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Sara V. Tuckerman
New York Times, Thursday, August 10, 1967
27-Down : Football play.
Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 27.7
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 B | 3 I | 4 E | 5 T | 6 W | 7 P | 8 T | 9 A | 10 P | 11 I | 12 S | |||
13 G | E | N | S | 14 H | I | E | 15 E | V | E | N | I | 16 F |
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17 E | N | A | C | 18 T | I | N | G | 19 T | I | R | A | N | A |
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20 S | T | J | O | H | N | S | W | 21 O | O | D | 22 J | G | S |
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23 W | I | R | Y | 24 T | O | W | N | 25 H | A | L | T |
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26 S | O | F | T | 27 P | O | O | L | 28 H | O | M | E | S |
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29 O | O | F | 30 C | A | N | D | Y | 31 B | A | R | ||||
32 I | D | Y | 33 L | L | S | 34 U | N | S | 35 A | 36 W | 37 N |
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38 L | A | S | 39 T | 40 W | 41 O | R | D | 42 D | O | A |
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43 F | 44 O | 45 A | M | Y | 46 R | O | I | L | 47 P | R | O | P |
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48 R | U | S | S | 49 V | I | O | L | 50 S | A | I | D | |||
51 A | T | T | 52 W | O | O | D | T | 53 U | R | N | E | R | 54 S |
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55 N | O | U | 56 G | A | T | 57 R | A | T | I | O | N | A | L |
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58 S | U | T | U | R | E | 59 O | N | E | 60 U | N | T | O |
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61 T | E | N | D | S | 62 W | K | S | 63 T | E | S | T |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,571
Across
1
Hero of 1922–27. : ABIE
5
County division: Abbr. : TWP
8
Tapestry. : TAPIS
13
Clan, in ancient Rome. : GENS
14
Lose no time. : HIE
15
Although. : EVENIF
17
Performing. : ENACTING
19
Albania's capital. : TIRANA
20
London district. : STJOHNSWOOD
22
Naval officers, for short. : JGS
23
Sinewy. : WIRY
24
See 5 Across. : TOWN
25
Sentry's word. : HALT
26
Downy. : SOFT
27
Game. : POOL
28
Cottages. : HOMES
29
Slangy exclamation. : OOF
30
Slot machine item. : CANDYBAR
32
Poetry. : IDYLLS
34
Not cut. : UNSAWN
38
Latest (with "the"). : LASTWORD
42
___ good deed. : DOA
43
Bubbling. : FOAMY
46
Make angry. : ROIL
47
Stage item. : PROP
48
Slav. : RUSS
49
Musical instrument. : VIOL
50
Already spoken of. : SAID
51
Professional man: Abbr. : ATT
52
Certain craftsmen. : WOODTURNERS
55
Chewy candy. : NOUGAT
57
Not silly. : RATIONAL
58
Seam. : SUTURE
59
Pronoun. : ONE
60
Poetic preposition. : UNTO
61
Is apt (to). : TENDS
62
Time span: Abbr. : WKS
63
Try. : TEST
Down
1
A long time. : AGES
2
Designating a style of furniture. : BENTWOOD
3
Very quickly: Colloq. : INAJIFFY
4
Armed guard. : ESCORT
5
Flimsy. : THIN
6
Sir ___. : WINSTON
7
Spindle tree. : PEGWOOD
8
Range of the Rockies. : TETON
9
Keen. : AVID
10
For each. : PER
11
Having trouble: Colloq. : INAJAM
12
Diamond hit. : SINGLE
16
Eats sparingly. : FASTS
18
Poetic possessive. : THY
21
Like a bird. : OWLY
25
___ d'oeuvre. : HORS
26
___-disant (self-styled): Fr. : SOI
27
Football play. : PASS
28
Farm worker. : HAND
30
Earth. : CLAY
31
Fiber knot. : BURL
33
Law degrees. : LLMS
35
French girl's name. : ADRIENNE
36
Bushy-tailed rodents. : WOODRATS
37
Downy coating. : NAP
39
Musical group. : TRIO
40
Presidential middle name. : WOODROW
41
Basement item. : OILTANK
43
Hals of art. : FRANS
44
Two words from Macbeth. : OUTOUT
45
Sagacious. : ASTUTE
47
Go according to plan: Colloq. : PANOUT
49
Ballot. : VOTES
50
Title, in India. : SRI
52
City district. : WARD
53
Western Indians. : UTES
54
Animal track. : SLOT
56
Kind of metal. : GUN
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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