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David Galef
New York Times, Monday, September 7, 1981
Author:
David Galef
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.1
Grid has duplicate clues.
David Galef has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 R | 4 C | 5 V | 6 I | 7 S | 8 A | 9 S | 10 A | 11 S | 12 S | 13 Y |
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14 A | M | O | R | 15 I | R | E | S | 16 M | O | C | H | A |
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17 C | A | P | E | 18 L | L | I | N | I | 19 E | R | R | O | R |
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20 E | N | E | M | I | E | S | 21 S | A | T | U | R | N |
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22 E | N | S | 23 S | 24 A | T | R | A | P | ||||||
25 I | 26 A | 27 M | 28 I | T | 29 S | A | B | O | Y | 30 U | 31 S | 32 A |
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33 S | P | U | 34 R | N | 35 P | R | O | M | 36 A | L | A | R |
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37 L | A | S | A | G | 38 N | A | 39 R | A | 40 V | I | O | L | I |
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41 E | C | C | E | 42 A | R | 43 A | T | 44 A | M | U | S | E |
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45 T | E | A | 46 P | R | E | S | S | 47 O | N | 48 S | A | L |
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49 D | 50 A | R | E | R | S | 51 S | I | 52 S | ||||||
53 S | 54 L | I | D | E | S | 55 F | A | S | C | 56 I | 57 S | 58 T |
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59 H | O | N | E | S | 60 S | 61 P | A | G | H | E | T | T | I |
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62 I | N | E | P | T | 63 M | I | R | E | 64 N | E | L | L |
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65 P | E | S | T | O | 66 A | G | E | S | 67 T | R | O | T |
© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,626
Across
1
Playwright Connelly: 1890–1981 : MARC
5
Passport stamp : VISA
9
Impertinent : SASSY
14
Cupid : AMOR
15
Enrages : IRES
16
Fine coffee : MOCHA
17
Type of pasta : CAPELLINI
19
Mistake : ERROR
20
Foes : ENEMIES
21
Gloomy planet : SATURN
22
Printing measures : ENS
23
Petty tyrant : SATRAP
25
Van Druten's "___ a Camera" : IAM
28
Maternity-ward announcement : ITSABOY
30
Dos Passos trilogy : USA
33
Reject : SPURN
35
High-school dance : PROM
36
Winged : ALAR
37
Type of pasta : LASAGNA
39
Type of pasta : RAVIOLI
41
"___ homo!" : ECCE
42
Smell ___ (suspect) : ARAT
44
Divert : AMUSE
45
British collation : TEA
46
Keep going despite difficulties : PRESSON
48
___ volatile : SAL
49
Brave ones : DARERS
51
Sibling's nickname : SIS
53
Playground adjuncts : SLIDES
55
Mussolini was one : FASCIST
59
Strops : HONES
60
Type of pasta : SPAGHETTI
62
Useless : INEPT
63
Quaggy ground : MIRE
64
Dickens girl : NELL
65
Sauce for pasta : PESTO
66
Bronze and Stone : AGES
67
Gait : TROT
Down
1
Nutmeg : MACE
2
"I met ___ ... " : AMAN
3
Lariat or riata : ROPE
4
Word with de menthe : CREME
5
Most hideous : VILEST
6
Eye part : IRIS
7
Japanese coin : SEN
8
Faulkner's "___ Lay Dying" : ASI
9
Bedaubed : SMEARY
10
Heart connection : AORTA
11
Honest or careful : SCRUPULOUS
12
Restaurateur Toots : SHOR
13
Tale : YARN
18
Coat or cloud interior : LINING
21
Plant opening : STOMA
23
Patriotic org. : SAR
24
Scraps, NASA style : ABORTS
25
Ait : ISLET
26
Rapidly : APACE
27
Large, musky grapes : MUSCADINES
29
Less obese : SPARER
31
Tomato sauce for pasta : SALSA
32
Shakespearean sprite : ARIEL
34
"Norma ___," 1979 film : RAE
36
Goal : AIM
38
Nostrils : NARES
40
Disappear : VANISH
43
Fool : ASS
46
Magician's word : PRESTO
47
Oranges or Indians : OSAGES
50
Skilled : ADEPT
52
Odor : SCENT
53
The Andrea Doria was one : SHIP
54
Solitary : LONE
55
High cost of leaving : FARE
56
Roman road : ITER
57
French town on the Vire : STLO
58
Pinball term : TILT
60
Like many a bairn : SMA
61
Greedy one : PIG
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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