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Norma Steinberg
New York Times, Tuesday, September 29, 1992
Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.66, Missing: { Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 54, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 19.0
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 S | 2 P | 3 R | 4 Y | 5 C | 6 A | 7 M | 8 T | 9 A | 10 P |
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11 A | L | O | E | 12 C | A | N | A | 13 L | 14 U | R | N | A |
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15 H | O | P | A | 16 L | O | N | G | C | A | 17 S | S | I | D | Y |
18 L | Y | E | 19 A | L | A | S | 20 T | I | M | E | R | |||
21 S | P | O | R | T | 22 E | R | A | S | E | |||||
23 S | 24 E | N | T | R | Y | 25 E | R | E | ||||||
26 M | A | R | I | O | 27 P | T | A | 28 P | 29 I | 30 L | 31 E |
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32 S | K | I | P | P | 33 I | 34 N | G | C | L | 35 A | S | S | E | S |
36 G | E | N | E | 37 C | I | A | 38 S | A | L | E | S |
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39 D | E | L | 40 H | 41 A | L | T | E | R | ||||||
42 P | 43 A | 44 N | E | L | 45 B | A | L | E | S | |||||
46 A | R | O | M | A | 47 O | T | O | E | 48 S | 49 A | 50 P |
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51 J | U | M | P | I | N | 52 G | O | F | F | P | 53 L | A | C | E |
54 I | S | E | E | 55 D | O | N | U | T | 56 O | G | L | E |
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57 B | E | D | 58 T | E | L | 59 S | A | U | L |
© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,666
Across
1
Agile : SPRY
5
Kind of shaft or corder : CAM
8
Gregory Hines medium : TAP
11
Skin-cream ingredient : ALOE
12
Love or Suez : CANAL
14
Spanish container : URNA
15
Early TV good guy : HOPALONGCASSIDY
18
Soap ingredient : LYE
19
"What a bummer!" : ALAS
20
Chess-tournament accessory : TIMER
21
Good or indoor chaser : SPORT
22
Clear a tape : ERASE
23
Watchman : SENTRY
25
With "long," this means soon : ERE
26
Cuomo or Lanza : MARIO
27
School org. : PTA
28
Accumulation : PILE
32
Playing hooky, in a way : SKIPPINGCLASSES
36
Tierney or Hackman : GENE
37
Bush's command: 1976-77 : CIA
38
Comic Soupy : SALES
39
N.J. neighbor : DEL
40
Woman's garment : HALTER
42
Type of truck : PANEL
45
Bags of cotton : BALES
46
Fragrance : AROMA
47
Neb. Indian : OTOE
48
Airhead : SAP
51
Starting point : JUMPINGOFFPLACE
54
Words of understanding : ISEE
55
Dunker : DONUT
56
Gaze amorously : OGLE
57
Four-poster, e.g. : BED
58
___ Aviv : TEL
59
Author Bellow : SAUL
Down
1
Political satirist : SAHL
2
Ruse : PLOY
3
Lasso material : ROPE
4
Affirmative vote : YEA
5
Yellow bird : CANARY
6
Dread : ANGST
7
Singer Davis : MAC
8
Has a go at : TRIES
9
Conducter Previn : ANDRE
10
Recompense : PAY
12
Play with crayons : COLOR
13
Kind of pass : LATERAL
14
West Point monogram : USMA
16
Computer-store choice : LAPTOP
17
Paddock papa : SIRE
21
Shoot from ambush : SNIPE
23
"For Pete's ___!" : SAKE
24
She played Joanie on TV : ERIN
25
And so forth: Abbr. : ETC
26
Flavor enhancer, for short : MSG
27
Links org. : PGA
28
High-school juniors' concerns : PSATS
29
Presque ___, Me. : ISLE
30
Lecher's look : LEER
31
Tee preceder : ESS
33
Its capital is Reykjavik : ICELAND
34
Zilch : NIL
35
In dreamland : ASLEEP
39
Mrs. Bruce Willis : DEMI
40
"A ___ of Rain," 1957 movie : HATFUL
41
Flying : ALOFT
42
VCR control button : PAUSE
43
Supplied with weapons : ARMED
44
"No way!" : NOPE
45
Wilderness Road traveler : BOONE
48
It's a long story : SAGA
49
Ira Glasser's org. : ACLU
50
Do a KP job : PEEL
51
Small sail : JIB
52
Obtained : GOT
53
___ Alamos : LOS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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.