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Sidney Frank
Sidney Frank

New York Times, Thursday, March 20, 1975

29-Across : " ... fetch ___ of water"

Author:
Sidney Frank
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.63, Missing: { F J Q V Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Sidney Frank has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,350
Across
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European thrush : OUSEL
6
Snowy and hoot : OWLS
10
In present condition : ASIS
14
Merge : UNITE
15
'Twas ever ___ : THUS
16
Cash in Rome : LIRE
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Large American bird : GREATWHITEHERON
20
Lamar or Leigh : HUNT
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Network : RETE
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Common contraction : ARENT
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Arabic letter : THA
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"___ Mable" : DERE
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Vessels of W.W. II : LCTS
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Cyst : WEN
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Journey : TREK
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" ... fetch ___ of water" : APAIL
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Shoe width : AAAA
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Nabokov girl et al. : ADAS
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Hawk of West and South : MISSISSIPPIKITE
40
Actual being : ESSE
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Suffers : AILS
42
Dice throws : SIXES
43
Have a meal : DINE
44
Container : BIN
45
Caesar's divided land : GAUL
47
___ ex machina : DEUS
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Go to ___ : POT
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Of a Frankish people : SALIC
54
Jewish month : ADAR
55
City of Kansas : IOLA
56
Small duck : HOODEDMERGANSER
59
French handle : ANSE
60
Actor Walter : ABEL
61
Sports place : ARENA
62
Disorder : MESS
63
Lancelot's uncle : BORS
64
Monthly collections : RENTS
Down
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"There ___ to be a law" : OUGHT
2
California's Jesse : UNRUH
3
City near Florence : SIENA
4
Unit for Louis XIV : ETAT
5
Allow : LET
6
Additional : OTHER
7
American game animal : WHITETAILEDDEER
8
Pear-shaped instrument : LUTE
9
Compass reading : SSE
10
On the qui vive : ALERT
11
Progenitors : SIRES
12
Horse or lung : IRON
13
Delivered : SENT
18
Small bird : WREN
19
Chop : HACK
24
Food store : DELI
25
Action requiring a prior look : LEAP
26
Kind of guy : WISE
28
Knocks : RAPS
29
Parisian soul : AME
30
Greek letters : PIS
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Beast : ASS
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"It's ___ to tell ... " : ASIN
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Related : AKIN
34
Fort in N. J. : DIX
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Supped : ATE
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French possessive : SES
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Ancient Mariner's sighting : SAIL
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Egyptian deity : ISIS
43
Mussolini : DUCE
44
Nondescript town : BURG
45
Shine : GLOSS
46
Military personnel : AIDES
48
Title people : EARLS
49
Polish city : POSEN
50
Fragrant : OLENT
51
"___ Bulba" : TARAS
52
Pillow cover : SHAM
53
Top-drawer : AONE
54
Early pulpit : AMBO
55
Concerning : INRE
57
Smidgen : DAB
58
Swiss river : AAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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