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Thomas E. Devlin
New York Times, Wednesday, September 6, 1967
Author:
Thomas E. Devlin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 45.9
Thomas E. Devlin has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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13 U | N | A | R | M | E | 14 D | 15 B | E | L | A | T | E | D |
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16 S | T | R | A | S | S | E | 17 E | X | T | R | E | M | E |
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18 K | E | E | P | 19 T | W | 20 P | S | 21 A | R | S | O | N |
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22 P | 23 I | S | C | A | T | 24 O | R | Y | ||||||
25 U | 26 P | 27 P | E | D | 28 L | I | S | P | 29 O | 30 A | 31 S | 32 T |
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33 S | U | R | R | O | 34 Y | A | L | 35 T | 36 E | N | D | E | R |
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37 A | R | I | 38 L | O | W | L | 39 I | E | R | 40 D | I | E |
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41 G | R | A | 42 S | S | Y | 43 A | N | D | I | 44 R | O | N | S |
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45 E | S | M | E | 46 O | 47 U | S | T | 48 C | A | N | E | S |
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49 R | 50 U | S | T | S | A | 51 W | A | Y | ||||||
52 R | 53 E | 54 S | I | N | 55 T | E | C | H | 56 L | 57 A | 58 S | 59 H |
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60 A | S | T | A | I | 61 R | E | 62 T | A | 63 K | E | S | T | O |
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64 P | S | A | L | T | E | R | 65 A | L | L | S | T | A | R |
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66 S | E | N | S | E | D | 67 E | S | S | A | Y | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,598
Across
1
Prized fur. : MARTEN
7
Washington city. : TACOMA
13
Defenseless. : UNARMED
15
Tardy. : BELATED
16
Berlin street. : STRASSE
17
Like high style, for instance. : EXTREME
18
Part of a castle. : KEEP
19
Political subdivisions: Abbr. : TWPS
21
Heinous crime. : ARSON
22
Of fishing. : PISCATORY
25
Raised: Colloq. : UPPED
28
Speech defect. : LISP
29
Kiln. : OAST
33
Deer's crown antler. : SURROYAL
35
Offer. : TENDER
37
"Exodus" hero. : ARI
38
More humble. : LOWLIER
40
Machine tool. : DIE
41
Like the fairway. : GRASSY
43
Firedogs. : ANDIRONS
45
Girl's name. : ESME
46
Evict. : OUST
48
Malaccas. : CANES
49
Deteriorates, in a way. : RUSTSAWAY
52
Plant substance. : RESIN
55
Carnegie or Georgia. : TECH
56
Tie with rope. : LASH
60
Stage and screen personality. : ASTAIRE
62
Becomes fond of. : TAKESTO
64
Book of sacred songs. : PSALTER
65
Kind of team. : ALLSTAR
66
Perceived. : SENSED
67
Magazine pieces. : ESSAYS
Down
1
Perfume ingredient. : MUSK
2
Stake. : ANTE
3
Excellent. : RARE
4
Seeker of 1 Across. : TRAPPER
5
German river. : EMS
6
Retreats. : NESTS
7
State: Abbr. : TEX
8
Chancel feature. : ALTAR
9
Continue as before. : CARRYON
10
Natives of: Suffix. : OTES
11
FYI item. : MEMO
12
Gulf of the Arabian Sea. : ADEN
14
Extra digit on dog's leg. : DEWCLAW
15
Excels. : BESTS
20
Straw mattress. : PAILLASSE
23
Objects of excessive admiration. : IDOLS
24
Chose. : OPTED
25
Custom. : USAGE
26
Motor sounds. : PURRS
27
Trojan king. : PRIAM
30
Enlarge. : ADDON
31
Fish, in a way. : SEINE
32
Lock of hair. : TRESS
34
Toys. : YOYOS
36
Heath genus. : ERICA
39
Untouched: Lat. : INTACTA
42
Soap operas, for instance. : SERIALS
44
Gloomy. : RAYLESS
47
Sheer. : UTTER
50
Cement. : UNITE
51
Cachalot. : WHALE
52
Seance signals. : RAPS
53
Being: Lat. : ESSE
54
"Streetcar" hero. : STAN
57
Canine of fiction. : ASTA
58
Collar insert. : STAY
59
___ de combat. : HORS
61
Shreveport's river. : RED
63
Metric units: Abbr. : KLS
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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