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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Wednesday, January 6, 1988

66-Across : City in NE France

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,938
Across
1
Kind of case : STAIR
6
News item, for short : OBIT
10
Metric units: Abbr. : CMS
13
Sacher ___ (a pastry) : TORTE
14
Kind of jerk : SODA
15
Flow: Comb. form : RHEO
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Choose : ELECT
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Egyptian solar deity : ATEN
18
Gallery items : OILS
19
University at St. Louis : WASHINGTON
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Melville work : OMOO
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Rod's partner : REEL
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Author of "A Doll's House" : IBSEN
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Typewriter part : SPACER
29
Kovacs or Ford : ERNIE
31
Vestibule : HALL
32
Actress Miles : VERA
34
Dame Edith ___ : EVANS
38
States sans proof : ALLEGES
40
Iron-horse feeder : FIREMAN
42
Breathe hard : HEAVE
43
Sculptor Lorado : TAFT
45
Ornamental fabric : LAME
46
Over : ENDED
48
"As I ... have power ___!": E. Brontë : INTHEE
50
City ESE of Dallas : TYLER
52
Celebes ox : ANOA
54
Region : AREA
55
Type of jacket : EISENHOWER
61
Gaunt : LEAN
62
Pismires : ANTS
63
Kind of acid or resin : AMINO
64
Cowboy's pal : PARD
65
Something to dish : DIRT
66
City in NE France : NANCY
67
Aves. : STS
68
Remain : STAY
69
Shoe inserts : TREES
Down
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Fuss : STEW
2
Indian weight unit : TOLA
3
A son of Hera : ARES
4
Restless desire : ITCH
5
Withdraw : RETIRE
6
Okla. Indian : OSAGE
7
Concern selling soda or beer : BOTTLER
8
Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
9
Astringent vegetable compound : TANNIN
10
Carillon : CHIME
11
Casaba : MELON
12
Mediocre : SOSO
15
Salt River dam : ROOSEVELT
20
Pluck : NERVE
24
Beverage in Wiesbaden : BIER
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Pahlavi, e.g. : SHAH
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Blanch : PALE
27
___ breve : ALLA
28
Writer Amory : CLEVELAND
30
Riff's partner : RAFF
33
Ferrara family name : ESTE
35
Oriental nurse : AMAH
36
Appellation : NAME
37
Snick-or-___ : SNEE
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Part of a chromosome : GENE
41
Suffix with rend or vend : ITION
44
"___ per aspera" (Kan. motto) : ADASTRA
47
Fears : DREADS
49
Birthplace of 28 Down : NAHANT
50
Entertain : TREAT
51
Time periods : YEARS
53
Abounding in birds' homes : NESTY
54
European range : ALPS
56
Monogram feature: Abbr. : INIT
57
General Bradley : OMAR
58
Médoc, for one : WINE
59
Differ follower : ENCE
60
Singers Acuff and Clark : ROYS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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