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Beverly J. Seward
Beverly J. Seward

New York Times, Thursday, October 24, 1974

1-Across : ___-a-brac

Author:
Beverly J. Seward
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Beverly J. Seward has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

The published clue for 46-Down was "Binh ___, Vietnam." Since the answer is BINH, that was clearly wrong. It's been fixed up here.

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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,203
Across
1
___-a-brac : BRIC
5
Study, as evidence : SIFT
9
Oft-raided bank : PIGGY
14
Balderdash : BOSH
15
"MASH" star : ALDA
16
Look up to : ADORE
17
Cheese from France : CAMEMBERT
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___ to go (all set) : RARIN
20
Gold, silver, etc. : MEDALS
21
Card, as wool : TUM
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Wares: Abbr. : GDS
24
Stamping device : DIE
25
"Holy ___!" : TOLEDO
27
Beacon, in Lille : FANAL
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Pedestrian ways : CROSSINGS
33
River of Europe : ODER
34
Kentucky grass : POA
35
Burroughs's swinger : TARZAN
36
Seamen's org. : NMU
37
___ the lines : BETWEEN
39
Shoulder: Prefix : OMO
40
Yields the floor : DEFERS
42
P. O. item : LTR
43
Smooth-talking : GLIB
44
Like a certain emperor : UNCLOTHED
46
Grain by-products : BRANS
47
Moving-van man : HAULER
48
Brooklyn campus : LIU
49
Graduate degree : MBA
51
Norse goddess : HEL
52
"Oh, say, ___ see ... " : CANYOU
55
Part of UHF : ULTRA
57
Board game : PARCHEESI
60
Shark features : TEETH
61
Lake port : ERIE
62
Terza ___ : RIMA
63
Sooner metropolis : TULSA
64
Smidgens : DABS
65
Ardor : ELAN
Down
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London call letters : BBC
2
Peregrinate : ROAM
3
"Woe ___" : ISME
4
Cheese from England : CHEDDAR
5
Fur animal : SABLE
6
Certain keys, to the French : ILES
7
Campobello monogram : FDR
8
Indelible-ink art : TATTOO
9
Cheese from Italy : PARMESAN
10
Lupino : IDA
11
Cheese from Italy : GORGONZOLA
12
Con Ed network : GRID
13
Cravings : YENS
18
Popular military call : MAIL
22
Loose overcoat : ULSTER
25
Fishing boat : TRAWLER
26
Corporate V.I.P. : DIR
27
Cheese dip from France : FONDU
28
Certain trendmakers : ADMEN
29
Cheese from France : NEUFCHATEL
30
Tent fixture : COT
31
Homeless child : GAMIN
32
Haughty ones : SNOBS
34
Mortar's partner : PESTLE
37
Hullabaloo : BROUHAHA
38
Air-board initials : ETD
41
High note : ELA
43
Cheese from Switzerland : GRUYERE
45
Promoted : HELPED
46
___ Dinh, Vietnam : BINH
48
Val et al. : LACES
49
Jeff's friend : MUTT
50
French cheese color : BLEU
52
Pad for a child : CRIB
53
French eye : OEIL
54
Plebes' campus : USMA
56
Stock privileges: Abbr. : RTS
58
Constellation : ARA
59
Fleming : IAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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