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Margery Bernstein
Margery Bernstein

New York Times, Monday, November 1, 1976

13-Across : Friendly

Author:
Margery Bernstein
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.70, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Margery Bernstein has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,942
Across
1
Take it on the ___ : LAM
4
Residue : ASH
7
State: Abbr. : FLA
10
Prefix for meter or tribe : DIA
13
Friendly : AMIABLE
15
Nonresident hospital doctors : EXTERNS
17
Vanishing golf figures : CADDIES
18
Golf club : NIBLICK
19
Worn out : TIRED
20
Clam or oyster : BIVALVE
21
Ear-benders : BORES
22
Teachers' org. : NEA
23
French exclamation : TIENS
25
One of a golf nine : IRON
26
Situated, as a golf ball : LYING
28
Formerly, of yore : ERST
29
Powerful : DYNAMIC
31
Mrs., in Madrid : SRA
33
Diocesan center : SEE
34
Swedish district : LAN
35
Building wing : ELL
37
Bookies' legal rival: Abbr. : OTB
40
Gives the green light to : OKS
42
Go on and on with : BELABOR
46
Vehicles : CARS
48
Golf club : SPOON
50
Rest ___ : CURE
51
Musical fairway family : TRAPP
53
Unit of work : ERG
54
Exchange : BANDY
55
Catherine, for one : TSARINA
57
Irish orator : BURKE
58
Golf clubs : MASHIES
59
Golf clubs : PUTTERS
61
Plant disease : ERINOSE
62
Tampered with a scorecard : ALTERED
63
Golfer's letter : TEE
64
Capek play : RUR
65
Writer's initials : RLS
66
Class members: Abbr. : SRS
Down
1
Indian money : LAC
2
Like one in love : AMATORY
3
Golf club : MIDIRON
4
Genus of firs : ABIES
5
Toboggan : SLED
6
"For ___ a jolly ... " : HES
7
Early Irish soldiers : FENIANS
8
Year in Nero's reign : LXIV
9
Ready to hit : ATBAT
10
Golf clubs : DRIVERS
11
Enrage : INCENSE
12
Inquire : ASK
14
Kind of gland : ADRENAL
16
Girl's nickname : ELLIE
20
"___ Mir Bist Du Schoen" : BEI
21
Offer : BID
22
Gotham initials : NYC
24
Anne or Jeanne: Abbr. : STE
26
What joins golfers : LINKS
27
Golfer's color : GREEN
30
Chinese leader : MAO
32
Without exception : ALL
36
A ___ dinner : LACARTE
37
Month: Abbr. : OCT
38
Steak ___ : TARTARE
39
Golf club : BRASSIE
41
"Faerie Queene" author : SPENSER
42
Marsh : BOG
43
Pitfalls for Archie and Edith : BUNKERS
44
User of a menu : ORDERER
45
Spanish king : REY
47
Pitcher Warren : SPAHN
49
___ pro nobis : ORA
52
Earlier : PRIOR
54
Ashtray contents : BUTTS
56
Form of Jesus : IESU
57
Taurus : BULL
58
Convened : MET
59
Golf score : PAR
60
Sea inlets: Abbr. : SDS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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