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Marcia Gladstone
Marcia Gladstone

New York Times, Friday, January 24, 1958

70-Across : Wear away.

Author:
Marcia Gladstone
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J V X Y }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Marcia Gladstone has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,132
Across
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Particle. : ATOM
5
Occupation currency. : SCRIP
10
Tub. : BATH
14
Set a speed. : PACE
15
Originate. : ARISE
16
Bluish-green. : AQUA
17
City in Black Earth region. : OREL
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Expire. : LAPSE
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Go up in smoke. : BURN
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Venetian blind predecessor. : SHADE
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President of No. African republic. : BOURGUIBA
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Stiffened. : TENSED
26
Prophet. : SEER
27
Benumb. : NIP
28
Sign of the Hawaii tourist. : LEI
29
Housewife's agenda. : LIST
31
Decrease again. : REWANE
33
Vivacity. : ELAN
35
Hints. : CUES
37
More ignoble. : BASER
38
Separate thing. : ITEM
40
Knowing look. : LEER
42
Climb. : SCALE
45
Goad. : SPUR
47
Follower of Schickelgruber. : NAZI
51
German city on the Fulda. : KASSEL
53
Salutation by 47 Across. : HEIL
55
Stocking hazard. : RUN
56
Mohammed ___. : ALI
57
Piano piece by Felix Arndt. : NOLA
59
Famous octogenarian musician. : CASALS
61
Countrymen of 22 Across. : TUNISIANS
64
Carving in relief. : CAMEO
65
Arab chieftain. : EMIR
66
Instruct. : TUTOR
68
Post. : MAIL
69
City on the Truckee. : RENO
70
Wear away. : ERODE
71
Child's transportation. : BIKE
72
Kind of gun. : STEN
73
Rope halter used in the Southwest. : RAMAL
74
Woody plants of S. America. : OCAS
Down
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Preacher of the gospel. : APOSTLE
2
North Carolinian. : TARHEEL
3
The islands in the Pacific. : OCEANIA
4
Announces, in pinochle. : MELDS
5
Actor Mineo. : SAL
6
Crustacean. : CRAB
7
Verbal thrust. : RIPOSTE
8
Outcome. : ISSUE
9
Staring one. : PEERER
10
Hindi gentleman. : BABU
11
St. Thomas ___. : AQUINAS
12
Kind of engine. : TURBINE
13
Hamper for documents. : HANAPER
21
Teleost fish. : EEL
23
Loon's relative. : GREBE
25
Backgammon equipment. : DICE
30
Homework. : SUMS
32
Alert. : WARN
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Norse name. : NILS
36
Turn around a pivot. : SLUE
39
Certain years. : TEENS
41
Norse name. : ERIC
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Indulgers in a winter sport. : SKATERS
43
Famous racing stable. : CALUMET
44
Stupid. : ASININE
46
Ghost story character. : PHANTOM
48
Language of Biblical times. : ARAMAIC
49
Heroine of Beerbohm satire. : ZULEIKA
50
Parts of shoes. : INSOLES
52
Stand around. : LOITER
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Source of shellac. : LAC
58
Petrarch's inspiration. : LAURA
60
Hero of children's tale. : SAMBO
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Golf club. : IRON
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Bottled beverage. : SODA
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System of beliefs: Abbr. : REL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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