Answered! [ADS-L] OT? A fiendish NYTimes crossword puzzle

[Joel S. Berson]

I have managed to solve my puzzle myself.

A single square is used dually, as follows:

Across: the name of a U.S. president.  E.g., clue is "Neighbor of
Archie Bunker"; answer is "GeorgeJefferson" (in 7 squares).
Down is the dollar amount of the U.S. paper money bill on which that
president's face appears.  E.g., clue is "'Terrible' toddler time";
answer is "Agetwo" (in 6 squares).

Joel


>Can anyone remember the exact details of the NYTimes crossword puzzle
>about which all I can remember is the following, which is probably inaccurate?
>
>Across, the name of a U.S. president.
>
>Down, I think in a crossing word, the amount of the U.S. paper money
>bill on which that president's face appears.
>
>E.g.:  Across would be "Lincoln", down would be an answer containing
>the letters "five".  Across the clue might have been "Home of the
>baseball Nats", the answer would be "Washington".
>
>Used seven times, for each of the seven lowest-denominated U.S. bills.
>
>Considering that "Washington" contains 10 letters, I think it must
>have been a Sunday puzzle.  Appeared some time within the last several months.
>
>Joel

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