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Peter G. Snow
New York Times, Monday, August 21, 1989
Author:
Peter G. Snow
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Grid flow: 18.8
Peter G. Snow has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 O | 3 T | 4 S | 5 A | 6 P | 7 S | 8 E | 9 S | 10 H | 11 E | 12 E | 13 T |
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14 I | D | O | L | 15 D | E | A | L | 16 T | I | L | D | E |
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17 N | O | R | A | 18 O | N | U | S | 19 E | L | L | E | N |
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20 G | R | O | V | 21 E | R | C | L | E | 22 V | E | L | A | N | D |
23 T | E | E | 24 A | D | S | |||||||||
25 R | 26 A | 27 D | 28 I | O | S | 29 H | 30 I | T | S | 31 F | 32 O | 33 P |
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34 A | D | O | R | N | 35 B | A | L | I | 36 B | A | B | A |
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37 J | A | M | E | S | 38 E | A | R | L | C | 39 A | R | T | E | R |
40 A | G | E | S | 41 R | I | D | S | 42 L | E | A | S | E |
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43 H | E | S | 44 W | I | L | Y | 45 T | I | T | L | E | S |
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46 A | R | C | 47 S | O | B | |||||||||
48 W | 49 I | 50 L | L | I | A | 51 M | 52 M | C | K | I | 53 N | 54 L | 55 E | 56 Y |
57 A | R | I | A | S | 58 A | A | R | E | 59 E | I | R | E |
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60 S | M | A | R | T | 61 I | R | A | N | 62 E | V | I | L |
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63 H | A | R | M | S | 64 L | E | G | S | 65 D | E | E | P |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,531
Across
1
Decays : ROTS
5
Church part : APSE
9
Block of stamps : SHEET
14
Baal, e.g. : IDOL
15
Begin a card game : DEAL
16
Diacritical mark : TILDE
17
Nick Charles's wife : NORA
18
Burden : ONUS
19
Drew or Terry of stage fame : ELLEN
20
Victor over Blaine and Harrison : GROVERCLEVELAND
23
Golf gadget : TEE
24
Madison Ave. products : ADS
25
Communicates, in a way : RADIOS
29
Strikes : HITS
31
Dandy : FOP
34
Add beauty : ADORN
35
Indonesian island : BALI
36
Ali of "The Arabian Nights" : BABA
37
Victor over Ford : JAMESEARLCARTER
40
Matures : AGES
41
Disencumbers : RIDS
42
Rent : LEASE
43
"For ___ a jolly good" : HES
44
Sly : WILY
45
Book names : TITLES
46
Circle part : ARC
47
Weep : SOB
48
Victor over Bryan : WILLIAMMCKINLEY
57
President of Costa Rica : ARIAS
58
Swiss river : AARE
59
Ireland, to a Gael : EIRE
60
Clever : SMART
61
Where Teheran is : IRAN
62
Depraved : EVIL
63
Damages : HARMS
64
Some limbs : LEGS
65
Profound : DEEP
Down
1
Resound : RING
2
Aroma : ODOR
3
Matador's opponent : TORO
4
Serb or Croat : SLAV
5
Worships : ADORES
6
British coins : PENCE
7
First king of Israel : SAUL
8
Otherwise : ELSE
9
Equines : STEEDS
10
Rome has seven of these : HILLS
11
Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
12
She played Jeannie on TV : EDEN
13
Minister to : TEND
21
Collar and jacket : ETONS
22
Prophetic : VATIC
25
Indian prince : RAJAH
26
Saying : ADAGE
27
Parts of many capitols : DOMES
28
Angers : IRES
29
He wrote "Jude the Obscure" : HARDY
30
Misfortunes : ILLS
31
Deadly : FATAL
32
Greatly overweight : OBESE
33
Trims : PARES
35
Remove water, as from a boat : BAIL
36
Harte or Maverick : BRET
38
Author Jong : ERICA
39
Excuse : ALIBI
44
Carpal joints : WRISTS
45
Keepsakes : TOKENS
46
Tocsin : ALARM
47
Scrawny one : SCRAG
48
Lave : WASH
49
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
50
Prevaricator : LIAR
51
Post : MAIL
52
Foal's mother : MARE
53
Require : NEED
54
Not taped : LIVE
55
A Great Lake : ERIE
56
Hound's sound : YELP
Answer summary:
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.