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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Wednesday, March 10, 1976

20-Across : Part of a sequence

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,706
Across
1
Hindu discipline : YOGA
5
Nissen or Garbo : GRETA
10
Fastener : HASP
14
Biblical tower : EDAR
15
Parts : ROLES
16
Celebes ox : ANOA
17
Indian weight : TOLA
18
Flower spike : AMENT
19
Eire legislative body : DAIL
20
Part of a sequence : ABCDEFGHIJKLM
23
Old French coin : SOU
24
But: Lat. : SED
25
TU 144, for one : SST
28
"To ___ his own" : EACH
31
Prevent legally : ESTOP
36
Hawaiian shrub : AKIA
38
Resort in N. M. : TAOS
40
Vibrant : ALIVE
41
Hiding places for meanings : BETWEENTHELINES
44
Stirs up : RILES
45
Be prolific : TEEM
46
Become lively : PERK
47
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
48
Race segments : LAPS
50
Porker's pad : STY
51
Ike's command: Abbr. : ETO
54
Cereal grain : OAT
56
Rest of sequence : NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
63
Ostrich-like bird : EMEU
64
"___ Grows in Brooklyn" : ATREE
65
Routine : ROTE
68
Blue-footed petrel : TITI
69
Emphatic refusal : NEVER
70
___ about : ONOR
71
One of a flight : STEP
72
Sandarac trees : ARARS
73
Lhasa holy man : LAMA
Down
1
Until now : YET
2
Half brother of William I : ODO
3
Festive : GALA
4
Mideasterners : ARABS
5
June V.I.P. : GRADUATE
6
European capital : ROME
7
Hebrew letter : ELEF
8
Measures of Burma : TENGS
9
___ crow flies : ASTHE
10
Pilgrimage to Mecca : HADJ
11
Biblical giant : ANAK
12
Territory : SOIL
13
Fortune-teller's chart : PALM
21
Iowa college : COE
22
Standard of perfection : IDEAL
25
Israeli native : SABRA
26
Quantity of yarn : SKEIN
27
"Pentimento," for one : TITLE
29
Salient angle : CANT
30
Holiday haven : HOTEL
32
Tongue faux pas : SLIP
33
Prongs : TINES
34
Not secret : OVERT
35
Troublesome : PESKY
37
Impresses strongly : AWES
39
Queens stadium : SHEA
42
Chemical compound : ESTER
43
Gives authority to : EMPOWERS
49
Writer Rohmer : SAX
52
Lake ___, Blue Nile source : TSANA
53
Musteline mammal : OTTER
55
Austrian province : TYROL
56
Seines : NETS
57
Pass over : OMIT
58
Sneaky ___ : PETE
59
Clever comeback : QUIP
60
Asian mongoose : URVA
61
Change direction : VEER
62
Writer Gale : ZONA
66
TV's newscaster Snyder : TOM
67
Time period : ERA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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