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Marjorie Pedersen
Marjorie Pedersen

New York Times, Saturday, April 1, 1978

49-Across : H. Allen Smith's "___ Rides Again"

Author:
Marjorie Pedersen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { J Q Z }
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Marjorie Pedersen has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
H
2
AND
3
L
4
E
5
S
6
T
7
P
8
S
9
F
10
A
11
S
12
T
13
S
14
A
M
E
X
15
T
A
R
A
16
L
I
T
H
E
17
R
E
A
P
18
A
T
O
M
19
A
M
AND
A
S
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I
N
P
AND
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O
R
A
S
B
22
O
X
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I
T
T
24
V
E
R
AND
A
H
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A
N
G
E
26
B
27
E
28
S
29
T
I
S
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S
31
P
I
G
O
T
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A
R
C
I
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A
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U
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R
36
A
37
A
R
R
38
G
R
AND
F
39
A
T
H
E
R
40
S
C
L
O
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C
42
K
43
I
F
Y
44
F
L
A
P
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A
O
N
E
46
W
47
A
N
I
N
48
G
49
L
50
O
W
M
A
N
51
I
V
A
N
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O
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B
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T
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A
I
N
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L
I
V
57
C
L
AND
E
S
T
I
58
N
59
E
60
L
61
Y
62
F
A
I
63
R
AND
64
S
L
O
T
65
A
R
I
A
66
U
R
A
I
L
67
T
A
K
E
68
M
I
L
L
69
L
Y
N
D
E
70
AND
E
A
R
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E
N
T
E
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,458
Across
1
Manipulate : HANDLE
5
P.O. commemoratives : STPS
9
Goes hungry : FASTS
14
Financial-page initials : AMEX
15
Butler-O'Hara mansion : TARA
16
Supple : LITHE
17
Garner : REAP
18
Particle : ATOM
19
Blake of "Gunsmoke" et al. : AMANDAS
20
Where did trouble reside? : INPANDORASBOX
23
Communications co. : ITT
24
Porch : VERANDAH
25
Celestial figure, in Paris : ANGE
26
"The ___ yet to be" : BESTIS
30
Faucet : SPIGOT
32
Curved: Comb. form : ARCI
33
Halo : AURA
37
Timetable abbr. : ARR
38
Heirloom timepiece : GRANDFATHERSCLOCK
43
Suffix with class and fort : IFY
44
Tent part : FLAP
45
Most excellent : AONE
46
Declining : WANING
49
H. Allen Smith's "___ Rides Again" : LOWMAN
51
___ the Terrible : IVAN
52
Get : OBTAIN
56
Ullmann : LIV
57
Secretly : CLANDESTINELY
62
___ square : FAIRAND
64
Opening : SLOT
65
Solo : ARIA
66
Horseshoe-shaped track : URAIL
67
Give's partner : TAKE
68
Sutter's place : MILL
69
Comedian Paul : LYNDE
70
Eye ___ infirmary : ANDEAR
71
___ en point : ENTE
Down
1
Mata : HARI
2
"Of Mice ___" : ANDMEN
3
Kind of year : LEAP
4
Swell : EXPAND
5
Ogles : STARESAT
6
Turkic tongue : TATAR
7
___ cons : PROSAND
8
Dance : SAMBA
9
Spinning fiber : FLAX
10
Point at : AIM
11
Part of S.R.O. : STANDINGROOM
12
"Things ___ bump in the night" : THATGO
13
Sonnet finale : SESTET
21
Egg: Comb. form : OVI
22
Exclamations : OHS
25
Piece of legislation re flights : AIRLAW
26
Sack : BAG
27
Stray : ERR
28
Dane or Swede : SCANDINAVIAN
29
Luncheon : TIFFIN
31
Felt shoe : PAC
34
TV band : UHF
35
Electrical unit : REL
36
Macaw : ARA
39
Writer Rand : AYN
40
Abe, the Rail-___ : SPLITTER
41
Navy V.I.P. : CNA
42
Venturi of links fame : KEN
46
Stubborn : WILFUL
47
Birdhouse : AVIARY
48
Euphemistic oath : GOL
50
Navy's C.I.A. : ONI
53
Platform for outdoor concerts : BANDSTAND
54
Tissue layers : TELAE
55
Asian tree : ASOKA
57
Bell, book and ___ : CANDLE
58
Mention : NAME
59
Banshee's land : ERIN
60
Lively air : LILT
61
"Whiffenpoof" locale : YALE
63
Clear away : RID

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 11 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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