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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Saturday, October 4, 1975

51-Across : "Where ___ is heard a discouraging word"

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 3, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,548
Across
1
Grant of films : CARY
5
Show pleasure : SMILE
10
Summit : ACME
14
Where Columbus is : OHIO
15
Where Columbus was : PALOS
16
___ Bator : ULAN
17
Nonchalance : CASUALNESS
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Party member, for short : DEMO
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Deviating : ABERRANT
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Some get stuffed : OLIVES
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Anti-drinking org. : ATS
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Cleopatra's river : NILE
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Violent people : RAGERS
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Amuses : DIVERTS
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Bedouin head cord : AGAL
33
Raccoonlike animal : COATI
35
Aviation org : NAA
36
Tender feeling : WARMHEARTEDNESS
40
Finial : EPI
41
Pyle : ERNIE
42
Superlative suffixes : ESTS
43
Convinces again : RESELLS
45
Author John : HERSEY
47
Luau entertainment : HULA
48
Small whale : SEI
49
Creamy concoction : BONBON
51
"Where ___ is heard a discouraging word" : SELDOMIS
56
Mars: Prefix : AREO
57
Moderation : GENTLENESS
59
Headquarters : BASE
60
Put in high spirits : ELATE
61
Color slightly : TINT
62
Ring projection on Saturn : ANSA
63
Hardship : RIGOR
64
Leavings : ORTS
Down
1
Imogene : COCA
2
Jezebel's husband : AHAB
3
Singer Stevens : RISE
4
Possessive pronoun : YOUR
5
Chair backs : SPLATS
6
Horace and Thomas : MANNS
7
Small land mass: Var. : ILET
8
___ Alamos : LOS
9
Cinnamon stone : ESSONITE
10
Relating to hearing : AUDILE
11
Skill : CLEVERNESS
12
Famous Auntie : MAME
13
Slaughter of Cards : ENOS
18
Sandarac tree : ARAR
22
Enraged : LIVID
25
More untempered : RAWER
26
Yawning : AGAPE
27
Blatancy : GARISHNESS
28
Slippery ___ : ELM
29
Palm fruit : DATE
30
Kind of bud : TASTE
31
Impudent : SASSY
33
Containers : CANS
34
Mouth: Prefix : ORI
37
Greeting for Dolly : HELLO
38
Former Broadway producer : ERLANGER
39
Father of Abner : NER
44
Aegean island : EUBOEA
45
Trouble-maker : HELLER
46
Plato's thoughts : EIDE
48
Fracas : SETTO
49
Rum cake : BABA
50
Algerian port : ORAN
51
Fly in the ointment : SNAG
52
Cognizant of : ONTO
53
Golda : MEIR
54
"There ___ any more" : ISNT
55
Speedy planes : SSTS
58
Whitney : ELI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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