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Hallie Parsons
Hallie Parsons
Gerald Parsons
Gerald Parsons

New York Times, Saturday, November 8, 1975

17-Across : Not worth mentioning

Author:
Hallie & Gerald Parsons
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,583
Across
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Steer clear of : SHUN
5
Battling : ATWAR
10
Vipers : ASPS
14
Dial ___ : TONE
15
Teheran native : IRANI
16
German admiral : SPEE
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Not worth mentioning : INCONSEQUENTIAL
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Car of yore : REO
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Norwegian king : OLAF
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Vital heart link : AORTA
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Appointed : NAMED
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Saw: Prefix : SERRI
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Daises : PODIA
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Kind of beard or work : SPADE
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Insider's offering : TIP
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Melvin and family : LAIRDS
36
Medieval poems : LAIS
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Spanish bear : OSO
38
Dist. ___ : ATTY
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Independently : APART
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Newts : EFTS
42
Second city, for short : CHI
43
English river : AVON
44
Squabble : HASSLE
46
Inner: Prefix : ESO
47
Broods : MOPES
49
Out of style : DATED
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Impends: : NEARS
52
___ the Damned (Turkish sultan) : ABDUL
54
Acclimatize : ADAPT
56
Wings : ALAE
57
Full of: Suffix : OSE
60
Well, for one : HOLEINTHEGROUND
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Mr. Gardner : ERLE
65
Papal cape : ORALE
66
Charge on property : LIEN
67
Baseball's Willie : MAYS
68
Scene of confusion : BABEL
69
At a loss : ASEA
Down
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Become active : STIR
2
Oilstone : HONE
3
Absolutely : UNCONDITIONALLY
4
Recent: Prefix : NEO
5
Theater area : AISLE
6
Tire parts : TREADS
7
Islamic endowment : WAQF
8
Babylonian god : ANU
9
Meadow barley : RIE
10
First woman M.P. of England : ASTOR
11
Famed Atlantic crosser : SPIRITOFSTLOUIS
12
___ bog : PEAT
13
Burmese rice : SELA
18
Wanderer : NOMAD
19
Nasal passages : NARES
24
Graceful : AIRY
25
German region : SAAR
26
Wharton : EDITH
27
Finish second : PLACE
28
Formal promises : OATHS
30
Carpentry tool : PLANE
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Cordage fiber : ISTLE
33
Propounded : POSED
35
Relish : SAVOR
40
Boston orchestra : POPS
41
Biblical brother : ESAU
43
Fine violin : AMATI
45
Office machine : ADDER
48
Small Pacific fish : SALELE
51
Fencing pieces : EPEES
53
Doughnut's cousin : BAGEL
54
Attention-getting sound : AHEM
55
Dumb ___ : DORA
56
Jezebel's husband : AHAB
58
Word with snick : SNEE
59
Ferber : EDNA
61
Cribbage card : NOB
62
___-la : TRA
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Palm leaf: Var. : OLA

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

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