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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Tuesday, January 18, 1977

33-Across : Ally of Sitting Bull

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,020
Across
1
Persona non ___ : GRATA
6
Kitchen measures: Abbr. : TSPS
10
Fumble : MUFF
14
Rest, in Rouen : REPOS
15
Skip : OMIT
16
What D. Boone killed : ABAR
17
"Cut ___!" : ITOUT
18
Gambling asset : POKERFACE
20
Halloween item : FALSEFACE
22
German pronoun : EINES
23
Madre's brother : TIO
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Danger : RISK
25
Carafe : FLAGON
26
Diesel and Wankel : ENGINES
28
Whitney : ELI
29
Daughter of Cadmus : INO
30
Whitelaw or Ogden : REID
31
Costly : STEEP
33
Ally of Sitting Bull : RAININTHEFACE
39
Tooth nemesis : DECAY
40
___-Gotha : SAXE
42
Day parts: Abbr. : AMS
45
Small instrument : UKE
46
Hilly resort area of Penna. : POCONOS
49
Friendly behavior : COMITY
51
Fair to middling : SOSO
52
Money officers: Abbr. : TRS
53
See-through cloth : TOILE
54
Fix a street : RESURFACE
56
Common boundary : INTERFACE
58
Out : NOTIN
59
Competed : VIED
60
What Caesar said : ETTU
61
Wipe out : ERASE
62
Latin verb : ESSE
63
U.N. power : USSR
64
Ends a case : RESTS
Down
1
Con artist : GRIFTER
2
Legal fee : RETAINER
3
Defense of one's acts : APOLOGIA
4
"What is that ___?" (words to Judas) : TOUS
5
Behind, at sea : ASTERN
6
Come ___ (occur) : TOPASS
7
Work habit : SMOCK
8
Discoverer of a peak : PIKE
9
Beatified woman: Abbr. : STE
10
Godfather gang : MAFIA
11
Congo feeder : UBANGI
12
"___ the barroom floor" : FACEON
13
Raisin center : FRESNO
19
Bas or comic : RELIEF
21
"Shame on you!" : FIE
25
Scram : FLEE
27
"Thou canst not say ___ it" : IDID
28
Old verb ending : ETH
31
Piggery : STY
32
Mountain gap: Sp. : PASO
34
Gender : NEUTER
35
Distasteful, teen style : ICKY
36
Scottish denial : NAE
37
Bach works : CANTATAS
38
Demon eradicator : EXORCIST
41
Old Judaic sect : ESSENES
42
Lively : ACTIVE
43
"The ___ Blue" : MOONIS
44
Hits hard : SMITES
46
Pretender : POSEUR
47
Midwest campus : OSU
48
Naughty pupil's place : CORNER
50
___ France : ILEDE
51
Religious groups : SECTS
54
Turns informer : RATS
55
Aft's counterpart : FORE
57
Pot-au-___ : FEU

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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