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Sidney Nelson
Sidney Nelson

New York Times, Saturday, January 24, 1976

23-Across : ___ and Thummim

Author:
Sidney Nelson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has supersymmetry.
Sidney Nelson has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,660
Across
1
Pith helmet : TOPI
5
Halloween choice : TRICK
10
Church area : APSE
14
N.C. College : ELON
15
Tidal wave : EAGRE
16
Fish bait : CHUM
17
Obvious : SELFEXPLANATORY
20
Trifled : TOYED
21
Awkward boat : TUB
22
Water pots of India : LOTAS
23
___ and Thummim : URIM
25
Spanish painter : MIRO
26
Newspaper section: Abbr. : FIN
28
Asian palm : TALIPOT
32
Prod : JAB
35
Besides : ALSO
37
Wanderer : NOMAD
38
___ de force : TOUR
39
Coin of Iran : RIAL
40
Century plant : AGAVE
41
Rough : RUDE
42
Attractive : CUTE
43
Roman menswear : TOGAS
44
Silkworm : ERIA
45
Ostrich's relative : EMU
46
Takes umbrage : RESENTS
48
Land of ___ : NOD
49
Dissolute one : ROUE
51
Mental discipline : YOGA
53
Freshwater fish : ROACH
55
Shinto temple : SHA
58
La Scala's locale : MILAN
61
Cannibal : ANTHROPOPHAGITE
64
Brain passage : ITER
65
Jewish festival : PURIM
66
One of Ibsen's homes : OSLO
67
Ore deposit : LODE
68
Indian coins : ANNAS
69
Feds : TMEN
Down
1
Exam : TEST
2
Toast additive : OLEO
3
Like 2 Down : POLYUNSATURATED
4
Conclude : INFER
5
Ritter or Antoine : TEX
6
Transported : RAPT
7
Eskimo hut : IGLU
8
Curmudgeon : CRAB
9
Understanding : KEN
10
Performer : ACTOR
11
Special type of reporting : PHOTOJOURNALISM
12
Koran chapter : SURA
13
Tortoise genus : EMYS
18
Work on copy : EDIT
19
Landed : ALIT
24
Sea cow : MANATEE
25
Decorum : MODESTY
26
Molière's forte : FARCE
27
Troy, to Caesar : ILIUM
29
Philosophic reason : LOGOS
30
Reflection : IMAGE
31
Stately dance : PAVAN
33
Video's counterpart : AUDIO
34
Long green : BREAD
36
Bullring yell : OLE
38
Italian numeral : TRE
46
German area : RUHR
47
Body: Suffix : SOMA
50
Yellow earth : OCHRE
52
Leg of lamb : GIGOT
53
Marsh bird : RAIL
54
Hep : ONTO
55
Kind of sugar or silk : SPUN
56
Trumpet : HORN
57
Samoan port : APIA
59
Salt tree : ATLE
60
Sign : NEON
62
Agency under F.D.R. : OPA
63
"___ Pinafore" : HMS

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

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