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Evelyn Benshoof
New York Times, Thursday, July 6, 1967
50-Across : Two matched horses.
Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 B | 3 A | 4 S | 5 S | 6 H | 7 R | 8 U | 9 B | 10 S | 11 W | 12 A | 13 B |
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14 M | I | M | I | 15 H | O | U | S | E | 16 P | A | G | E |
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17 I | R | O | N | 18 H | O | R | S | E | S | 19 A | T | E | E |
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20 D | R | Y | G | O | O | D | S | 21 T | 22 O | R | E | S | T |
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23 L | U | T | E | 24 S | O | B | E | R | ||||||
25 E | 26 U | 27 G | E | N | E | 28 R | E | F | O | R | M | 29 E | 30 D |
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31 A | P | R | 32 D | R | 33 I | E | R | 34 L | I | E | T | O |
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35 S | O | A | 36 P | 37 S | O | L | U | 38 S | 39 B | L | U | M |
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40 E | N | V | O | 41 Y | 42 T | A | M | E | 43 R | 44 O | D | E |
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45 D | A | Y | T | O | 46 D | A | Y | 47 R | E | 48 I | N | E | D |
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49 T | H | U | R | S | 50 S | P | A | N | ||||||
51 A | 52 U | R | O | R | A | 53 E | L | E | C | T | 54 O | 55 R | 56 S |
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57 U | R | A | L | 58 W | 59 A | G | O | N | T | R | A | I | N |
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60 E | D | I | E | 61 U | N | A | P | T | 62 O | S | L | O |
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63 R | U | N | S | 64 P | E | D | E | S | 65 S | T | E | W |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,536
Across
1
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
5
Woody plant. : SHRUB
10
Sponge. : SWAB
14
Opera role. : MIMI
15
Washington group. : HOUSE
16
Office boy's cousin. : PAGE
17
Locomotives. : IRONHORSES
19
To ___. : ATEE
20
Fabrics, clothing, notions, etc. : DRYGOODS
21
___ on one's laurels. : TOREST
23
Guitar's relative. : LUTE
24
Temperate. : SOBER
25
O'Neill. : EUGENE
28
Improved or corrected. : REFORMED
31
Calendar abbreviation. : APR
32
Beauty parlor item. : DRIER
34
Nautical term. : LIETO
35
Castile. : SOAP
37
Alone, on stage. : SOLUS
39
French statesman of W. W. II. : BLUM
40
Ambassador's colleague. : ENVOY
42
Less exciting. : TAMER
44
Poetic form. : ODE
45
Continuing. : DAYTODAY
47
Slowed up (with "in"). : REINED
49
See 31 Across. : THURS
50
Two matched horses. : SPAN
51
Mercury capsule of 1962. : AURORA
53
Voters. : ELECTORS
57
River into the Caspian. : URAL
58
Transportation, old style. : WAGONTRAIN
60
Girl's nickname. : EDIE
61
Not likely. : UNAPT
62
Nobel Institute site. : OSLO
63
Scores. : RUNS
64
Suffixes meaning feet. : PEDES
65
Cookbook entry. : STEW
Down
1
In company with. : AMID
2
Whirring sound. : BIRR
3
Fukien city. : AMOY
4
Hit of a kind. : SINGLE
5
Marbles. : SHOOTERS
6
Crowd. : HORDE
7
Slav. : RUSS
8
Function. : USE
9
Make the ___. : BESTOF
10
Pork cut. : SPARERIB
11
Large juicy fruit : WATERMELON
12
Stone, Bronze, etc. : AGES
13
Vegetable. : BEET
18
Sporting dog. : HOUND
22
Agora coin. : OBOL
24
Laboratory product. : SERUM
25
Mitigated. : EASED
26
"Once ___ midnight dreary ... " : UPONA
27
Profitable situation: Slang. : GRAVYTRAIN
28
Team race. : RELAY
29
Piece of music. : ETUDE
30
Having a cupola. : DOMED
33
Jots. : IOTAS
36
Part of the street scene. : POTHOLES
38
Ophidia. : SERPENTS
41
Possessive pronoun. : YOUR
43
Respond. : REACT
46
Draft legally. : DRAWUP
48
Opening bars, jazz style. : INTROS
50
Tilt. : SLOPE
51
Violinist Leopold. : AUER
52
Language of Pakistan. : URDU
53
Old oath. : EGAD
54
Malt drying kiln. : OAST
55
Pique: Colloq. : RILE
56
Weather word. : SNOW
59
Adjective suffix. : ANE
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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