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Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
New York Times, Wednesday, August 20, 1975
36-Down : Greek letters
Author:
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 I | 4 T | 5 S | 6 T | 7 S | 8 C | 9 A | 10 S | 11 A | ||||
12 U | L | N | A | 13 H | O | I | 14 E | L | I | D | 15 E | 16 S |
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17 L | I | C | K | 18 O | R | G | 19 A | N | I | Z | E | R | S |
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20 B | E | H | I | 21 N | D | T | H | E | S | C | E | N | E | S |
22 N | O | D | 23 R | U | E | S | ||||||||
24 A | 25 R | 26 T | 27 G | Y | 28 M | 29 O | R | I | 30 L | 31 O | 32 U |
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33 M | A | I | 34 L | S | 35 I | 36 N | G | E | N | 37 U | O | U | S |
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38 I | D | E | E | 39 S | U | R | 40 D | O | Z | E |
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41 S | A | R | A | 42 G | 43 O | S | S | A | 44 D | O | S | E | R |
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45 H | R | S | 46 R | U | T | 47 M | 48 A | R | 49 E | L | S |
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50 T | A | T | A | 51 N | A | 52 P | ||||||||
53 A | 54 G | 55 A | I | N | S | T | 56 T | 57 H | E | G | R | 58 A | 59 I | 60 N |
61 U | N | L | E | T | T | E | R | E | D | 62 I | R | M | A |
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63 G | R | A | D | E | A | 64 E | R | G | 65 Z | I | P | S |
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66 W | A | D | Y | 67 S | E | E | 68 E | A | S | T |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,503
Across
1
Hook material : BAIT
5
Wall and Broad: Abbr. : STS
8
___ Grande : CASA
12
Arm bone : ULNA
13
___ polloi : HOI
14
Shortens : ELIDES
17
Promise's partner : LICK
18
Founders : ORGANIZERS
20
Place for shenanigans : BEHINDTHESCENES
22
Show approval : NOD
23
Bemoans : RUES
24
"___ is long ... " : ART
27
Place for a workout : GYM
29
Boundary: Prefix : ORI
30
Costello : LOU
33
Sends : MAILS
35
Naive : INGENUOUS
38
___ fixe : IDEE
39
Big ___ of Calif. : SUR
40
Drowse : DOZE
41
City in Spain : SARAGOSSA
44
Drug dispenser : DOSER
45
Relatives of mins. : HRS
46
Routine : RUT
47
Impair : MAR
49
Faded N.Y.C. lines : ELS
50
So long! : TATA
51
Be off guard : NAP
53
Contrarily : AGAINSTTHEGRAIN
61
Ignorant : UNLETTERED
62
Girl of musical : IRMA
63
Of prime quality : GRADEA
64
Work unit : ERG
65
Code and gun : ZIPS
66
Desert gully: Var. : WADY
67
Comprehend : SEE
68
Near or Far : EAST
Down
1
Tulip source : BULB
2
"That's ___!" : ALIE
3
Part of a foot : INCH
4
Antelope of Tibet : TAKIN
5
Jerry-built : SHODDY
6
Wrongful act, in law : TORT
7
Sound of relief : SIGH
8
Condemn : CENSURE
9
"___ Wonderland" : ALICEIN
10
Large and XL, e.g. : SIZES
11
Gulf of ___ : ADEN
15
Prior to : ERE
16
Sound of escaping steam : SSS
19
Wireless message : AEROGRAM
21
Egg drinks : NOGS
24
Lancaster County settlers : AMISH
25
Sergeant in "MASH" : RADAR
26
Rows : TIERS
28
Say wrongly : MISSTATE
30
Like some change : LOOSE
31
Thrush of Europe : OUZEL
32
Consumers : USERS
34
Meadow : LEA
36
Greek letters : NUS
37
Salad herb from Japan : UDO
42
Accorded : GRANTED
43
Overdo one's welcome : OUTSTAY
44
Kind of net or strip : DRAG
48
Put ___ on (sharpen) : ANEDGE
50
___ record (equaled) : TIEDA
52
Kind of package : PRIZE
53
Summer month: Abbr. : AUG
54
Man in a warship turret: Abbr. : GNR
55
"There ought to be ___" : ALAW
56
___ bien : TRES
57
Soothing word : HERE
58
Diva's forte : ARIA
59
Brats : IMPS
60
Tweed's nemesis : NAST
Answer summary:
3 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.