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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Thursday, February 6, 1975

46-Across : Writer James and family

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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. 9,308
Across
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Maine port : BATH
5
Clip : SHEAR
10
Sight near Tokyo : FUJI
14
Potpourri : OLIO
15
Bass-mouth size : LARGE
16
Javanese tree : UPAS
17
Pipe-and-slipper people : HOMEBODIES
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Calif. city : NAPA
20
Dakota Indian : REE
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Candid : OPEN
22
Leather craftsman : TANNER
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Beverages : ALES
25
Scrap : SHRED
26
Reprove : SCOLD
28
Jostle : SHOULDER
31
Traverse : SPAN
32
Yeanling : LAMB
33
Anti-poverty org. : OEO
34
With enthusiasm : LIKEAHOUSEAFIRE
39
All-purpose truck, for short : UTE
40
Set of rules : CODE
41
Blackbirds : ANIS
42
Heated again : REWARMED
44
Hallmark : BADGE
46
Writer James and family : AGEES
47
Get along : FARE
48
Radiant : AGLEAM
50
Secular : LAIC
51
Center of activity : HUB
54
Powerful shark : MAKO
55
Draw ___ (sell out) : AFULLHOUSE
58
Steelworkers' head : ABEL
59
Compact : DENSE
60
Engendered : BRED
61
Drove : HERD
62
Go onstage : ENTER
63
Being: Fr. : ETRE
Down
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Danish physicist : BOHR
2
Succulent plant : ALOE
3
Occasion : TIME
4
Work in the garden : HOE
5
Inclined : SLOPED
6
Charon's bailiwick : HADES
7
Hibernia : ERIN
8
Teen or golden : AGE
9
Sanitarium : RESTHOME
10
Ship's stack : FUNNEL
11
Busy : UPANDDOING
12
Practical joke : JAPE
13
German river : ISAR
18
Cotton pod : BOLL
23
Island off Venezuela : ARUBA
24
Excellent : AONE
25
Asian sheep : SHAS
26
Grudge : SPITE
27
Certain dancer : CAKEWALKER
28
Swung around : SLUED
29
Uncanny : EERIE
30
Small deer : ROES
31
Offend : SLUR
35
Tiger moth : ACREA
36
Relative of custom-built : HOMEMADE
37
Works of Shelley : ODES
38
Cover a dice bet : FADE
43
Traditional : AGEOLD
44
One busy in a leaky boat : BAILER
45
Washington Sq. sight : ARCH
47
Bogus : FALSE
48
Asian servant : AMAH
49
Baseball executive ___ Paul : GABE
50
Alfred of stage : LUNT
51
Piqued : HURT
52
Consumer : USER
53
Adam ___ : BEDE
56
Marsh : FEN
57
British decoration : OBE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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