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Ruth N. Schultz
Ruth N. Schultz

New York Times, Tuesday, December 20, 1977

48-Across : Make a snide remark

Author:
Ruth N. Schultz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Ruth N. Schultz has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,356
Across
1
Agt.'s cut : PCT
4
Priest's garment : ALB
7
___ as a wet hen : ASMAD
12
Scratch : CLAW
13
Name meaning "hairy" : ESAU
14
Aristotle's teacher : PLATO
15
Kind of Soc. Sec. : OASI
16
Co-author of "Nice Guys Finish Last" : LINN
17
Avid : EAGER
18
Does some wheeling and dealing : PITCHESACURVE
21
Flow : STREAM
22
Contents of a windrow : HAY
23
Sequential letters : LMN
26
Within: Prefix : ESO
27
Don't be one, said Polonius : LENDER
30
Jai ___ : ALAI
31
Pounds' companions : PENCE
32
Coast Guard group : SPARS
33
Outwits : BEATSTOTHEPUNCH
38
___ once (suddenly) : ALLAT
39
"Iolanthe" chorus members : EARLS
40
Dull and drab : BLAH
41
Military attack : SORTIE
43
Labor org. : AFL
46
Sound receiver : EAR
47
Hairdo : SET
48
Make a snide remark : NEEDLE
50
Tries an evasive trick : MAKESANENDRUN
54
Actress Ekberg : ANITA
56
Zoo feature : EMEU
57
"Erik ___," book by Ben Hecht : DORN
58
Cézanne contemporary : MONET
59
Bacillus : GERM
60
Flippant : AIRY
61
Viewpoint : ANGLE
62
"Sail ___ Ship of State!" : ONO
63
Porcine abode : STY
Down
1
Braids : PLAITS
2
He converted Cuba : CASTRO
3
Bis : TWICE
4
Tag on a sale item : ASIS
5
Turner : LANA
6
Nobelist for Peace: 1950 : BUNCHE
7
Parrot's forte : APERY
8
Tito, e.g. : SLAV
9
Discoverer of the Marianas: 1521 : MAGELLAN
10
Consumed : ATE
11
Buzzing insect : DOR
12
Thicket : COPSE
13
Gold or silver : ELEMENT
19
Most hearty : HALEST
20
Former Egypt-Syria initials : UAR
24
Playwright Connelly : MARC
25
Yugoslav city : NISH
28
Cpl. or sgt. : NCO
29
Inhibit : DETER
30
Constellation : APUS
31
Chief Egyptian god : PTAH
32
Ill temper : SPLEEN
33
Ruth : BABE
34
Governor Grasso : ELLA
35
Scary : ALARMING
36
Caubeen, e.g. : HAT
37
Abnormal leaf growth : ERINEUM
41
Understand : SEE
42
Cooperstown's lake : OTSEGO
43
Skillful : ADROIT
44
Ado : FLURRY
45
Dustin Hoffman role : LENNY
47
Pass lightly (over) : SKATE
49
Two Icelandic literary works : EDDAS
51
Defective: Prefix : ATEL
52
Word of assent : AMEN
53
Fiddler or pianist : NERO
54
Japanese woman diver : AMA
55
___ compos mentis : NON

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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