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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Tuesday, November 26, 1991

67-Across : Unit of weight in India

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,358
Across
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Small quantity : DRAM
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"Key ___," 1948 Huston film : LARGO
10
Liquefy : MELT
14
Kind of gravure : ROTO
15
Buck and stink endings : AROOS
16
Glacial ridges : OSAR
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___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
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Old-time actress Zasu : PITTS
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Pro ___ : RATA
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Grew nervous : TENSED
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Chinese dish : CHOPSUEY
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Post, in the Ozarks : STOB
26
Anne Nichols hero : ABIE
27
Snail, in Tours : ESCARGOT
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Except : UNLESS
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Quiver : SHAKE
36
"Californians are ___ of people": O. Henry : ARACE
38
Like Willie Winkie : WEE
39
"The Destroyer" in Hinduism : SIVA
40
Artist El ___ : GRECO
41
Flowerless plant : FERN
42
Choler : IRE
43
Memorable Egyptian leader : SADAT
44
Kind of goose : SOLAN
45
Artificial : ERSATZ
47
A bread in Cancun : TORTILLA
49
Snoozes : NAPS
51
Rake : ROUE
52
Meat dish in Osaka : SUKIYAKI
56
Bergman of films : INGRID
60
Entity : UNIT
61
Of a killing: Comb. form : CIDAL
63
Miles per hour : RATE
64
German river : EDER
65
Ax handle : HELVE
66
Russian sea : ARAL
67
Unit of weight in India : TOLA
68
Mountain nymph : OREAD
69
___ like hotcakes : SELL
Down
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Mild oath : DRAT
2
Tunic : ROBE
3
Like ___ of bricks : ATON
4
Popular dish in Athens : MOUSSAKA
5
Chihuahua, e.g. : LAPDOG
6
Jackie's second : ARI
7
V.M.I. group : ROTC
8
City in Thuringia : GOTHA
9
Veal dish in Milano : OSSOBUCO
10
Tidbit : MORSEL
11
A son of Isaac : ESAU
12
Recent : LATE
13
Salver : TRAY
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Being: Fr. : ETRE
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Yearn : PINE
25
Plank : BOARD
27
Lass in "The Devil's Disciple" : ESSIE
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Bake eggs : SHIRR
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Grottoes : CAVES
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Pay the bill : TREAT
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Tom of the cinema : EWELL
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Of a series of ecological communities : SERAL
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Plant of the legume family : SENNA
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Thespian : ACTOR
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Soup in Málaga : GAZPACHO
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Pâté de ___ : FOIEGRAS
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Sojourn : STAY
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Astound : STUN
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Grieg's dancer : ANITRA
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Stirred up : ROILED
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Denizen of the slopes : SKIER
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Tallow yielder : SUET
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Loosen : UNDO
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Schleswig-Holstein canal : KIEL
55
Indolent : IDLE
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Unusual : RARE
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Type type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Farmer's milieu : DELL
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Actress Gardner : AVA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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