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William Landis
New York Times, Friday, September 22, 1967
Author:
William Landis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 57.0
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
William Landis has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 I | 3 N | 4 Q | 5 O | 6 N | 7 C | 8 E | |||||||
9 O | U | I | O | U | 10 I | 11 I | D | O | I | D | 12 O | |||
13 P | U | R | I | T | A | N | 14 N | E | T | T | I | N | 15 G |
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16 I | T | S | 17 A | N | D | 18 A | N | T | E | 19 T | E | A |
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20 T | W | O | 21 S | 22 D | I | M | E | S | 23 T | O | D | O |
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24 H | I | R | E | 25 D | 26 C | U | R | 27 M | U | R | A | L |
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28 T | Y | R | A | 29 N | T | S | 30 P | A | N | S | Y | |||
31 P | R | O | S | E | 32 C | U | T | E | ||||||
33 G | 34 L | E | N | S | 35 M | A | D | E | O | 36 F | 37 F | |||
38 S | E | A | N | S | 39 P | E | R | 40 S | U | L | U | 41 S |
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42 P | I | C | T | 43 F | E | N | D | 44 S | 45 T | I | K | I |
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46 A | S | K | 47 C | R | A | T | I | O | 48 N | 49 E | I | N |
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50 S | H | E | 51 L | L | A | C | 52 A | L | I | 53 A | S | E | S |
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54 A | Y | E | A | Y | E | 55 C | A | N | C | A | N | |||
56 S | A | Y | S | 57 N | E | A | T |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,614
Across
1
French numeral. : CINQ
5
As soon as. : ONCE
9
Certainement! : OUIOUI
11
Broadway hit. : IDOIDO
13
Early New Englander. : PURITAN
14
Meshwork. : NETTING
16
Pronoun. : ITS
17
Musical direction. : ANDANTE
19
Beverage. : TEA
20
Couples. : TWOS
22
Phone booth needs. : DIMES
23
Have nothing ___ with. : TODO
24
Under charter. : HIRED
26
Pound denizen. : CUR
27
Picture. : MURAL
28
Dictators. : TYRANTS
30
Garden plant. : PANSY
31
What D.A.'s do. : PROSECUTE
33
Narrow valleys. : GLENS
35
Ran away. : MADEOFF
38
Connery and others. : SEANS
39
According to. : PER
40
Moros. : SULUS
42
Early Briton. : PICT
43
Wards (off). : FENDS
45
Kon ___. : TIKI
46
Invite. : ASK
47
Chow, G.I. style. : CRATION
49
German article. : EIN
50
Defeat decisively: Colloq. : SHELLAC
52
Noms de plume. : ALIASES
54
Nautical acknowledgment. : AYEAYE
55
Folies Bergère bit. : CANCAN
56
Communicates. : SAYS
57
Undiluted. : NEAT
Down
1
Hasty. : CURSORY
2
Clock numeral. : III
3
___ chance. : NOTA
4
When: Fr. : QUAND
5
Contemporary playwright. : ODETS
6
Paper money. : NOTE
7
Op. ___. : CIT
8
Newspapermen. : EDITORS
9
Be cleverer than. : OUTWIT
10
Accuses. : INDICTS
11
Score at darts. : INNER
12
At a future time. : ONEDAY
13
Substance. : PITH
15
Reading, for one. : GAOL
18
Diversion. : AMUSEMENT
21
Eden dweller. : SERPENT
23
Adjust a radio receiver. : TUNEOUT
25
Mild oaths. : DARNS
27
Wins at chess. : MATES
29
Digits: Abbr. : NOS
30
Pound, in Moskva. : PUD
32
Of the heart. : CARDIAC
33
Kyoto entertainer. : GEISHA
34
Footmen. : LACKEYS
36
Attacks suddenly. : FLIESAT
37
Province of China. : FUKIEN
38
Resorts. : SPAS
39
Elusive U.N. goal. : PEACE
41
Misdeeds. : SINS
43
Wears by friction. : FRAYS
44
Gannet. : SOLAN
47
Famous U.S. orator. : CLAY
48
Shoe size. : NINE
51
Grassland. : LEA
53
Here: Sp. : ACA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later.
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