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Mary M. Murdoch
Mary M. Murdoch

New York Times, Friday, October 6, 1967

64-Across : Bird sound.

Author:
Mary M. Murdoch
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Y }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Mary M. Murdoch has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,628
Across
1
Indian. : CARIB
6
Shout. : CALL
10
Army groups. : RGTS
14
"Where there's ___ ... " : AWILL
15
To him: Fr. : ALUI
16
Angers. : IRES
17
George Sand heroine. : LELIA
18
Bell sound. : DONG
19
Not any. : NONE
20
Novel by Alec Waugh. : ISLANDINTHESUN
23
Bewilder. : DAZE
24
Government agents. : TMEN
25
Part of a poem. : SESTET
29
Young animal. : PUP
30
Dialing system, for short. : DDD
33
Luxury liner. : CRUISESHIP
36
Busy as ___. : ABEE
37
Whether ___. : ORNOT
38
Know: Scot. : KEN
39
Piece of china. : PLATE
40
Watch pockets. : FOBS
41
Jaeger gull. : PIRATEBIRD
43
Brother. : FRA
44
Craft. : ART
45
Relatives on the mother's side. : ENATES
46
Tropical rootstock. : TARO
48
Source of power: Abbr. : ELEC
50
Former haunt of pirates. : THESPANISHMAIN
56
Landing place. : PIER
57
Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
58
Mother of the Graces. : AEGLE
59
Concerning: Lat. : INRE
60
Viewed. : SEEN
61
Christmases in Martinique. : NOELS
62
Latin-American coin. : PESO
63
Pinnae. : EARS
64
Bird sound. : TWEET
Down
1
Colombian city. : CALI
2
Fills with reverence. : AWES
3
Brooklet. : RILL
4
Hipbones. : ILIA
5
Most soothing. : BLANDEST
6
Port of Spain. : CADIZ
7
Unescorted. : ALONE
8
Veteran actor. : LUNT
9
Brighten. : LIGHTUP
10
Hair application. : RINSE
11
Angler's choice. : GROUNDBAIT
12
State: Abbr. : TENN
13
Compass point. : SSE
21
Kind of palm. : DATE
22
Ruler: Abbr. : EMP
25
Gibe. : SCOFF
26
Misplay. : ERROR
27
Certain vacationers. : SUNBATHERS
28
Uncles, in Puerto Rico. : TIOS
29
Type of cloth. : PINA
31
Raison ___. : DETRE
32
Feats. : DEEDS
34
Short play. : SKIT
35
Pronoun. : HER
36
White: Lat. : ALBA
39
Strong liking. : PENCHANT
41
Put forward. : PROPOSE
42
River in NE England. : TEES
44
Letters. : ARS
47
Correo ___ (airmail): Sp. : AEREO
48
Stage direction. : ENTER
49
Mortgages. : LIENS
50
Fork part. : TINE
51
Voyaging. : ASEA
52
Feline sound. : MEOW
53
Askew. : AGEE
54
That: Lat. : ILLE
55
Shelter. : NEST
56
Dickens hero. : PIP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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