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Jacobs
Jacobs

New York Times, Monday, March 12, 1979

55-Across : What some planes fly on

Author:
Jacobs
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Jacobs has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,716
Across
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Former TV host, Jack ___ : PAAR
5
Mature tadpole : FROG
9
Member of a Latin I trio : AMAT
13
Atoll : ISLE
14
Fragrant flower : LILAC
16
"You must ___ peck of dirt ... ": Swift : EATA
17
What some planes break : THESOUNDBARRIER
20
Jinx : HEX
21
Wallace of TV : MIKE
22
Des ___ (literally, of monks) : MOINES
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Desk appurtenances : PADS
24
Clowns : MIMES
25
Eyes quickly : SCANS
27
Soothe : CALM
28
One of the Cratchits : TIM
31
Norse rumbler : THOR
32
Tall Asiatic tree : ACLE
33
Inst. at Troy, N.Y. : RPI
34
Protection from warplanes : AIRRAIDSHELTERS
39
"To ___ is human" : ERR
40
Kind of machine : SLOT
41
Furnace output : HEAT
42
Brenda the singer : LEE
43
Swiss abstract painter : KLEE
44
Devotion : PIETY
46
Town ___ : CRIER
48
James ___, actor from N.Y.C. : COCO
49
TV producer's concern : RATING
51
French weapon : ARME
52
Superlative ending : EST
55
What some planes fly on : AWINGANDAPRAYER
58
Large, in Lille : GROS
59
Part of AWOL : LEAVE
60
Alien: Comb. form : XENO
61
Since, in Glasgow : SYNE
62
Playing card : TREY
63
He sang with MacDonald : EDDY
Down
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Gist : PITH
2
Netman Arthur : ASHE
3
Karras of football fame : ALEX
4
___ judicata : RES
5
Gasoline and water, e.g. : FLUIDS
6
Skating areas : RINKS
7
Ye ___ Curiosity Shoppe : OLDE
8
Chitchat : GAB
9
Height for a kite : AERIE
10
Shoppers' mecca : MAINSTREET
11
Fit to ___ : ATEE
12
"H.M.S. Pinafore" group : TARS
15
Dumas novel : CAMILLE
18
Arabian Sea gulf : OMAN
19
"The Desert Fox" : ROMMEL
23
Young salmon : PARR
24
Jet plane's speed unit : MACH
25
English county : SHIRE
26
Embarrassing newspaper note : CORRECTION
27
Class in Calcutta : CASTE
29
"___ the Lord my soul to keep" : IPRAY
30
Hazard asea or on land : MIST
31
Far East unit of weight : TAEL
35
Kind of price : ASKING
36
Like smugglers' goods : ILLEGAL
37
Active one : DOER
38
Kojak : THEO
44
Roman general and statesman : POMPEY
45
Baker's aide : ICER
47
Laundry cycle : RINSE
48
Yearn for : CRAVE
49
"From ___ to riches" : RAGS
50
Wide of the mark : AWRY
51
Jewish month : ADAR
52
Checked out, visually : EYED
53
Transmit : SEND
54
Home, to Priam : TROY
56
N.B.A. player : NET
57
Cut down a tree : AXE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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