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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Thursday, January 13, 1977

17-Across : Big-band leader Jones

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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L
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E
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O
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M
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A
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P
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F
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L
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A
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W
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H
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A
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L
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E
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L
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E
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O
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W
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B
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A
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C
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A
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P
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M
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A
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A
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G
R
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E
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T
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O
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F
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D
U
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S
T
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G
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D
A
R
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E
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C
L
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B
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O
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C
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R
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C
A
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R
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O
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R
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A
P
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T
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T
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O
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F
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L
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G
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T
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L
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L
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S
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S
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L
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G
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B
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,015
Across
1
Queenly name : CLEO
5
Treasure-hunt need : MAP
8
Defect : FLAW
12
___ on (persist) : HARP
13
Usher's place : AISLE
15
Fruit : LIME
16
Early bondman : ESNE
17
Big-band leader Jones : ISHAM
18
Eye, in Bayonne : OEIL
19
Advice to the conservative : WHENINDOUBTPUNT
22
Tie : ASCOT
23
Biter of 1 Across : ASP
24
Cleric's home : MANSE
26
Be amenable : AGREETO
30
Hot-cheese dip : FONDU
31
Stupid one, in Scotland : STEG
32
Challenge : DARE
34
Comment on a near-miss : CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR
37
Carry's partner : CASH
38
Indian salts : REHS
39
Spanish town : ONATE
40
What old grads do : REUNITE
42
New York is a big one : APPLE
43
Bill : TAB
44
Jewish scripture : TORAH
46
Candle's offering : FLICKERINGLIGHT
53
Mother of Pollux : LEDA
54
Proportion : RATIO
55
Writer Anita : LOOS
56
Wallet items : ONES
57
Gallery : SALON
58
Tibetan monk : LAMA
59
Kind of plan : GAME
60
Gazzara : BEN
61
French river : YSER
Down
1
___ out (scold) : CHEW
2
Scourge : LASH
3
Sea flier : ERNE
4
Sleuth's snap job : OPENANDSHUTCASE
5
Botch : MISDO
6
Contender's hope : ASHOTATTHETITLE
7
Town in Germany : PLAU
8
Relative of "Bombed in New Haven" : FLOPPEDINPHILLY
9
Stead : LIEU
10
Idi of Uganda : AMIN
11
Leather strip : WELT
13
Once, in Scotland : AINCE
14
Shipping restriction : EMBARGO
20
Offspring : ISSUE
21
Half an African fly : TSE
24
Dentist's concern : MOLAR
25
Have ___ for news : ANOSE
27
Army V.I.P.'s : GENS
28
Language of Luzon : TAGAL
29
Speechify : ORATE
30
Govt. watchdog of TV : FCC
31
Tallow base : SUET
33
Before : ERE
35
Ones who corrupt : BRIBERS
36
Varnish resin : COPAL
41
Mango point : NAK
42
Light-bulb gas : ARGON
45
Bermuda export : ONION
46
Whip : FLOG
47
Miss Horne : LENA
48
Same, to Ovid : IDEM
49
Austrian statesman : RAAB
50
Gazelles of Tibet : GOAS
51
Kind of rule : HOME
52
Ruler : TSAR

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 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.

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