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Henry V. Straka
Henry V. Straka

New York Times, Monday, November 4, 1974

39-Across : Fine cottons

Author:
Henry V. Straka
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Henry V. Straka has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,214
Across
1
Declaim : ORATE
6
Moist : DAMP
10
Dugout : ABRI
14
Caesar, for one : ROMAN
15
Concert passage : ARIA
16
Sea: Ger. : MEER
17
Victor Herbert operetta : NAUGHTYMARIETTA
20
Go wrong : ERR
21
Macaws : ARAS
22
Safe at first : ONBASE
23
Blue-grape product : ENIN
24
Ancient music halls : ODEA
25
Spanish leader : FRANCO
28
Holstein-___ (cattle breed) : FRIESIAN
32
Belgian marble : RANCE
33
Walking sticks : CANES
34
Observe : SEE
35
French guardian spirit : ANGE
36
Son of Priam : PARIS
37
Being: Fr. : ETRE
38
One of the Three Stooges : MOE
39
Fine cottons : PIMAS
40
Tartan : PLAID
41
Matriculated : ENROLLED
43
Basic groups : CADRES
44
French composer : LALO
45
Golfers' objectives : PARS
46
City of central Kansas : SALINA
49
Silkworm : ERIA
50
Superior-Huron canals : SOO
53
Rudolf Friml operetta : THEVAGABONDKING
56
Bacteriologist's wire : OESE
57
Genesis man : ENOS
58
Sea duck : EIDER
59
Feather: Prefix : PTER
60
Beach sight : DUNE
61
Cubic meter : STERE
Down
1
Department of France : ORNE
2
Zoo sound : ROAR
3
Asian river : AMUR
4
Child's game : TAG
5
Intensify : ENHANCE
6
Israeli name : DAYAN
7
Babes in ___ : ARMS
8
Miss Farrow : MIA
9
Irreverent writings : PARODIES
10
Protozoans : AMEBAS
11
Greek letter : BETA
12
Soaks, as flax : RETS
13
Dies ___ : IRAE
18
Musical work : TRIO
19
Arrow poisons : INEES
23
Noun suffix : ENCE
24
Local birdlife : ORNIS
25
Art-store purchase : FRAME
26
Talked at length : RANON
27
Fury : ANGER
28
Unit of electricity : FARAD
29
Babylonian goddess : ISTAR
30
Eagle's nest : AERIE
31
Requires : NEEDS
33
Small acting role : CAMEO
36
Looted : PILLAGED
37
Times of yore : ELDS
39
Level ground, in Spain : PLANA
40
Pompous shows : PARADES
42
Twist or Hardy : OLIVER
43
Son of Adam : CAIN
45
Literary output : PROSE
46
Obey a traffic sign : STOP
47
Egyptian season : AHET
48
___ majesty : LESE
49
Black : EBON
50
Bounding line : SIDE
51
Remarkable person : ONER
52
Monster : OGRE
54
Babylonian god : ANU
55
Set of tools : KIT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 11 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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