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Federing
Federing

New York Times, Saturday, February 9, 1980

49-Across : Movie of 1937 (see 36 Across)

Author:
Federing
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Federing has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,050
Across
1
Certain exams, for short : COMPS
6
Cleopatra's killer : ASP
9
Subordinate's response : NOSIR
14
Sluggish : INERT
15
Definite article : THE
16
Wide-awake : ALERT
17
Robert Nagy is one : TENOR
18
Mexican matzohs : TORTILLAS
20
TV program once hosted by Groucho : YOUBETYOURLIFE
22
Atmosphere: Comb. form : AER
23
Chemical suffix : IDE
24
Wonderland's mad one : HATTER
27
Dove's call : COO
28
Numbers man: Abbr. : CPA
31
Hindu garb : SARI
32
Where fodder ferments : SILO
34
Merchandise : WARES
36
Groucho the doctor : HUGOZHACKENBUSH
39
Reconcile : ATONE
40
Layer : TIER
41
Astronaut Slayton : DEKE
42
Dominique, e.g. : HEN
43
Agcy. once run by Ickes : PWA
45
Soundness : SANITY
47
"___ Na Na," TV program : SHA
48
The John Birch org., for one : SOC
49
Movie of 1937 (see 36 Across) : ADAYATTHERACES
57
Flight having risers : STAIRCASE
58
Floor: Fr. : ETAGE
59
Trattoria meat dish : POLLO
60
Blemish : MAR
61
Bulgarian capital : SOFIA
62
In ___ (tousled) : AMESS
63
Con's opposite : PRO
64
Scalp lock : TRESS
Down
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Gary or Eugene : CITY
2
___'clock (dandelion) : ONEO
3
Bill of fare : MENU
4
Testing period : PROBATION
5
Wall or Fleet : STREET
6
___ Gen. : ATTY
7
Scat! : SHOO
8
City on the Wabash : PERU
9
Settle definitely : NAILDOWN
10
Dragon of TV fame : OLLIE
11
Narcissist's love : SELF
12
Dies ___ : IRAE
13
Certain punches: Abbr. : RTS
19
The Bee Gees, e.g. : TRIO
21
Tom ___, former Yankee : TRESH
24
Terre ___ : HAUTE
25
Inert gas : ARGON
26
Lariat : RIATA
27
Fountain drinks : COKES
28
Vinegar bottle : CRUET
29
Troublesome : PESKY
30
Racketer Arthur : ASHE
31
Pahlevi : SHAH
33
Omaha Beach vessel : LCI
35
Edward VIII in 1936 : ABDICATOR
37
Greek god of the west wind : ZEPHYROS
38
Cancel : ERASE
44
British servicewoman : WAAC
46
"Desire hath ___": Burton : NOREST
47
Flying jibs : SAILS
49
Monad : ATOM
50
Evans from Uvalde, Tex. : DALE
51
Drive down lightly : TAMP
52
Romanov title : TSAR
53
Paragon : HERO
54
___ au lait : CAFE
55
Auspices : EGIS
56
Proverbial septet : SEAS
57
Karlovy Vary is one : SPA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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