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Ernst Theimer
New York Times, Saturday, September 29, 1990
Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.4
Grid has duplicate clues.
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 B | 4 Y | 5 I | 6 D | 7 E | 8 A | 9 M | 10 I | 11 R | 12 E |
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13 A | C | R | E | 14 D | A | U | N | T | 15 O | D | A | S |
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16 T | H | I | S | 17 C | O | M | E | S | A | 18 F | T | E | R | Q |
19 H | E | M | 20 E | B | B | S | 21 L | O | S | E | R |
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22 A | L | I | I | 23 D | 24 E | E | R | |||||||
25 D | 26 O | 27 U | B | L | E | C | 28 U | R | V | E | S | 29 I | 30 G | 31 N |
32 E | R | N | E | S | 33 P | E | A | T | 34 R | O | O |
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35 P | O | S | T | 36 K | 37 E | P | I | S | 38 M | A | I | L |
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39 E | N | E | 40 E | I | R | E | 41 H | E | N | N | A |
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42 W | O | R | 43 L | D | W | A | R | 44 T | 45 W | O | S | I | G | N |
46 E | D | I | T | 47 I | R | K | S | |||||||
48 R | 49 I | 50 A | T | A | 51 A | L | O | U | 52 T | 53 R | 54 A |
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55 S | O | F | T | S | 56 I | 57 G | N | I | N | M | 58 U | S | I | C |
59 V | O | R | E | 60 T | H | O | N | G | 61 S | A | N | E |
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62 P | O | O | R | 63 S | I | N | G | 64 E | R | G | S |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,935
Across
1
Infant : BABY
5
Brainstorm : IDEA
9
Bog : MIRE
13
Land measure : ACRE
14
Cow : DAUNT
15
Harem rooms : ODAS
16
Part of a formal request : THISCOMESAFTERQ
19
Border : HEM
20
Recedes : EBBS
21
Also-ran : LOSER
22
Others, to Cicero : ALII
23
Hart : DEER
25
Part of a formal request : DOUBLECURVESIGN
32
Sea eagles : ERNES
33
Bog fuel : PEAT
34
Down Under marsupial, for short : ROO
35
Mail : POST
36
Military caps : KEPIS
38
Armor : MAIL
39
Chemical suffix : ENE
40
Gaels' republic : EIRE
41
Hair-dye color : HENNA
42
Part of a formal request : WORLDWARTWOSIGN
46
Prepare for publication : EDIT
47
Annoys : IRKS
48
Lasso : RIATA
51
N.L. batting champion: 1966 : ALOU
52
Among, in Italia : TRA
55
Part of a formal request : SOFTSIGNINMUSIC
59
One that eats: Comb. form : VORE
60
Leather strap : THONG
61
Sensible : SANE
62
Indigent : POOR
63
Descant : SING
64
Saharan areas : ERGS
Down
1
Spa in England : BATH
2
Relative of a twinge : ACHE
3
Poke on a bonnet : BRIM
4
Affirmative : YES
5
___ pentameter (kind of verse) : IAMBIC
6
Club assessments : DUES
7
Printers' measures : ENS
8
One ___ time : ATA
9
Tours : MOTORS
10
Bad time for Caesar : IDES
11
Steak order : RARE
12
Title of respect: Abbr. : ESQR
14
Author of "The Longhorns" : DOBIE
17
Body units : CELLS
18
Speedy : FLEET
22
Incite : ABET
23
It's between zwei and vier : DREI
24
A Perón and a Gabor : EVAS
25
Railroad magnate Chauncey ___ : DEPEW
26
University of Maine site : ORONO
27
Famed name in auto racing : UNSER
28
Kind of house or hand : UPPER
29
Modern Persian : IRANI
30
Auctioneer's word : GOING
31
Actor in "Earthquake": 1974 : NOLAN
36
A New Zealander, informally : KIWI
37
You were, to Cato : ERAT
38
Nautical meal : MESS
40
Icelandic sagas : EDDAS
41
Bosh : HOKUM
43
See 16, 25, 42 or 55 Across : LETTER
44
Bathroom flooring : TILING
45
Incorrect : WRONG
48
The formal request : RSVP
49
M : IOOO
50
Kind of hairdo : AFRO
51
Presently : ANON
52
Despot : TSAR
53
Grommet : RING
54
Snake eyes at a casino : ACES
56
"___ My Party," Lesley Gore hit : ITS
57
F-J connection : GHI
58
Employ : USE
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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