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Ben Finn
Ben Finn

New York Times, Monday, January 20, 1975

60-Across : Predatory bird

Author:
Ben Finn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Ben Finn has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,291
Across
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Large shark : MAKO
5
Boom of a sort : SONIC
10
Get rid of : SHED
14
Opposed, hillbilly style : AGIN
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"Plain and Fancy" folk : AMISH
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Scarlett's home : TARA
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___ majesty : LESE
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Musical greeting : HELLODOLLY
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More irritable : TESTIER
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Excites : AROUSES
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Herbert's was red : MILL
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Emulated a knight : KNELT
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Goblet parts : STEMS
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El ___ : CID
28
Swamp, in Britain : LETCH
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"As You ___ It" : LIKE
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Seaver of baseball : TOM
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No more than : BARELY
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Mountain in Crete : IDA
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"___ Girl" : BLOOMER
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Rorem : NED
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Grumble : NATTER
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Born: Fr. : NEE
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Jewish month : ADAR
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Collect here and there : GLEAN
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Go whole ___ : HOG
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Spanish month : ENERO
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French novelist and family : GIDES
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Scent : ODOR
49
Whirling dervish, e.g. : ROTATOR
52
Extend beyond : OVERLAP
55
Daisy-petal verdict : SHELOVESME
57
Tops : AONE
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Beverage in Milano : VINO
59
Allen : ETHAN
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Predatory bird : KITE
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Half a popular game : PONG
62
Rises : SOARS
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Rude person : SNIP
Down
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Beer ingredient : MALT
2
U.S. author : AGEE
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Romantic directive to Hepburn : KISSMEKATE
4
Former : ONETIME
5
Tunisian coastal strip : SAHEL
6
Hebrew measure : OMER
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Zero : NIL
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Fire or Staten : ISLAND
9
Routine task : CHORE
10
More robust : STOUTER
11
Dutch painter : HALS
12
Gardner : ERLE
13
Salad and red-letter : DAYS
19
Washington bill : DOLLAR
21
French pronoun : ILS
24
Loose robes : KIMONOS
25
Arm décor in a ski lodge : SLING
26
Kind of wave : TIDAL
27
Partner of bill : COO
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Meat-cut for a vice squad : TENDERLOIN
30
Net : CLEAR
31
Prefix for foil or chloride : HYDRO
33
Bank employee: Abbr. : TLR
34
Spelling or knitting : BEE
36
Il Duce : BENITO
37
Little Woman : MEG
40
Philippine native : TAGALOG
42
Eskimo garments : ANORAKS
44
___ stay (not temporary) : HERETO
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Dutch town : EDE
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Peace and mourning : DOVES
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Heating places : OVENS
49
Initials on an invitation : RSVP
50
Midwest river : OHIO
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Davy Crockett's birthplace: Abbr. : TENN
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Persian poet : OMAR
53
Opposed : ANTI
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"Not a ___ out of you" : PEEP
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Wild sheep : SHA

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

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