42
Greek letter. : ETA
44
Line. : ROW
47
Courage. : SPIRIT
50
Brants. : GEESE
51
Island near Mindanao. : LEYTE
53
Sole of a plow. : SLADE
54
Canadian physician. : OSLER
56
Be incorrect. : ERR
58
Years: Lat. : ANNI
59
Air: Prefix. : ATM
60
However. : THO
61
Bill. : NIB
62
Greek goddess. : EOS
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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