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Ernst Theimer
Ernst Theimer

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New York Times, Sunday, October 13, 1991

73-Across : Vehicle for Ben Hur

Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 144, Blocks: 77, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J Q X Z }
Open Squares: 114, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

The "0" rebus at 40 Down and 52 Across means AUGHT.

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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,314
Across
1
Lyric poem : ODE
4
Bad days on Wall St. : DNS
7
Applied nutmeg : SPICED
13
Reel : SPOOL
18
Strong dislike : AVERSION
20
Spanish loss in 1588 : ARMADA
21
Tawed leather : ALUTA
22
Husband : CONSERVE
23
Kite or eagle : RAPTOR
24
Ash : BATWOOD
25
Customer group reveres : CLIENTELEVENERATES
27
Presided : CHAIRED
29
Alley yowler : TOM
30
Followed a scent : TRACED
31
Side issue : BYE
32
Stack role : NESS
33
Novelist Kingsley ___ : AMIS
36
Spanish currency : PESETA
38
Louis XIV, e.g. : ROI
40
Gannet : SOLAN
42
Artist Shahn : BEN
43
Variety of gypsum : ALABASTER
48
Young congers : ELVERS
49
S African fox : ASSE
51
"Faith ___!" (words by Faber) : OFOURFATHERS
52
Part of D.A.R. : DAUGHTERS
53
English poet laureate: 1790 : PYE
54
Fleur de ___ : LIS
56
Violinist Bull : OLE
57
Make lace : TAT
58
Actor Frobe : GERT
59
Capital of Sicily : PALERMO
61
Tourist attraction : RUINS
63
Noted Russian-born artist-designer : ERTE
64
Wear away : ERODE
65
Nobelist in Physics: 1910 : WAALS
67
Thrash : TRIM
71
Oblong eatery : DINER
73
Vehicle for Ben Hur : CHARIOT
75
Slots spot : RENO
76
Ruby or river : DEE
79
Res followers : MIS
80
Luau instr. : UKE
81
Limit; restrict: Abbr. : CNF
82
Stretch : DISTEND
83
Trainer : CONDITIONER
86
Perry's creator : ERLE
88
Create : DEVISE
89
Its capital is Jakarta : INDONESIA
90
Assist : AID
91
"Goodnight" girl : IRENE
92
Cariou from Canada : LEN
93
Dishing out : DOLING
96
Marshes : FENS
97
Bow or knot, in Lisboa : LACO
100
Pres. after J.A.G. : CAA
102
Popeye's tattoo : ANCHOR
104
Motorists' gp. : AAA
107
Struck with fear : ALARMED
109
Some boxing preliminaries : LIGHTWEIGHTEVENTS
113
Lepidopterist's thought while chasing a butterfly? : CANINETYOU
114
Maroon : ENISLE
116
Stone : LAPIDATE
117
Data for a computer : INPUT
118
Like clothes after a diet : LOOSER
119
Extreme selfishness : EGOMANIA
120
"___ thou these great buildings?": Mark 13:2 : SEEST
121
"Gunsmoke" actor : ARNESS
122
___ Moines : DES
123
Singer Davis : MAC
Down
1
Convex molding : OVOLO
2
Jeans material : DENIM
3
Gaelic : ERSE
4
Grime : DIRT
5
Unusual occurrences : NOVELEVENTS
6
Lip curl : SNEER
7
Crusader foes : SARACENS
8
Babbles : PRATES
9
Hinder : IMPEDE
10
Broadway musical hit : CATS
11
Tokyo, once : EDO
12
"Pride and Prejudice" character : DARCY
13
Leeward island : SABA
14
Ordinary looking : PLAINISH
15
Exhausted : OUTWORE
16
Siouan Indians : OTOES
17
Alan and Cheryl : LADDS
18
C.P.A. : ACCT
19
Cambodian coin : SEN
26
Colza oil source : RAPESEED
28
Medicinal-plants adept : HERBALIST
31
British P.M.: 1902-5 : BALFOUR
33
Warned : ALERTED
34
Red planet : MARS
35
Officeholders : INS
37
N.M. Indian : TAOS
39
Avenaceous : OATEN
40
Butchery : SLAUGHTER
41
Manifest : OVERT
42
The Bears of Waco : BAYLOR
44
In conflict with : AFOULOF
45
Asian holiday : TET
46
Epoch : ERA
47
Q-U connection : RST
48
Advantage : EDGE
50
Shade tree : ELM
53
Partial paralysis : PARESIS
55
Nebraska neighbor : IOWA
59
Contrition : PENITENCE
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Take heed : RECK
61
Bestowed liberally : RAINED
62
Tries hard : STRIVES
66
Strong illumination : ARCLIGHT
68
Tree exudation : RESIN
69
Deep : INTENSE
70
Kind : MODE
72
A chemical compound : IMINE
74
Half a bray : HEE
76
Half of MCCII : DCI
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Eternity : EON
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Objective : END
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Mineral found in dried lake basins : URAO
82
Bruce or Laura of acting fame : DERN
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Sad : DOLOROUS
85
Iroquoian Indian : ONEIDA
87
Cattlemen : RANCHERS
88
Casino cube : DIE
94
Irregular strophe in a chanson de geste : LAISSE
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Fireplaces : INGLES
96
Cargo : FREIGHTAGE
97
Network : LACIS
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"A cottage in ___ ... ": Godley : ALANE
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Poodle or Doberman : CANINETYPE
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Author Turin : ADELA
103
Hooted, in a way : OWLED
104
Pineapple : ANANA
105
Tall story : ATTIC
106
On the Java : ASEA
108
Hershfield's Homeless Hector, e.g. : MUTT
109
Lucerne landmark : LION
110
Heroic poetry : EPOS
111
Get-up-and-go : VIM
112
Red-coated cheese : EDAM
115
Hide ___ hair : NOR

Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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