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Ann Jenkins
Ann Jenkins

New York Times, Tuesday, December 9, 1975

18-Across : Urban problem of 1960's

Author:
Ann Jenkins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Ann Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,614
Across
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Basketball's Kareem : JABBAR
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Soft palates : VELA
11
Truant's status: Abbr. : ABS
14
In ___ (very soon) : ATRICE
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Jewish month : ELUL
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Shad dish : ROE
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Coupled : PAIRED
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Urban problem of 1960's : RACERIOT
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Made more piquant : ADDEDSPICESTO
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Pacific root : TARO
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Home: Abbr. : RES
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Adequate grades : CEES
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Crown of Osiris : ATEF
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Atelier fixture : EASEL
29
Wave, in France : ONDE
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Doing a farm job : REAPING
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___ with faint praise : DAMN
34
Rent-payer : TENANT
35
Snub : IGNORE
39
Tea-leaf reader : SEER
41
Belladonna product: Var. : ATROPIN
42
Child's pistol ammo : CAPS
45
Tennis exchange : RALLY
47
___ facto : IPSO
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Inter ___ : ALIA
49
___-com (kind of TV show) : SIT
50
Deadlocks : TIES
51
Sincere : SINGLEHEARTED
56
Tempered : ANNEALED
57
Pink colors : CORALS
60
Grassland : LEA
61
Saucy : PERT
62
Theaters-in-the-round : ARENAS
63
Compass reading : SSE
64
El ___, Texas : PASO
65
Blue ribbons : FIRSTS
Down
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China's neighbor: Abbr. : JAP
2
___ loss for words : ATA
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Like a hundred-handed monster : BRIAREAN
4
Migratory flier : BIRDOFPASSAGE
5
Served well at tennis : ACED
6
Counsel, old style : REDE
7
Biblical divisions : VERSES
8
Passed : ELAPSED
9
Daughter of L.B.J. : LUCI
10
Author Waugh : ALEC
11
Ascended : ARISEN
12
Made an error : BOOTED
13
Bristly : SETOSE
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___ out (prolong) : DRAG
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Caustic : TART
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To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
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Take the stage : ENTER
28
Non-clergy : LAITY
31
Like: Suffix : INE
33
Baseball boss: Abbr. : MGR
36
Residents of a town : OPPIDANS
37
Get ready for the anthem playing : RISE
38
Son of Seth : ENOS
40
Bacon units : RASHERS
41
Neighbor of Sask. : ALTA
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Famed cellist : CASALS
43
Dress styles : ALINES
44
Feathers : PINNAE
46
Was uncandid with : LIEDTO
52
Northern European : LAPP
53
Zeno's town : ELEA
54
Canadian fliers: Abbr. : RCAF
55
Convex moldings : TORI
58
Map line: Abbr. : LAT
59
Draft org. : SSS

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

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