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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Tuesday, January 17, 1978

1-Across : Steep slope

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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R
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P
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T
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V
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O
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C
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E
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C
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C
O
A
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O
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A
L
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T
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H
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M
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E
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B
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M
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R
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M
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L
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W
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A
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Y
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T
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G
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L
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T
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,384
Across
1
Steep slope : SCARP
6
Catamaran : RAFT
10
Viva ___ (orally) : VOCE
14
Ghana export : COCOA
15
Site of the Nobel Institute : OSLO
16
Winglike : ALAR
17
Dreiser's "The ___" : TITAN
18
Dixie : SOUTHLAND
20
Mariner's guide : LANDMARK
22
Utah range or river : UINTA
23
"Black gold" : OIL
24
Recedes : EBBS
26
Wait, in a way : MARKTIME
31
Margin of safety : LEEWAY
35
Entertainer Adams : EDIE
36
___ alia : INTER
38
Presidential nickname : IKE
39
Old gray mare, e.g. : NAG
40
Interval in an athletic game : TIMEOUT
42
Through: Prefix : DIA
43
Year, in Spain : ANO
44
"I want ___ just like ... " : AGIRL
45
Coin : CENT
46
Bullfighter : TORERO
48
Provinces : OUTLANDS
51
Evergreens : FIRS
53
Further : AID
54
Explode, as a bomb : GOOFF
57
Part of Cornwell : LANDSEND
62
"Till the ___," 1945 song : ENDOFTIME
64
Trap : SNARE
66
"Sour grapes can ___ make sweet wine" : NEER
67
Greek contest : AGON
68
Yellow pigment : OCHER
69
Starboard side when sailing north : EAST
70
Stood : ROSE
71
Union general : MEADE
Down
1
B.S.A. member : SCT
2
Spiral : COIL
3
___ part (pretend) : ACTA
4
Island off N.C. : ROANOKE
5
Learned man, in India : PANDIT
6
Ponselle : ROSA
7
Hebrew lyre : ASOR
8
Summer flounder : FLUKE
9
Add, with "up" : TOT
10
Traveling bag : VALISE
11
Wang's wife : OLAN
12
Jargon : CANT
13
Earth goddess : ERDA
19
Part of H.H.H. : HUBERT
21
Year in the 11th century : MLI
25
Cordon ___ : BLEU
26
"Danger: ___ Work" : MENAT
27
Bell town : ADANO
28
Hardship : RIGOR
29
Puccini heroine : MIMI
30
Febrero's predecessor : ENERO
32
Expand : WIDEN
33
Two of ___ : AKIND
34
Irish poet and dramatist : YEATS
37
S.A. balsam : TOLU
40
Duty : TARIFF
41
Stravinsky : IGOR
45
Rhythm : CADENCE
47
Exertion : EFFORT
49
Small boy : TAD
50
Nimble : LISSOM
52
Irish port : SLIGO
54
Kelly or Rayburn : GENE
55
___-cat (sandlot game) : ONEA
56
Lyrical poems : ODES
58
Andy's partner : AMOS
59
Hawaiian goose : NENE
60
Okinawa's capital : NAHA
61
Scott : DRED
63
Pitch : TAR
65
Sonneteer's word : ERE

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

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