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Jay Spry
Jay Spry

New York Times, Tuesday, February 26, 1974

61-Across : Playing areas: Abbr.

Author:
Jay Spry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jay Spry has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,963
Across
1
Clubs : MACES
6
Yegg's target : SAFE
10
Med. men : DRS
13
Saw : ADAGE
14
Spruce : TRIM
15
Congers : EELS
17
Moment : IMPORTANCE
19
Asian nurse : AMAH
20
North or south: Abbr. : DIR
21
Hunger : PINE
22
Feel empathy : RELATE
24
Fixed pay : STIPEND
26
Southern city : MIAMI
27
Existing: Suffix : ENT
28
Hand warmers : MITTENS
30
Nasser's successor : SADAT
33
Part of fertile soil : HUMUS
34
Post-midnight time : IAM
36
Jannings : EMIL
37
Frost and mosquito : BITES
38
Actress Swenson : INGA
39
Lettuce : COS
40
Forces : MAKES
41
Exhorted : URGED
42
Juvenal's works : SATIRES
44
Compass point : ENE
45
"Quo ___?" : VADIS
46
Shot full of holes : RIDDLED
50
Small-time : TWOBIT
52
Withered : SERE
53
Epoch : ERA
54
Bay : HOWL
55
Do better : OUTPERFORM
58
Robert ___ : ELEE
59
About navig. : NAUT
60
Italian port : GENOA
61
Playing areas: Abbr. : FDS
62
Sea eagles : ERNS
63
Hebrew measures : OMERS
Down
1
Milk and bar : MAIDS
2
Concede : ADMIT
3
Famous isle : CAPRI
4
Pride : EGO
5
Sea ___ : SERPENT
6
Position : STAND
7
"Rule Britannia" composer : ARNE
8
Ending for paci or proli : FIC
9
Retirement title : EMERITUS
10
"___ out" : DEALME
11
Left : REMAINING
12
Louver : SLAT
16
Pronoun : SHE
18
Shade : TINT
23
Has a bite : EATS
25
Ring : PEAL
26
Performers : MIMES
28
Sordines : MUTES
29
Wise : SAGE
30
Part of a min. : SEC
31
Long-run radio role : AMOS
32
Repudiated : DISAVOWED
33
Scout events : HIKES
35
Kind of cap or house : MAD
37
Singer : BARITONE
38
Incensed : IRED
40
Skirt : MIDI
41
Experience : UNDERGO
43
Statistical displays : TABLES
44
Galway land : EIRE
46
Bulletins: Abbr. : REPTS
47
Sierra ___ : LEONE
48
Lapse : ERROR
49
Ladies: Sp. : DAMAS
50
On ___ wane : THE
51
Bolt : WOLF
52
Shock : STUN
56
Mideast initials : UAR
57
Gender: Abbr. : FEM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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