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Jack L. Steinhardt
New York Times, Saturday, August 16, 1980
Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15,
Words: 74,
Blocks: 36,
Avg Word Len: 5.11,
Min Word Len: 4,
Missing: { J K Q X },
Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Grid flow: 26.8
1 B | 2 L | 3 E | 4 S | 5 S | | 6 S | 7 T | 8 E | 9 P | | 10 E | 11 F | 12 T | 13 S |
14 L | O | T | T | E | | 15 P | A | R | R | | 16 F | R | E | E |
17 A | D | O | R | N | | 18 A | L | G | A | | 19 R | A | M | P |
20 B | E | N | E | A | 21 T | H | C | O | N | 22 T | E | M | P | T |
| | | 23 A | T | E | N | | | 24 C | A | M | E | O | S |
25 P | 26 R | 27 I | M | E | R | | 28 E | 29 W | E | R | | | | |
30 R | E | C | E | S | S | 31 I | V | E | | 32 E | 33 D | 34 I | 35 L | 36 E |
37 O | D | E | R | | 38 E | V | E | N | 39 S | | 40 R | O | O | D |
41 M | O | S | S | 42 Y | | 43 O | R | D | I | 44 N | A | N | C | E |
| | | | 45 E | 46 E | R | Y | | 47 D | O | M | A | I | N |
48 T | 49 A | 50 I | 51 W | A | N | | | 52 A | L | M | A | | | |
53 U | N | D | E | R | T | 54 H | 55 E | W | E | A | T | 56 H | 57 E | 58 R |
59 N | O | L | I | | 60 A | U | R | A | | 61 D | I | E | T | E |
62 E | D | E | R | | 63 I | G | O | R | | 64 I | Z | A | R | D |
65 R | E | D | D | | 66 L | O | S | E | | 67 C | E | R | E | S |
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,239
Across
1
6
Foot or door follower :
STEP10
14
15
Catherine ___, Queen of England: 1543–47 :
PARR16
17
18
19
Movable staircase at an airport :
RAMP20
23
24
Short literary sketches :
CAMEOS25
28
Tall, slender vessel :
EWER30
32
Roman market official :
EDILE37
38
Odds' alternative :
EVENS40
Type of beam or arch :
ROOD41
43
45
Frightening, in a way :
EERY47
48
Seat of the Republic of China :
TAIWAN52
Gluck of operatic fame :
ALMA53
59
60
61
Regimen, in Rouen :
DIETE62
63
Borodin's "Prince ___" :
IGOR64
65
66
Be bested or worsted :
LOSE67
Goddess of agriculture :
CERES
Down
1
Reveal thoughtlessly :
BLAB2
Mother or Comstock :
LODE3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Prearrange fraudulently :
FRAME12
13
21
22
25
26
27
28
29
31
33
34
35
36
39
42
Oenologist's concern :
YEAR44
46
48
Person of "sound mind" :
TUNER49
50
Whiled away the days :
IDLED51
52
54
"Notre Dame de Paris" author :
HUGO55
Brother of Anteros :
EROS56
57
58
Griffey and Knight :
REDS
Answer summary:
3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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