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Mel Rosen
New York Times, Monday, August 2, 1976
Author:
Mel Rosen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.3
Mel Rosen has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 H | 2 A | 3 N | 4 D | 5 R | 6 A | 7 P | 8 I | 9 D | 10 A | 11 S | 12 H | 13 E |
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14 A | L | A | E | 15 E | T | H | N | O | 16 G | L | O | W |
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17 M | O | S | E | 18 Y | A | L | O | N | G | 19 R | A | C | E |
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20 S | T | A | R | E | D | A | T | 21 S | 22 M | A | C | K | S |
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23 S | M | E | W | 24 B | L | A | N | K | ||||||
25 A | 26 S | K | E | R | 27 B | U | I | L | D | E | 28 R | 29 S |
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30 T | R | A | I | N | 31 G | R | O | F | E | 32 N | E | E |
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33 S | T | U | N | 34 D | I | A | N | E | 35 B | I | N | G |
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36 A | I | N | 37 H | E | L | I | O | 38 C | A | N | T | O |
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39 R | E | T | 40 R | A | C | E | D | 41 B | A | D | G | E | ||
42 E | A | R | L | S | 43 G | I | L | A | ||||||
44 C | 45 O | R | N | E | A | 46 T | R | A | M | P | 47 L | 48 E | 49 S |
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50 A | B | I | E | 51 S | 52 N | A | I | L | S | P | A | C | E |
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53 P | O | N | E | 54 S | E | A | M | Y | 55 L | I | C | E |
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56 P | E | G | S | 57 E | A | S | E | S | 58 E | D | E | N |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,851
Across
1
Applause : HAND
5
Fast : RAPID
10
Tennis star : ASHE
14
Wings : ALAE
15
People: Prefix : ETHNO
16
Shine : GLOW
17
Move slowly : MOSEYALONG
19
Move swiftly : RACE
20
Watched closely : STAREDAT
21
Fishing vessels : SMACKS
23
Diving duck : SMEW
24
Draw a ___ : BLANK
25
Suppliant : ASKER
27
Babel people, e.g. : BUILDERS
30
Wedding-gown feature : TRAIN
31
"Grand Canyon Suite" composer : GROFE
32
Once named : NEE
33
Shock : STUN
34
Girl's name : DIANE
35
Crosby : BING
36
Hebrew letter : AIN
37
Sun: Prefix : HELIO
38
Poem division : CANTO
39
Went back over : RETRACED
41
Symbol of authority : BADGE
42
Noblemen : EARLS
43
Monster or river : GILA
44
Eye part : CORNEA
46
Stomps on : TRAMPLES
50
Lover of a Rose : ABIE
51
Slow speed : SNAILSPACE
53
Cornbread : PONE
54
Not pleasant : SEAMY
55
Parasites : LICE
56
Cribbage markers : PEGS
57
Relaxes : EASES
58
Garden of note : EDEN
Down
1
Bad actors : HAMS
2
"Thanks ___" : ALOT
3
Space org. : NASA
4
Leather for a frontiersman : DEERSKIN
5
School book : READER
6
Attorney-___ : ATLAW
7
Light unit : PHOT
8
Hostelry : INN
9
Low existence : DOGSLIFE
10
"It's ___ night for singing" : AGRAND
11
Slowing : SLACKENING
12
Pawn : HOCK
13
Sheep : EWES
18
Mideast nation : YEMEN
22
Kind of chauvinist : MALE
24
Actor Victor ___ : BUONO
25
Shaw : ARTIE
26
Moving slowly : SAUNTERING
27
Pleat : BRAID
28
French income : RENTE
29
Utah's flower : SEGO
30
Ruler : TSAR
31
Patron saint of cripples : GILES
34
Reduced to low status : DECLASSE
35
Spoiler of a sort : BADAPPLE
37
Tortoise's victim : HARE
38
Pacifies : CALMS
40
Hindu queens : RANEES
41
Onion rolls : BIALYS
43
Dirt : GRIME
44
Cartoonist : CAPP
45
English horn : OBOE
46
Chinese pagodas : TAAS
47
Set in place : LAID
48
"___ homo!" : ECCE
49
Witnessed : SEEN
52
Teachers' org. : NEA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.