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Manny Miller
Manny Miller

New York Times, Saturday, January 14, 1967

22-Across : Movie director's command.

Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,363
Across
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Bespatter. : BLOT
5
One kind of milk. : SPILT
10
Froth. : FOAM
14
Rake. : ROUE
15
"___ Paris." : ILOVE
16
Word element for part of Asia. : INDO
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Numerical prefix. : OCTA
18
Dress goods. : LINEN
19
Weather word. : FAIR
20
Decreases. : SHORTENS
22
Movie director's command. : ACTION
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Spring. : FOUNT
25
Astros' football counterpart. : OILERS
26
Unexpected. : OUTOFTHEBLUE
29
Fragrance. : AROMA
30
Felt compassion. : RELENTED
34
Direction. : SSW
35
Ahead of: Dial. : AFORE
37
Chemical suffix. : OSE
38
Grapefruit-tangerine hybrids. : TANGELOS
41
Chrysalises. : PUPAE
43
Honest: Slang. : ONTHEUPANDUP
46
Mount ___. : VERNON
48
Character in "For Whom the Bell Tolls." : PILAR
49
Imaginary belt in the heavens. : ZODIAC
50
Goblets. : STEMWARE
53
Teutonic name. : EMIL
54
Spring flower. : LILAC
56
M.P.'s concern. : AWOL
57
Inform. : TELL
58
Call up. : EVOKE
59
Existing. : REAL
60
Coded section. : AREA
61
Entertains. : FETES
62
Member of the falcon family. : ERNE
Down
1
Romulus and Remus: Abbr. : BROS
2
Lomond. : LOCH
3
Away. : OUTOFTOWN
4
Luncheonette. : TEAROOM
5
Hushed. : SILENT
6
Block at the base of a column. : PLINTH
7
Certain atoms. : IONS
8
Depart: Abbr. : LVE
9
Outwork between two bastions. : TENAILLE
10
Number. : FIFTEEN
11
Walk ___. : ONAIR
12
Farewell word. : ADIOS
13
Poetic time of day. : MORN
21
Porous limestone. : TUFA
23
Whodunit feature. : CLUE
25
Upper: Ger. : OBER
26
Drying device. : OAST
27
___ Minor. : URSA
28
Notched, as leaves. : EROSE
31
Of first rank. : TOPDRAWER
32
Descendant of Abraham. : ESAU
33
Of low pitch. : DEEP
35
Middle C sign. : ALTOCLEF
36
Alpine wind. : FOHN
39
Tarzan's playmate. : GORILLA
40
Sicilian city. : ENNA
41
Coconut tree. : PALM
42
Not informed. : UNAWARE
44
Understanding: Colloq. : UPTAKE
45
Parts. : PIECES
46
Bone of the nasal septum. : VOMER
47
Roman official. : EDILE
49
Greek letter. : ZETA
50
Deer trail. : SLOT
51
Bay color. : ROAN
52
French pronoun. : ELLE
55
Adjective suffix. : IVE

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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