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Elizabeth A. Yaro
Elizabeth A. Yaro

New York Times, Wednesday, February 6, 1974

23-Across : Genus of African herb

Author:
Elizabeth A. Yaro
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { B J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Elizabeth A. Yaro has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,943
Across
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River of north Italy : FELLA
6
Hammer part : CLAW
10
Rain, sleet, etc.: Abbr. : PPTN
14
Knock for ___ : ALOOP
15
Resembling: Suffix : ULAR
16
Honolulu's island : OAHU
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Kind of dropleaf table : TIPUP
18
Edens : PARADISES
20
Enzyme: Suffix : ASE
21
Moslem teacher : ALIM
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Genus of African herb : PENTAS
24
Fellini film of 1956 : LASTRADA
26
Panay native : ATI
27
Half: Prefix : SEMI
28
Cure-all : PANACEA
32
Ward off : REPEL
35
Kind of stool : TOAD
37
"Younger ___ springtime ... " : THAN
38
Medical suffix : OMA
39
Mortgages : LIENS
40
Id ___ : EST
41
Weary : TIRE
43
Spanish painter : SERT
44
Italian food : PASTA
46
Ascots : CRAVATS
48
Algerian port : ORAN
50
Headlight setting : DIM
51
Garden flower : AGERATUM
55
Tour-bus workers : GUIDES
58
La Douce : IRMA
59
Madison or Fifth: Abbr. : AVE
60
Land of the pampas : ARGENTINA
62
Spanish greeting : SALUD
64
Delineate : LIMN
65
Off balance : ALOP
66
Convex molding : OVOLO
67
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
68
Track event : DASH
69
Air-navigation system : LANAC
Down
1
Deadly : FATAL
2
Form of Elizabeth : ELISA
3
Easy strides : LOPES
4
Gehrig : LOU
5
Clothing : APPAREL
6
Greedy actions : CUPIDITIES
7
S. A. animal : LLAMA
8
Swiss river : AAR
9
Kitchen foil : WRAP
10
Aim the gun : POINTAT
11
Literary hodgepodges : PASTICHES
12
Tea plant : THEA
13
Nut, in Essen : NUSS
19
College official : DEAN
22
On the ___ (hiding out) : LAM
25
Mao ___-tung : TSE
28
Electric-locomotive trolley : PANTOGRAPH
29
Classifieds : ADS
30
Direction : EAST
31
Broadway org. : ANTA
32
College military group: Abbr. : ROTC
33
Arab prince : EMIR
34
Examples : PARADIGMS
36
Poetic word : OER
39
Vessel of W. W. II : LST
42
Apparent : EVIDENT
44
Sun protection : PARASOL
45
Santa ___ : ANA
47
Hymn word : AMEN
49
Radiation dosage : REM
51
Japanese natives: Var. : AINOS
52
Claw : TALON
53
Palate part : UVULA
54
Bordeaux wine : MEDOC
55
Festive : GALA
56
Author Leon : URIS
57
African village : STAD
61
Bantu language : ILA
63
Miss Gardner : AVA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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