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Lois Donald
Lois Donald

New York Times, Friday, March 8, 1974

51-Across : Beast of burden

Author:
Lois Donald
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Lois Donald has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,973
Across
1
English network : BBC
4
Tank town : BURG
8
Broad beans : FAVAS
13
Herd's home : LEA
14
At a distance : AFAR
15
Watershed : DIVIDE
16
Baseball star : OTT
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French cook's word : ROTI
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Peaceful : IRENIC
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Wayfarers' ways : TREKS
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Kind of gin : SLOE
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U. S. ecology org. : EPA
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Rent : TORN
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Teetotaler's transport : WATERWAGON
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Hapsburg name : OTTO
29
Gardner : ERLE
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Nautical command : AVAST
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Trouble : HOTWATER
33
Noxious weeds : TARES
34
Falstaff's princely friend : HAL
35
___ judicium (trial by ordeal) : DEI
36
Warehouse : DEPOT
39
Disastrous defeat : WATERLOO
44
Papal vestment : ORALE
45
Again : ANEW
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Concerning : INRE
48
Aquatic aid : WATERWINGS
50
Men's nicknames : NEDS
51
Beast of burden : ASS
52
Author Zona : GALE
53
Plume : EGRET
54
Combo component : GUITAR
56
Absent : AWAY
59
Western state: Abbr. : ORE
60
Puts up : ERECTS
61
Oxford adjunct : LACE
62
Rubber source : ULE
63
View again : RESEE
64
Get rid of : SHED
65
Beethoven's forte: Abbr. : SYM
Down
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Blind drunk : BLOTTO
2
Affiance : BETROTH
3
Wait on : CATERTO
4
Liquor locales : BARS
5
Science-fiction item : UFO
6
Bad guy : RAT
7
Strength of character : GRISTLE
8
Imbiber's intake : FIREWATER
9
Hail! : AVE
10
Vim : VINEGAR
11
Fatty : ADIPOSE
12
Cutting lines : SECANTS
15
Fashion name : DIOR
20
Opening for a young baseball fan : KNOTHOLE
22
Villain's glance : LEER
25
___ or woe : WEAL
26
Archaic verb : ART
27
Profiting : AVAILING
32
Well-known building : WATERGATE
35
Moistens : DEWS
36
Queen mother, for one : DOWAGER
37
Typist's bane : ERASURE
38
Fall guys : PATSIES
39
Lamentation : WAIL
40
Toughens : ANNEALS
41
Doe in second year : TEG
42
Burdensome : ONEROUS
43
Hospital helper : ORDERLY
47
Regard : ESTEEM
49
Conflicts : WARS
53
Studied : EYED
55
Portico: Abbr. : TCE
57
Panda : WAH
58
Expert : ACE

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