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Tom Mixon
Tom Mixon

New York Times, Tuesday, January 14, 1975

23-Across : Chemical compound

Author:
Tom Mixon
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { G J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Tom Mixon has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,285
Across
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One on the way : COMER
6
Noisy god : THOR
10
Do the light fantastic : TRIP
14
Habituate : INURE
15
Prefix for gram or drome : AERO
16
Calhoun : RORY
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Pondered : MUSED
18
Old and new fads, with 3 Down : HANDLEBAR
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N. Y. time : EST
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Radio tube : DIODE
23
Chemical compound : AMIDE
24
White poplar : ABELE
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___ beck and call : ATONES
27
Francis and others : BACONS
29
Solitary one : LONER
31
Sympathetic response : ECHO
32
Meat cuts : LOINS
33
Youth group: Abbr. : BSA
36
Major De Sica film : THEBICYCLETHIEF
40
"___ got the whole world ... " : HES
41
Miss Bayes et al. : NORAS
42
Soup ingredient : OKRA
43
___ pushers : PEDAL
44
Superficial appearance : VENEER
46
On the go : ACTIVE
49
Canvas supporter : EASEL
50
Mutiny name : CAINE
51
"___ Angels" : HELLS
53
Islands in Arafura Sea : ARU
56
Cyclists' meccas : OPENROADS
58
Heating vessels : ETNAS
60
___ Lisa : MONA
61
Melody : ARIA
62
Family member : NIECE
63
French handle : ANSE
64
Soaks : RETS
65
Alleviates : EASES
Down
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Top, in Tours : CIME
2
Burden : ONUS
3
See 18 Across : MUSTACHES
4
Prior to : ERE
5
Flush : REDDEN
6
Western resort : TAHOE
7
Hogs or Marble : HEAD
8
French river : ORNE
9
Carew of baseball : ROD
10
Earthquake forerunner : TREMOR
11
Pitcher Roberts : ROBIN
12
Turkish decree : IRADE
13
Ritual heaps : PYRES
19
"Have you heard the ___?" : LATEST
22
French pronoun : ILS
25
Kind of tube : BOOB
26
Wife of Henry VIII : ANNE
27
Sister of Amy and Jo : BETH
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Result of overcycling : ACHE
29
Making all stops : LOCAL
30
Removes a bicycle squeak : OILS
32
Harp of the sky : LYRA
33
City cyclists' concerns : BIKELANES
34
Withered : SERE
35
At a distance : AFAR
37
"___ saw a purple ... " : INEVER
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Black-chamber concern : CODE
39
Sharpen : HONE
43
Feathers : PINNAE
44
Worth: Abbr. : VAL
45
Ancient Jewish sect member : ESSENE
46
Mexican village of Spanish conquest : ACOMA
47
Fowl : CAPON
48
Look here!, in Paris : TIENS
49
Wagnerian girl et al. : ELSAS
51
Leveret : HARE
52
Prepare copy : EDIT
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Cyclists' event : RACE
55
Customs : USES
57
Scull : OAR
59
___ Juana : TIA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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