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Sophie Fierman
Sophie Fierman

New York Times, Friday, March 22, 1974

23-Across : "I didn't know ___"

Author:
Sophie Fierman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Sophie Fierman has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,987
Across
1
Copycat : APER
5
Something to watch : STEP
9
Entertain : AMUSE
14
Prepare for an exam : BONE
15
"___ mackerel!" : HOLY
16
Philippine canoe : BANCA
17
Dry, as wine : BRUT
18
Via's relative : ITER
19
Words of choice : ANDOR
20
Gumbo: Var. : OCRA
21
Trivial taboo : NONO
22
"___ Alone" : THINE
23
"I didn't know ___" : THEGUNWASLOADED
26
With: Prefix : SYN
27
Civil wrong : TORT
28
Fine porcelain : SPODE
32
Chinese ideal : TAO
33
Mulberry cloth : TAPA
37
Futile words of apology : GEEIDIDNTMEANIT
41
Sailors : TARS
42
After expenses : NET
43
Shoot from ambush : SNIPE
44
Western Indians : SACS
46
Possesses : HAS
48
Saddest words : ITMIGHTHAVEBEEN
56
Of Lammermoor or Frankenstein : BRIDE
57
Go on about : RAVE
58
"___ victory!" : ONTO
59
Razor clam : SOLEN
60
___ Bator : ULAN
61
Hebrew month : ADAR
62
Incident : EVENT
63
Geometric shape : CONE
64
Bribes : SOPS
65
Cuddles : NESTS
66
Autocrat : TSAR
67
___ of knowledge : TREE
Down
1
Monastery head : ABBOT
2
Place for a swing : PORCH
3
Accustom : ENURE
4
Put on a new label : RETAG
5
Children's hockey : SHINNY
6
Where Yankee Doodle came : TOTOWN
7
Form of Helen : ELENA
8
Fire-detecting device : PYROSTAT
9
One who halts a nuisance : ABATOR
10
Cocktail : MANHATTAN
11
Ruined : UNDID
12
Historic stone : SCONE
13
___ seal : EARED
24
Took advantage of : USED
25
Impend : LOOM
28
Noncom : SGT
29
Princess-testing item : PEA
30
Poetic word : OER
31
Nonconformist : DISSIDENT
32
Explosive : TNT
34
Blackbird : ANI
35
Dickens hero : PIP
36
Greek goddess : ATE
38
Move slowly : INCH
39
"In ten seconds this tape will self-___" : DESTRUCT
40
Actual existence : ESSE
45
Actors' fronts : AGENTS
46
Kind of cigar : HAVANA
47
Old stable officer : AVENER
48
Dramatist Henrik : IBSEN
49
Treasure ___ : TROVE
50
Standish : MILES
51
Nimbuses : HALOS
52
Vaunt : BOAST
53
Witch's place : ENDOR
54
Storehouse : ETAPE
55
48 Down, e.g. : NORSE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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