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Wilson McBeath
New York Times, Thursday, September 18, 1986
Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.42)
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 M | 3 B | 4 I | 5 R | 6 A | 7 N | 8 G | 9 A | 10 R | 11 T |
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12 B | A | R | M | 13 I | M | P | E | L | 14 O | P | A | H |
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15 I | N | A | P | 16 I | G | S | E | Y | E | 17 U | P | T | O |
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18 E | N | D | A | L | L | 19 S | E | 20 T | T | L | E | R |
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21 C | L | O | 22 G | 23 S | 24 S | O | R | E | ||||||
25 S | 26 O | 27 F | T | S | O | A | P | 28 O | D | E | S | 29 S | 30 A |
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31 H | A | L | S | 32 L | L | 33 A | M | A | 34 A | I | M |
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35 A | R | A | 36 B | 37 A | L | O | N | E | Y | 38 U | R | I |
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39 N | E | P | 40 A | S | S | T | S | 41 I | C | E | R |
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42 A | D | D | 43 E | R | S | 44 C | A | 45 N | 46 O | N | E | S | S |
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47 O | L | D | E | 48 H | E | A | D | S | ||||||
49 E | 50 G | O | I | S | M | 51 S | 52 V | O | I | 53 C | 54 E | 55 S |
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56 R | E | D | O | 57 B | A | 58 L | 59 D | E | R | D | A | S | H |
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60 S | A | L | T | 61 L | I | O | N | S | 62 E | N | T | O |
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63 E | R | E | 64 E | L | S | A | 65 R | E | E | D |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,463
Across
1
Both: Prefix : AMBI
5
Tolled : RANG
9
Music or painting : ART
12
Fermenting yeast : BARM
13
Drive forward : IMPEL
14
Colorful fish : OPAH
15
Nonsense! : INAPIGSEYE
17
"___ Now," Al Smith's autobiography : UPTO
18
Ultimate conclusion : ENDALL
19
Pioneer, e.g. : SETTLER
21
Wooden-soled shoes : CLOGS
24
Resentful : SORE
25
Flattery : SOFTSOAP
28
Black Sea port : ODESSA
31
"La Bohémienne" painter : HALS
32
Andean animal : LLAMA
34
Goal : AIM
35
Goddess of destruction : ARA
36
Nonsense : BALONEY
38
Its capital is Altdorf : URI
39
Cluster of fibers : NEP
40
D.A. helpers : ASSTS
41
Bakery worker : ICER
42
Summers : ADDERS
44
Woman in a Christian community : CANONESS
47
Adjective for shoppe : OLDE
48
Managers : HEADS
49
Self-conceits : EGOISMS
52
Capote's "Other ___ ... " : VOICES
56
Make over : REDO
57
Nonsense : BALDERDASH
60
Condiment : SALT
61
Service group : LIONS
62
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
63
Before, to Poe : ERE
64
Actress Lanchester : ELSA
65
Bamboo, e.g. : REED
Down
1
Rose's love : ABIE
2
Delbert ___, film director : MANN
3
Small nail : BRAD
4
Influences : IMPACTS
5
Want-ad abbr. : RMS
6
Simian : APE
7
Family of a Napoleonic marshal : NEYS
8
Merry : GLEESOME
9
Nonsense : APPLESAUCE
10
Degree of speed : RATE
11
God of thunder : THOR
13
Snow house : IGLOO
14
Bizarre : OUTRE
16
Troubles : ILLS
20
Now : TODAY
22
Irritates : GALLS
23
Stain : SPLOTCH
25
Author Alexander : SHANA
26
Propelled a gig : OARED
27
Nonsense : FLAPDOODLE
29
Fathers : SIRES
30
Moslem princes : AMIRS
33
Ancient vase handles : ANSAE
36
Medieval poets : BARDS
37
Convene : ASSEMBLE
41
One in the know : INSIDER
43
Nobelist in Literature: 1948 : ELIOT
45
Church sections : NAVES
46
Aroma : ODOR
49
Gaelic : ERSE
50
Transmission part : GEAR
51
Square-rigger feature : SAIL
53
Walking stick : CANE
54
Villa d'___, in Tivoli : ESTE
55
Not barefoot : SHOD
58
___ Angeles : LOS
59
Nucleic acid initials : DNA
Answer summary:
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