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Hal R. Hollinger
Hal R. Hollinger

New York Times, Thursday, January 30, 1975

39-Across : What Proust indulged in

Author:
Hal R. Hollinger
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Hal R. Hollinger has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,301
Across
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Cowboy item : SPUR
5
Orange ___ (summer drink) : CRUSH
10
Abbreviation for hostesses : RSVP
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Strengthen, as muscles : TONE
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Nerve networks : RETIA
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Sharif of the movies : OMAR
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German composer : ORFF
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Avoid : ELUDE
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Spleen : BILE
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Cocktail-shaker item : ICE
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"If ___ a rich man" : IWERE
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Philippine knives : BOLOS
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Kings, queens, knights, e.g. : CHESSMEN
25
Some Westerns : OATERS
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Indoor sport area : LANE
27
Advice, in Cannes : AVIS
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Mont-___ (isle off France) : SAINTMICHEL
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Kind of news or iron : SAD
35
French river : ORNE
36
Root for pipes : BRIER
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Selfsame : VERY
38
Panhandle : BEG
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What Proust indulged in : REMEMBRANCE
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Israeli dance : HORA
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"___ of Eden" : EAST
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Preoccupy : OBSESS
46
Road to perfection : PRACTICE
50
Kind of violet : ULTRA
51
Pepys's preoccupation : DIARY
52
Deface : MAR
53
Word with work or mate : TEAM
54
Indian language : HINDI
55
Walrus's perch : BERG
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U. S. Nobel physicist : RABI
57
Chekhov or Rubinstein : ANTON
58
Preposition : INTO
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Formerly, old style : ERST
60
Famous Chinese sisters : SOONG
61
Manuscript notation : STET
Down
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Follower of Zeno : STOIC
2
Part of a house : PORCH
3
Hard-hearted : UNFEELING
4
Sports official, for short : REF
5
Ship personnel : CREWMEMBERS
6
Virginian's signature : RELEE
7
Motorist's maneuver : UTURN
8
Word with kick or step : SIDE
9
Own, in Scotland : HAE
10
Part of Capek's "R.U.R." : ROBOTS
11
Express pleasure : SMILE
12
Heroism : VALOR
13
Wine-making equipment : PRESS
21
Negative contraction : ISNT
22
Prisoner's means of release : BAIL
24
Rational : SANE
25
Arrogant : OVERBEARING
27
Attention-getter : AHEM
28
Kind of sister : SOB
29
"Blessed ___ the meek" : ARE
30
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
31
French company: Abbr. : CIE
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Greeting-card contents : SENTIMENT
33
Curve : ARC
34
Indigo, for one : DYE
37
Immense : VAST
39
Sub ___ : ROSA
40
Risqué : RACY
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Peter the ___ (Crusader) : HERMIT
43
Unconventional : OUTRE
44
Teary dimness : BLEAR
45
Uncertain efforts : STABS
46
Western horse : PINTO
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Radioactive element : RADON
48
___ blanche : CARTE
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Cereal disease : ERGOT
51
Prefix for saur : DINO
54
Holds : HAS
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Encore! : BIS

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

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