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Mary M. Murdoch
New York Times, Friday, August 11, 1967
Author:
Mary M. Murdoch
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 31.5
Mary M. Murdoch has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 N | 4 S | 5 A | 6 C | 7 T | 8 O | 9 R | 10 M | 11 A | 12 S | 13 H |
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14 A | B | O | U | 15 T | R | U | R | O | 16 I | T | E | A |
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17 P | R | I | N | 18 C | E | O | F | D | E | 19 N | M | A | R | K |
20 A | I | R | S | H | A | F | T | 21 B | O | O | T | E | E |
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22 H | A | S | T | 23 D | U | E | S | |||||||
24 A | 25 T | 26 T | I | R | E | 27 D | E | C | L | A | 28 S | 29 S | 30 E |
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31 L | I | E | N | S | 32 T | R | E | K | S | 33 M | T | N |
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34 O | B | E | Y | 35 R | O | D | 36 N | E | E | D |
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37 N | I | M | 38 A | 39 V | E | N | S | 40 H | E | L | L | O |
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41 G | A | S | 42 O | L | I | N | E | 43 P | E | W | T | E | R |
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44 V | I | E | D | 45 M | I | N | H | |||||||
46 A | 47 R | 48 D | E | N | T | 49 L | A | G | R | A | 50 N | 51 G | 52 E |
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53 L | A | U | R | E | N | 54 C | E | O | L | I | V | I | E | R |
55 D | I | L | L | 56 A | M | A | R | E | 57 E | U | R | O |
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58 A | L | L | Y | 59 M | I | L | I | T | 60 N | E | M | O |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,572
Across
1
Cook's concern. : PANS
5
Man of parts. : ACTOR
10
Cattle feed. : MASH
14
Eastern name. : ABOU
15
Cape Cod town. : TRURO
16
Willow genus. : ITEA
17
Sometime subtitle of drama. : PRINCEOFDENMARK
20
Ventilator. : AIRSHAFT
21
Knitted shoe. : BOOTEE
22
Poetic verb. : HAST
23
Budget item. : DUES
24
Dress up. : ATTIRE
27
Lowered in social rank: Fr. : DECLASSE
31
Mortgages. : LIENS
32
Migrates. : TREKS
33
Peak: Abbr. : MTN
34
Do as told. : OBEY
35
Linear measure. : ROD
36
Obligation. : NEED
37
Steal, old style. : NIM
38
Rosaceous herb. : AVENS
40
Greeting. : HELLO
41
Fuel. : GASOLINE
43
Alloy. : PEWTER
44
Competed (with). : VIED
45
Ho Chi-___. : MINH
46
Intensely enthusiastic. : ARDENT
49
City in Georgia. : LAGRANGE
53
One portrayer of 17 Across. : LAURENCEOLIVIER
55
Pickle flavoring. : DILL
56
To love: Lat. : AMARE
57
Combining form for a continent. : EURO
58
Unite (with). : ALLY
59
The army: Abbr. : MILIT
60
Jules Verne hero. : NEMO
Down
1
Household word. : PAPA
2
Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
3
Partner of rouge. : NOIR
4
Bright. : SUNSHINY
5
Relaxed. : ATEASE
6
Farm: Brit. : CROFT
7
Cluster. : TUFT
8
Fort ___, Calif. : ORD
9
Male deer. : ROEBUCK
10
Flowering shrub. : MIMOSA
11
Rat-___. : ATAT
12
Dried up. : SERE
13
Cod's cousin. : HAKE
18
Cleaners of flats. : CHARS
19
Coward and Harrison. : NOELS
23
Acts. : DEEDS
24
Lengthwise. : ALONG
25
Leg bone. : TIBIA
26
Rains hard. : TEEMS
27
Bee. : DRONE
28
Fish. : SMELT
29
Ancient stone monument. : STELE
30
Home of a Biblical witch. : ENDOR
32
General course. : TREND
36
City of Elms. : NEWHAVEN
38
Type of skirt. : ALINE
39
Country in the headlines. : VIETNAM
40
Matisse. : HENRI
42
Excessively. : OVERLY
43
Milne character. : PIGLET
45
New Zealander. : MAORI
46
Opera great. : ALDA
47
Bird. : RAIL
48
Blunt. : DULL
49
True, old style. : LEAL
50
Isle E. of Tonga. : NIUE
51
Origin. : GERM
52
Slangy suffix. : EROO
54
1066 years ago. : CMI
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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