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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Thursday, October 12, 1967

53-Across : Home.

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,634
Across
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Ancient city near Smyrna. : TEOS
5
No Exit, for one. : SIGN
9
First word of "Jabberwocky." : TWAS
13
Casus ___. : BELLI
14
Port north of Haifa. : ACRE
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Same: Prefix. : HOMO
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Go for ___. : ARIDE
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Sent on. : FORWARDED
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Adults. : GROWNMEN
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Prinks. : PREENS
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Fabric. : SATINET
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Sound of a raindrop. : PLASH
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Diversify. : VARY
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Make a verbal assault. : LASHOUT
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Prudent. : WISE
31
Kind of gun. : SPRAY
33
Generally: Abbr. : USU
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Encouraging sounds. : RAHS
35
French pronoun. : LUI
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In its present state. : ASIS
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In the past. : AGO
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Pulpit announcement. : BANNS
40
East Indian tree. : TEAK
41
Depict. : PORTRAY
44
Fuel. : PEAT
46
Prefix with port or pose. : TRANS
47
Nautical ropes. : EARINGS
51
Circumflex. : ACCENT
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Home. : DOMICILE
54
Gathered. : ROUNDEDUP
56
Bird. : OWLET
57
Lucretia ___, social reformer. : MOTT
58
Substantial. : REAL
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Eppie's foster father. : SILAS
60
East end of a church. : APSE
61
Absolute. : SOLE
62
The history of words: Abbr. : ETYM
Down
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___ firma. : TERRA
2
Creator of Mr. Prufrock. : ELIOT
3
___ tale. : OLDWIVES
4
Reddish-brown pigment. : SIENNA
5
Maneuvers in bridge. : SAFETYPLAYS
6
Work of art. : ICON
7
Canine comment. : GRR
8
Broadway attraction. : NEWPLAY
9
Flail. : THRESH
10
Creator of Jeeves. : WODEHOUSE
11
Assent. : AMEN
12
Covers with turf. : SODS
13
Captures. : BAGS
18
Macaws. : ARAS
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Seas: Fr. : MERS
23
The Amish. : PLAINPEOPLE
26
Initials in the news. : USIA
27
Type of tooth. : TUSK
28
Something to wear. : WRAP
29
Villain of classic drama. : IAGO
30
Timesavers. : SHORTCUTS
32
Uninterrupted sequence. : RUN
36
Humor, Greek style. : ATTICWIT
38
Teases good-naturedly. : BANTERS
39
Jointure. : SEAM
42
Thirty: Fr. : TRENTE
43
Part of a shoe. : RAND
45
Songlike. : ARIOSE
48
Willy-___. : NILLY
49
Pinpoint of light. : GLEAM
50
Groups. : SETS
51
First word of the Aeneid. : ARMA
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Type of store: Colloq. : COOP
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Binary. : DUAL
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___ gratias. : DEO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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