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George Madrid
George Madrid

New York Times, Wednesday, November 12, 1975

36-Across : Mrs. Chaplin and others

Author:
George Madrid
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
George Madrid has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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U
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R
4
L
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S
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T
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I
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G
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E
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R
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L
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A
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B
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A
L
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U
T
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A
D
O
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U
L
A
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P
U
B
C
R
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A
W
L
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R
S
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B
A
R
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T
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K
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U
S
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S
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T
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U
R
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N
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Y
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R
S
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O
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K
A
P
I
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C
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L
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I
M
E
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R
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O
U
E
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S
C
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O
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T
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O
O
N
A
S
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A
N
T
E
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D
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A
C
R
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M
O
R
N
I
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N
G
A
F
T
E
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R
T
H
E
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E
N
A
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N
O
T
T
O
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L
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E
R
Y
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T
Y
R
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E
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T
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R
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F
A
D
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S
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E
F
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R
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M
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S
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D
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L
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O
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E
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C
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C
E
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Y
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L
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E
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M
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A
M
O
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N
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I
G
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B
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E
F
O
R
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M
A
R
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D
R
A
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R
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D
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A
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S
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L
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G
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,587
Across
1
Sausage and spit : CURLS
6
Kind of lily : TIGER
11
Testing place : LAB
14
Native of Alaska : ALEUT
15
Like a lot : ADORE
16
Oahu dance, to a Cockney : ULA
17
Restless drinkers : PUBCRAWLERS
19
Drinking spot : BAR
20
Assignment : TASK
21
Works with : USES
22
City in Italy : TURIN
24
Age units: Abbr. : YRS
26
Giraffe's kin : OKAPI
28
Region, to poets : CLIME
31
Dissolute one : ROUE
33
Perth native : SCOT
36
Mrs. Chaplin and others : OONAS
37
Fed the pot : ANTED
39
Height: Prefix : ACR
40
Drinker's nadir, with 63 Across : MORNINGAFTERTHE
43
Spanish queen : ENA
44
" ... or ___ be" : NOTTO
45
Suspicious : LEERY
46
Phoenician port : TYRE
48
Row : TIER
49
Bets at dice : FADES
50
Zimbalist : EFREM
52
Part of E.S.T.: Abbr. : STD
53
High : LOFTY
55
___ homo : ECCE
58
Source of all matter : YLEM
62
I love, to Cato : AMO
63
See 40 Across : NIGHTBEFORE
66
Impair : MAR
67
Exhaust : DRAIN
68
French sculptor : RODIN
69
Equip : ARM
70
Seasons : SALTS
71
Powder : GRIND
Down
1
Mil. rank : CAPT
2
Hawaiian fish : ULUA
3
Lee's men, for short : REBS
4
Raffle winner, e.g. : LUCKYMAN
5
Orch. section : STR
6
Playing marbles : TAWS
7
Ineffective : IDLE
8
Tries to make, as a team : GOESOUTFOR
9
Slip : ERR
10
Remainder: Sp. : RESTA
11
Tight as a tick : LUBRICATED
12
Jai ___ : ALAI
13
Type of dance : BARN
18
Eur. country : AUS
23
Raises : UPS
25
Pitch : RESIN
27
Guinea hen's nestling : KEET
28
Heavenly passer-by : COMET
29
Kind of bin : LOONY
30
Hale and hearty : INRAREFORM
31
Swinger in old song : RAGTIMEGAL
32
Spanish explorer : ONATE
34
Color : OCHRE
35
Four of 52 : TREYS
38
Souvenir of Holland : DELFT
41
Eminence : NOTE
42
Prepared : READYFOR
47
Newt : EFT
51
Millstone supports : RYNDS
52
Grease: Prefix : SEB
53
Lhasa V.I.P. : LAMA
54
Ancient poet : OMAR
56
Tab : CHIT
57
Cardboard boxes: Abbr. : CTNS
59
City in New Jersey : LODI
60
"___ go bragh" : ERIN
61
Set right : MEND
64
Gershwin : IRA
65
Unit of work : ERG

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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