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Wilson McBeath
New York Times, Friday, August 5, 1988
16-Across : Site of Louis XIV's palace
Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 53.8
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 A | 3 H | 4 R | 5 E | 6 L | 7 S | 8 A | 9 E | 10 S | 11 S | 12 E |
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13 A | R | E | O | 14 F | L | I | T | S | 15 A | C | A | D |
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16 V | E | R | S | 17 A | I | L | L | E | S | 18 T | H | U | G |
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19 A | S | P | E | L | L | 20 P | E | 21 T | I | O | L | E |
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22 S | A | L | 23 P | 24 A | 25 M | A | N | N | ||||||
26 A | 27 R | 28 B | O | R | E | A | L | 29 B | I | G | B | 30 E | 31 N |
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32 N | E | U | F | 33 S | C | 34 A | L | L | 35 R | E | O |
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36 S | A | C | 37 E | 38 S | T | A | T | E | S | 39 U | R | I |
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40 I | L | K | 41 M | A | I | Z | E | 42 A | N | I | S |
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43 A | M | I | 44 D | O | L | 45 A | T | 46 T | 47 O | R | N | E | Y |
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48 N | A | T | E | 49 R | O | U | T | E | ||||||
50 I | 51 N | G | R | E | S | 52 S | 53 N | I | S | 54 E | 55 I | 56 S |
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57 B | A | H | T | 58 M | O | 59 N | 60 T | I | C | E | L | L | O |
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61 I | T | A | L | 62 A | L | I | A | S | 63 N | E | E | R |
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64 D | O | M | E | 65 N | E | X | T | 66 T | E | X | T |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,150
Across
1
Memorable "lionized" actor : LAHR
5
Lanchester of films : ELSA
9
Being: Lat. : ESSE
13
Mars: Comb. form : AREO
14
Darts : FLITS
15
West Pt., e.g. : ACAD
16
Site of Louis XIV's palace : VERSAILLES
18
Mugger : THUG
19
Cast ___ (bewitch) : ASPELL
20
Leafstalk : PETIOLE
22
Sea squirt : SALPA
25
Horace or Thomas : MANN
26
Of trees : ARBOREAL
29
Westminster Palace's clock : BIGBEN
32
Seine pont : NEUF
33
Skin ailment : SCALL
35
Vintage car : REO
36
Pouch or Indian tribe : SAC
37
Properties : ESTATES
39
Tell's Swiss canton : URI
40
Class : ILK
41
Corn variety : MAIZE
42
Cuckoos : ANIS
43
Photographic developer : AMIDOL
45
Solicitor : ATTORNEY
48
N.B.A.'s Archibald : NATE
49
Highway : ROUTE
50
Entrance : INGRESS
53
Japanese-Americans : NISEIS
57
Thai money : BAHT
58
Jefferson's home : MONTICELLO
61
Type of type: Abbr. : ITAL
62
A.k.a. : ALIAS
63
Poetic contraction : NEER
64
Cupola : DOME
65
Barber's call : NEXT
66
Biblical passage : TEXT
Down
1
Mauna Loa output : LAVA
2
Greek Mars : ARES
3
Study of reptiles: Abbr. : HERP
4
" ... raptures and ___ vice": Swinburne : ROSESOF
5
Building wing : ELL
6
Diamond ___ : LIL
7
Pace : STEP
8
Congregate : ASSEMBLE
9
Cafe activity : EATING
10
Famed castle at Vienna : SCHONBRUNN
11
Novelist Bellow : SAUL
12
Border : EDGE
14
French girl : FILLE
17
Winged : ALAR
21
Follows : TAILS
23
Meals, in Milano : PASTI
24
Isabella's home in Seville : ALCAZAR
26
Anxiety, in Avila : ANSIA
27
Domain : REALM
28
Royal residence in London : BUCKINGHAM
30
Phantasmal : EERIE
31
Blatant : NOISY
34
" ... he ___ live": Diogenes Laërtius : ATETO
37
Overact : EMOTE
38
Vendor : SALESMAN
42
"All good gifts ... ___ from Heaven": J.M. Campbell : ARESENT
44
Shoot forth repeatedly : DARTLE
46
Mediterranean seaport : TUNIS
47
Auricular : OTIC
50
In the same place: Lat. : IBID
51
Alliance acronym : NATO
52
Part of the foot : SOLE
54
Robt. ___ : ELEE
55
Holly : ILEX
56
Cull : SORT
59
Nope : NIX
60
Make lace : TAT
Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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