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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Friday, March 25, 1977

24-Across : Indo-Iranians

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,086
Across
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English saint : HILDA
6
Author Stoker ("Dracula") : BRAM
10
Pennant : FLAG
14
Embellish : ADORN
15
Bolognese artist : RENI
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French composer : LALO
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Utah city : LOGAN
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Sherbets : ICES
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December date : YULE
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Boxers under 113 lbs. : FLYWEIGHTS
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Rabbit of "Uncle Remus" : BRER
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As well : ALSO
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Indo-Iranians : ARYANS
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Bargain : HAGGLE
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Drawing room : SALON
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Column base : ORLO
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Think : DEEM
35
Thousand, in 25 Down : MILLE
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Marred, as shoes : SCUFFED
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Tormented : PLAGUED
43
Racing boat : SHELL
44
___ facto : IPSO
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Suspend : HANG
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Type of rifle : YAGER
49
Shrewd : ASTUTE
51
Asian peninsula : MALAYA
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Italian city : ESTE
56
Berserk in Burma : AMOK
57
Flee : FLYTHECOOP
63
Jacob's third son : LEVI
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Blend : FUSE
65
Noncom : SARGE
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Support : ABET
67
Visored cap : ETON
68
Into pieces : APART
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Hard to find : RARE
70
Western city : RENO
71
Burton's homeland : WALES
Down
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Game division : HALF
2
Adored one : IDOL
3
Lethargic : LOGY
4
Sketch : DRAW
5
Toughen : ANNEAL
6
Guardhouses : BRIGS
7
Selected again : RECHOSE
8
"He hath spread ___ ... " : ANET
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Mass book : MISSAL
10
Transitory : FLYBYNIGHT
11
Beloved of Petrarch : LAURA
12
Poet Ginsberg : ALLEN
13
Hotshots : GOERS
21
___ France : ILEDE
25
City on the Tevere : ROMA
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Cayuse : HOSS
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Curve : ARCH
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Stickum : GLUE
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"Beat it!" : GOFLYAKITE
31
Elec. units : AMPS
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Entertainer Adams : EDIE
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Hawaiian feast : LUAU
37
Christian season : LENT
38
Lip : EDGE
40
Excoriate : FLAY
42
Disinclined : LOATH
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Victimizes : PREYSON
48
Old fellow : GAFFER
50
Alternate : SEESAW
51
Cheekbone : MALAR
52
Protozoan : AMEBA
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Romeo : LOVER
55
Girl in a pool : STENO
58
Theorbo : LUTE
59
Matador's cloak : CAPA
60
Verbal : ORAL
61
Monster : OGRE
62
Darlings : PETS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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