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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Thursday, December 4, 1975

38-Across : Repudiated

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,609
Across
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Kind of way or well : STAIR
6
Toboggan : SLED
10
Curved molding : OGEE
14
River of W.W. I battle : MARNE
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Spy of W.W. I : HARI
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Soccer star : PELE
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Busy : UPANDDOING
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Common Latin abbr. : ETAL
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Gift of ___ : GAB
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Campus figure : COED
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Reason : SANITY
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___-do-well : NEER
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Spread out : DILATE
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Refuges : HAVENS
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Continued : RANON
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Decide on : ELECT
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Equipped : FITTEDOUT
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Frolic : LARK
36
Part of a Western stampede : RODEO
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French town : STLO
38
Repudiated : DISAVOWED
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Do one's ___ : THING
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Dickens girl et al. : NELLS
42
March King and family : SOUSAS
43
Does cycling : PEDALS
45
Writer Moss : HART
46
Tick-tack-toe entry : CIRCLE
47
Missile housing : SILO
48
"A fool there ___, and he ... " : WAS
51
Winglike : ALAR
52
Broke : DOWNANDOUT
55
Tolerably : SOSO
56
Single entry : UNIT
57
TV Indian : TONTO
58
Footprint : STEP
59
Baseball throws : PEGS
60
Dominant : ONTOP
Down
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Conceited : SMUG
2
Pacific cloth : TAPA
3
Speedy horse : ARAB
4
Caravan stop : INN
5
Trivial holding : REDCENT
6
Stable worker : SHOER
7
Deposited : LAID
8
Marine bird : ERN
9
Starts vigorously : DIGSINTO
10
Kind of case : OPENANDSHUT
11
"Understand?" : GETIT
12
Lift up : ELATE
13
Wriggling : EELY
18
Completes : DOES
23
Century plant : ALOE
24
Summarily : NECKANDCROP
25
Old-hat : DATED
26
Anna of stage : HELD
27
Soviet range : ALAI
28
___ libre : VERS
29
Carnival attractions : RIDES
31
Hunts wild birds : FOWLS
32
U.S. inventor : OTIS
33
Arm bone : ULNA
34
Clothes : TOGS
36
Like rugs during dancing : ROLLEDUP
39
Meat order : VEAL
40
City on Lake Ontario : TORONTO
42
Room in a casa : SALA
43
Cockpit figure : PILOT
44
Take out : ERASE
45
Intimates : HINTS
46
Peggy of TV : CASS
47
Draught : SWIG
48
Practice : WONT
49
Edsel or Reo : AUTO
50
Traffic sign : STOP
53
"___ good turn ... " : ONE
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Juan or Giovanni : DON

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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