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George Madrid
George Madrid

New York Times, Monday, October 21, 1974

21-Across : Alike

Author:
George Madrid
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
George Madrid has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
2
O
3
O
4
P
5
T
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A
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P
8
I
9
R
10
S
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H
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O
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W
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B
L
A
U
15
A
G
O
N
Y
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A
E
T
A
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B
E
S
T
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F
O
O
T
F
O
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R
W
A
R
D
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O
T
T
O
I
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B
O
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H
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D
A
S
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H
E
S
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S
E
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E
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E
C
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G
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I
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B
E
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M
I
L
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M
A
Y
H
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A
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P
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I
R
R
A
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E
L
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M
O
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E
E
R
O
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L
E
A
R
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A
V
I
A
N
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F
E
E
L
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A
N
I
M
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B
E
E
N
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O
S
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S
E
N
O
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R
A
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D
I
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G
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R
E
E
D
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T
N
T
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S
C
A
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L
A
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E
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R
R
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E
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A
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S
T
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L
A
N
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C
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E
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C
A
U
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L
I
F
L
O
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W
E
R
E
A
R
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S
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O
S
S
A
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R
A
V
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N
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Y
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N
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O
M
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G
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E
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O
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,200
Across
1
Betty of cartoons : BOOP
5
Piglike animal : TAPIR
10
Tell's partner : SHOW
14
Sky's color, in Bonn : BLAU
15
Torment : AGONY
16
P. I. native : AETA
17
Recommended stance : BESTFOOTFORWARD
20
Holy Roman emperor : OTTOI
21
Alike : BOTH
22
German article : DAS
23
Writer Hermann : HESSE
25
Common Market initials : EEC
27
Scoff : GIBE
30
Wire measure : MIL
31
Possibly : MAYHAP
34
Akkadian god : IRRA
35
Saint for seamen : ELMO
37
Saarinen : EERO
38
King or Edward : LEAR
39
Of birds : AVIAN
40
Native ability : FEEL
41
Biblical locality : ANIM
42
Form of Hamlet's verb : BEEN
43
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
44
Madame's neighbor : SENORA
46
Cutting remark : DIG
48
English horn, e.g. : REED
49
Explosive : TNT
50
La ___, Milan : SCALA
52
Misdo : ERR
54
China, Japan et al. : EAST
57
Kind of corporal : LANCE
60
Arena vet's badge : CAULIFLOWEREARS
64
Peak in Greece : OSSA
65
Corvine bird : RAVEN
66
___ of grace : YEAR
67
Clears : NETS
68
Greek letter : OMEGA
69
Within: Prefix : ENTO
Down
1
Musical trio: Abbr. : BBB
2
Spread : OLEO
3
Hops dryer : OAST
4
Hit for money : PUTTHEARMON
5
Religion of China : TAOISM
6
Gone : AGO
7
Log-cabin heater : POTBELLIEDSTOVE
8
News, for short : INFO
9
Indian peasant : RYOT
10
Carpentry tool : SAW
11
Mr. Big : HEADCHEESE
12
Other, in Lima : OTRA
13
Bankrolls : WADS
18
Opponent : FOE
19
Ostrich's look-alike : RHEA
24
Strainer : SIEVE
26
Get-even policy : EYEFORANEYE
27
Bend and monster : GILAS
28
Musical of 1919 and 1973 : IRENE
29
Think-tank's kin : BRAINTRUST
31
Calendar abbr. : MON
32
Mountain ridge : ARETE
33
Pushed, as a raft : POLED
36
Crazed : MANIC
39
Org. for cagers : ABA
45
Rural address abbr. : RTEI
47
City in Kansas : GALENA
51
Home protector, in old Rome : LAR
52
Coll. subject : ECON
53
Level: Var. : RASE
55
Hair style : AFRO
56
Little or grand : SLAM
58
City in France : CAEN
59
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
61
___ Cruces : LAS
62
Path: Ger. : WEG
63
Sign at a hit : SRO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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