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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Monday, October 28, 1963

37-Across : The nurses.

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,202
Across
1
Tent dweller. : ARAB
5
"If I ___ Million." : HADA
9
15th century explorer. : CABOT
14
Certainly: Colloq. : SURE
15
Polyunsaturated fat. : OLEO
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___ citato. : OPERE
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Trifles. : SMALLBEER
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Coward and others. : NOELS
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Sash. : OBI
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Free of germs. : ASEPTIC
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___ gestae. : RES
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Tranquilizes. : CALMS
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Facilitators. : EASERS
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Quivering. : ASPEN
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Algerian cavalryman: Var. : SPAHEE
34
Diplomats: Abbr. : AMBS
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The nurses. : RNS
38
Voices. : UTTERS
39
___ event. : BLESSED
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Put out of action. : DISABLE
42
Shoe parts. : CLEATS
43
Element. : TIN
44
Heavyweight champ, 1934. : BAER
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Rachmaninoff. : SERGEI
46
Philosopher. : HEGEL
48
Court messenger. : BEADLE
50
Predicates. : VERBS
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Legendary Irish princess. : DEIRDRE
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Poulard. : HEN
60
Moslem Messiah. : MAHDI
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Composer. : MEYERBEER
64
White House name. : MAMIE
65
"Thy joys when shall ___?" : ISEE
66
Livorno coin. : LIRA
67
See 1 Down. : ASSNS
68
Stint. : TASK
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Ships' planks. : SNYS
Down
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Society: Abbr. : ASSOC
2
Dance. : RUMBA
3
Thin as ___. : ARAIL
4
___ canto. : BEL
5
Quoits pegs. : HOBS
6
Sheltered. : ALEE
7
Darkens, as a color. : DEEPENS
8
Artery. : AORTA
9
Ideas. : CONCEPTS
10
Mail call address. : APO
11
City farthest from Dan. : BEERSHEBA
12
Border, in heraldry. : ORLE
13
Novel heroine. : TESS
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Bairn. : LASS
22
Publishing. : ISSUING
25
Rubdown. : MASSAGE
27
Subject to taxation. : RATABLE
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Chair. : PRESIDE
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Goal. : END
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A Gardner. : ERLE
33
Danish weights. : ESER
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Elements. : ABCS
35
Amie's title. : MLLE
36
Sir Max and others. : BEERBOHMS
40
Today's sweethearts. : STEADIES
41
German article. : DIE
43
"___ long, long trail ... " : THERESA
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At any time. : EVER
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Last straw (with "the"). : LIMIT
51
Lorelei's river. : RHEIN
52
Great name in movies. : BEERY
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Lisbon ladies: Abbr. : SNRAS
54
Abbess. : AMMA
55
Dutch river. : MAAS
57
Indigo and carmine. : DYES
58
Strong odor. : REEK
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Noise. : DIN
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Containers: Abbr. : BLS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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