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Farrant
Farrant

New York Times, Thursday, November 4, 1976

49-Across : Land or sea

Author:
Farrant
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Farrant has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,945
Across
1
Sonic-speed unit : MACH
5
Miss Negri et al. : POLAS
10
TV comic : ARTE
14
God's ___ : ACRE
15
Spring up : ARISE
16
Tree or hop : TOAD
17
Wilkie Collins's vision : THEWOMANINWHITE
20
Baste : SEW
21
Ott et al. : MELS
22
Legendary beauty : HELEN
23
Indian mulberries : AALS
24
Sir, in Malaya : TUAN
26
A Dolly portrayer : BARBRA
29
Sob and twin : SISTERS
32
Molding : OGEE
33
Girls' names : MIRAS
34
Norse goddess : EIR
36
Henry James's picture : PORTRAITOFALADY
40
Madrid title : SRA
41
Outdo : EXCEL
42
Genus of auks : ALLE
43
San ___ Fault : ANDREAS
45
Couplets : RHYMES
47
Marine creatures : EELS
48
Chairman's place : DAIS
49
Land or sea : SCAPE
52
Bog : MIRE
53
Word with kind or hood : MAN
56
Arnold Bennett's account : THEOLDWIVESTALE
60
Last wife of Henry VIII : PARR
61
Mrs. Chaplin and namesakes : OONAS
62
Contribute : ANTE
63
Johnny's place : SPOT
64
Concerning : ANENT
65
Anthropology name : MEAD
Down
1
Table savers : MATS
2
Pain : ACHE
3
Kind of haircut : CREW
4
___ to the line : HEW
5
First modern English novel : PAMELA
6
Degree-seekers' burdens : ORALS
7
Chinese unicorns : LINS
8
"___ live and ... " : ASI
9
Javits or Glenn: Abbr. : SEN
10
Wise goddess : ATHENE
11
Stir up : ROIL
12
Poet Allen : TATE
13
Riviera's ___ Roc : EDEN
18
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
19
"___ nice girl like you doing ... ?" : WHATSA
23
Back up : ABET
24
Alpine area: Var. : TIROL
25
Mil. branch : USAF
26
Comic-strip blows : BOPS
27
Marketplace : AGORA
28
Put on the late show : RERAN
29
Locales : SITES
30
Kingly sphere : REALM
31
Edge : SIDLE
33
Isinglass minerals : MICAS
35
Drinks : RYES
37
Wind up again : REREEL
38
Skating leap : AXEL
39
Minstrels' songs : LAYS
44
Exile : DEPORT
45
Like the best June day : RAREST
46
Speeds : HIES
48
Couch : DIVAN
49
Organ knobs: Abbr. : STPS
50
Guy : CHAP
51
Flying prefix : AERO
52
Buried treasure : MINE
53
Crowning glory, to a horse : MANE
54
Can. province : ALTA
55
"___ I say more?" : NEED
57
Initials on a police blotter : DOA
58
Prevailed : WON
59
Headwear : TAM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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