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Martin Bryan
Martin Bryan

New York Times, Monday, November 10, 1975

5-Across : Chaps

Author:
Martin Bryan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Martin Bryan has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,585
Across
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Fortune's partner : FAME
5
Chaps : LADS
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Ancient marketplace : AGORA
14
Eskimo knives : ULUS
15
Grand Ole ___ : OPRY
16
Eva or Juan : PERON
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Russian hemp : RINE
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Benevolent : OPENHANDED
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Eggs: Prefix : OVI
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Emerald, for one : ISLE
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Awaken : AROUSE
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Legal mediator : REFEREE
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Ionian Sea gulf : ARTA
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Image : ICON
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Chipper : SPRY
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With it : HEP
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Baron Francis or Friar Roger : BACON
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Queens or Bklyn., e.g. : BORO
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Pretense : POSE
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F. A. ___, English chemist : ABEL
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Chauncey ___ : DEPEW
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Bone: Prefix : OSTE
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Like the Texas star : LONE
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Mont Blanc's locale : ALPS
40
Bring to perfection : RIPEN
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Word of remonstrance : TUT
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Paris airport : ORLY
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"___ fan Tutte" : COSI
44
Fortas and Burrows : ABES
45
French novelist : COLETTE
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Enterprise : ACTION
51
Platinum wire loop : OESE
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"___ longa ... " : ARS
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Benevolent : CHARITABLE
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Down with!: Fr. : ABAS
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"___ how!" : HERES
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Small brook : RILL
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Literary name : ELIA
59
Old Peppermint Lounge dance : TWIST
60
Earth sci. : GEOL
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Depend, with "on" : RELY
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Fashionable craze : FUROR
2
Like Jacques Brel : ALIVE
3
Benevolent : MUNIFICENT
4
Compass point : ESE
5
Let go a bit : LOOSEN
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Big fruit for N.Y.C. : APPLE
7
Endure in Scotland : DREE
8
Dict. entry : SYN
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"Let's have ___!" : APARTY
10
Capital of Liguria : GENOA
11
Turkish military district : ORDU
12
Bucks' mates : ROES
13
Peruvian Indian tribe : ANDE
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English school : HARROW
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Press : IRON
24
French school : ECOLE
25
___ ski : APRES
27
Very wet : SOPPY
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Benevolent : HOSPITABLE
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Italian family : ESTE
30
Hammer part : PEEN
31
Northern European : BALT
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___ ben Adhem : ABOU
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Items for Christmas : BELLS
34
Composure : POISE
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Wouldn't venture, for short : DARENT
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Part : ROLE
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Hautboy player : OBOIST
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Howard of TV : COSELL
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Buenos ___ : AIRES
45
Casals' forte : CELLO
46
Lonesome - pine area : TRAIL
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Emerson work : ESSAY
48
Eight, in Munich : ACHT
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___ the fat : CHEW
50
Old Sicilian coin : TARI
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Theater award : OBIE
54
Knitting pattern: Abbr. : ARG
55
Chalice veil : AER

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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