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Mark Blakeburn
New York Times, Tuesday, August 6, 1991
Author:
Mark Blakeburn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 27.7
Mark Blakeburn has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 D | 2 E | 3 S | 4 K | 5 D | 6 O | 7 E | 8 S | 9 S | 10 H | 11 E | 12 L | 13 F |
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14 A | N | O | N | 15 I | D | E | A | 16 E | E | L | E | R |
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17 B | E | L | O | 18 N | G | I | N | G | 19 O | R | O | N | O |
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20 L | O | I | N | 21 A | 22 L | U | M | N | A | E |
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23 B | 24 A | 25 L | L | O | T | 26 O | L | E | G | |||||
27 A | M | O | 28 S | A | 29 F | 30 E | 31 S | T | 32 T | A | 33 M | 34 P |
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35 K | O | N | 36 E | L | A | N | E | T | 37 I | T | O | R |
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38 E | R | G | 39 S | 40 N | I | P | 41 C | I | T | E |
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42 R | A | F | T | 43 Z | O | D | I | 44 A | 45 C | 46 O | O | P |
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47 S | L | E | Y | 48 I | N | S | A | N | E | 49 N | R | A |
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50 L | R | 51 O | N | 52 G | L | 53 A | S | S | Y |
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54 S | 55 I | L | E | N | C | 56 E | 57 B | U | L | B | ||||
58 A | T | O | N | E | 59 P | 60 R | O | L | O | N | 61 G | 62 E | 63 D |
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64 N | E | W | E | R | 65 I | A | N | A | 66 E | A | S | Y |
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67 S | A | S | S | Y | 68 C | H | E | R | 69 R | O | T | E |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,246
Across
1
Office need : DESK
5
Performs : DOES
9
Ledge : SHELF
14
Soon : ANON
15
Brainstorm : IDEA
16
Conger catcher : EELER
17
Placed properly : BELONGING
19
U. of Maine town : ORONO
20
Cut of meat : LOIN
21
Some graduates of 19 Across : ALUMNAE
23
Round of votes : BALLOT
26
Actor Vidov : OLEG
27
First of a Latin trio : AMO
28
Most secure : SAFEST
32
Pack in : TAMP
35
___-Tiki : KON
36
Kite : ELANET
37
Ultimatum words : ITOR
38
Work units : ERGS
40
Bite : NIP
41
Allude to : CITE
42
Finn's transport : RAFT
43
Astrological chart : ZODIAC
46
Alley ___ of comics : OOP
47
Loom reed : SLEY
48
Mad : INSANE
49
Gun lobby: Abbr. : NRA
50
Writer ___ Hubbard : LRON
52
Smooth : GLASSY
54
"Golden" quality : SILENCE
57
Tulip's origin : BULB
58
Make right : ATONE
59
Drew out : PROLONGED
64
More recent : NEWER
65
Suffix for Victor or Boswell : IANA
66
Facile : EASY
67
Pert : SASSY
68
Sonny's ex-mate : CHER
69
Type of learning : ROTE
Down
1
Stroke lightly : DAB
2
Compass dir. : ENE
3
Roman sun god : SOL
4
Hillock : KNOLL
5
Fingerlike : DIGITAL
6
Norse god : ODIN
7
Poetic twilight : EEN
8
"Volsunga ___" : SAGA
9
Capital of South Korea : SEOUL
10
Airtight : HERMETIC
11
Extensions : ELONGATIONS
12
Singer Horne : LENA
13
Cleaving tool : FROE
18
Rope loop : NOOSE
22
Ronnie of N.F.L. fame : LOTT
23
Carroll and Joe Don : BAKERS
24
Ethically neutral : AMORAL
25
"Evangeline" author's family : LONGFELLOWS
29
Maniple : FANON
30
Bagnold and Haupt : ENIDS
31
Brownish color : SEPIA
33
Tours : MOTORS
34
Remit beforehand : PREPAY
39
Synthetic rubber bases : STYRENES
43
Metallic element : ZINC
44
Lean : ANGULAR
45
Yoyo Ma's instrument : CELLO
51
Cantankerous: Var. : ONERY
53
Baseball's Doubleday : ABNER
54
___ souci (carefree) : SANS
55
Virginia willow : ITEA
56
"Beowulf," for one : EPIC
57
Tibia or femur : BONE
60
Cheer : RAH
61
Gov. watchdog agency : GAO
62
East: Fr. : EST
63
Color : DYE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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