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Manny Miller
Manny Miller

New York Times, Saturday, October 7, 1967

23-Across : Descriptive of bustles, high-button shoes, etc.

Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J V Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,629
Across
1
Term of polite address. : MAAM
5
Ocelot's feature. : SPOTS
10
Sooty matter. : SMUT
14
Israeli port. : ACRE
15
Measure of capacity. : QUART
16
Food fish. : CERO
17
Treat an upper surface. : CEIL
18
There for the taking: Slang. : UPFORGRABS
20
Asian body of water. : ARALSEA
22
Clemente, Law, Veale, etc. : PIRATES
23
Descriptive of bustles, high-button shoes, etc. : OBSOLETE
25
Way. : PATH
26
Puts up. : WAGERS
28
Take to task. : SCOLD
31
Pure. : CHASTE
34
Furrow. : RUT
36
Noon. : HOUR
37
Smoked salmon. : LOX
38
Mexican garments. : SERAPES
41
Letter. : KAY
42
Trees. : ELMS
44
Reposed. : SAT
45
Greek centaur. : NESSUS
47
Sports gear. : FOILS
49
Seal. : SIGNET
51
City of Okinawa. : NAHA
53
___ Chine. : CREPESDE
57
Distribute. : PASSOUT
60
Takes for granted. : ASSUMES
61
Depressed. : INTHEDUMPS
63
Storage places. : BINS
64
Joint. : KNEE
65
___ main. : INTHE
66
Gallic name. : ELIE
67
Projecting parts. : EARS
68
Cup: Fr. : TASSE
69
Suffix with low or high. : NESS
Down
1
Portuguese colony. : MACAO
2
Sharp. : ACERB
3
Airs. : ARIAS
4
Softens. : MELLOWS
5
Window-washing devices. : SQUEEGEES
6
Develop, as an insect. : PUPATE
7
Blockhead. : OAF
8
Too much, in Toulon. : TROP
9
Narrow piece of land. : STRIP
10
Racetrack term. : SCRATCH
11
Butcher's fixtures. : MEATHOOKS
12
Rus in ___ (country in town): Lat. : URBE
13
Pitch. : TOSS
19
Mardi ___. : GRAS
21
Crate pieces. : SLATS
24
Wandering. : ERRATIC
27
Have a meal. : SUP
29
Feast of a kind. : LUAU
30
Backers of the Volstead Act. : DRYS
31
Term in music. : CLEF
32
Whole: Prefix. : HOLO
33
Carpet. : AXMINSTER
35
1796 Union entry. : TENNESSEE
39
Ethiopian prince. : RAS
40
Percolates. : SEEPS
43
Reduces prices sharply. : SLASHES
46
German general in American Revolution. : STEUBEN
48
Leather covering. : SHOE
50
Maps. : GRAPHS
52
Financial routine. : AUDIT
54
Pleasant expression. : SMILE
55
French saint. : DENIS
56
Letters. : ESSES
57
Food fish. : PIKE
58
Teacher of fiction. : ANNA
59
Food fish. : TUNA
62
Washington and Adams: Abbr. : MTS

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

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