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Cecil McCormick
New York Times, Monday, August 25, 1975
Author:
Cecil McCormick
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.4
Grid has duplicate clues.
Cecil McCormick has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 S | 4 S | 5 Y | 6 U | 7 L | 8 E | 9 S | 10 P | 11 L | 12 U | 13 M |
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14 A | C | T | H | 15 E | N | A | T | E | 16 O | I | S | E |
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17 R | O | P | A | 18 A | B | N | E | R | 19 S | N | E | D |
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20 C | R | A | B | 21 G | R | A | S | S | 22 N | A | C | R | E |
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23 U | B | A | N | G | I | 24 D | O | D | O | |||||
25 A | 26 D | L | I | B | S | 27 N | 28 O | R | M | A | L | 29 C | 30 Y |
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31 T | A | M | E | S | 32 A | G | R | E | E | 33 N | A | A |
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34 A | M | I | R | 35 R | I | M | E | D | 36 S | N | I | T |
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37 L | M | N | 38 F | O | L | I | O | 39 W | H | E | R | E |
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40 K | E | N | 41 N | E | B | E | C | 42 S | H | E | B | A | S |
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43 E | A | T | S | 44 H | 45 O | M | I | E | R | |||||
46 T | 47 A | S | S | E | 48 F | I | N | E | G | R | A | 49 I | 50 N |
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51 E | R | O | S | 52 B | A | G | E | L | 53 E | S | S | E |
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54 N | O | T | E | 55 G | R | A | I | L | 56 S | K | A | T |
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57 N | E | A | R | 58 S | E | N | N | A | 59 T | A | R | S |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,508
Across
1
State: Abbr. : MASS
5
Holiday times : YULES
10
Political fruit : PLUM
14
Arthritis drug : ACTH
15
Growing out : ENATE
16
River of France : OISE
17
Clothing, in Spain : ROPA
18
Mr. Doubleday : ABNER
19
Trim, in Scotland : SNED
20
Lawn-keeper's bane : CRABGRASS
22
Button material : NACRE
23
African river : UBANGI
24
Simpleminded one : DODO
25
Speaks off the cuff : ADLIBS
27
Settled state : NORMALCY
31
Gets under control : TAMES
32
Jibe : AGREE
33
Aviation org. : NAA
34
Eastern ruler : AMIR
35
Frosted : RIMED
36
In a ___ (agitated) : SNIT
37
Between K and O : LMN
38
Page number : FOLIO
39
Reporter's query : WHERE
40
River in Maine : KENNEBEC
42
Attractive girls : SHEBAS
43
Highway sign : EATS
44
More intimate : HOMIER
46
Cup, in Paris : TASSE
48
Clear-cut, as a photo : FINEGRAIN
51
God of love : EROS
52
Hard roll : BAGEL
53
Existence : ESSE
54
Memo : NOTE
55
Galahad's quest : GRAIL
56
Card game : SKAT
57
Word with by or East : NEAR
58
Medicinal plant : SENNA
59
Sailors : TARS
Down
1
Chagall : MARC
2
Acidity : ACOR
3
Capital city : STPAULMINNESOTA
4
More ragged : SHABBIER
5
Aspires : YEARNS
6
Empty a sack : UNBAG
7
Capital city : LANSINGMICHIGAN
8
Seasons in Arles : ETES
9
Indian weight : SER
10
Spanish dwelling : POSADA
11
Capital city : LINCOLNNEBRASKA
12
Addict : USER
13
Ancient Persian : MEDE
21
Gossips : GABS
22
Alaskan port : NOME
24
Scott : DRED
25
Have ___ with (converse) : ATALK
26
Mild oath of old : DAMME
28
Mountain: Prefix : OREO
29
French Revolution song : CAIRA
30
English theater family : YATES
32
Wing, in France : AILE
35
Commits a holdup : ROBS
36
Most steep : SHEEREST
38
Entertain : FETE
39
Tory's opponent : WHIG
41
Late Cairo leader : NASSER
42
___ rat (suspect) : SMELLA
45
___ a million : ONEIN
46
State: Abbr. : TENN
47
Indonesian island group : AROE
48
Bus-rider's need : FARE
49
Munich's river : ISAR
50
N. Y. five : NETS
52
Sacks: Abbr. : BGS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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