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Ernst Theimer
Ernst Theimer

New York Times, Wednesday, April 1, 1981

69-Across : Marine abysses

Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,467
Across
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Plumbum : LEAD
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Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
10
Resort : SPA
13
Ship in a Greek myth : ARGO
14
Customer : BUYER
15
"___! poor Yorick" : ALAS
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Result of breaking a speculum? : VIIYEARSBADLUCK
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___ Gay, W.W. II plane : ENOLA
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Eternal : TIMELESS
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R.A.F. aircraftsmen: Colloq. : ERKS
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Casino items : DICE
25
Buddy : PAL
28
Douses : WETS
30
Dropped : SAGGED
34
Enzyme : ASE
35
Cyclotron item : ANION
37
City on the Truckee : RENO
38
Curse of Scotland : THEIXOFDIAMONDS
42
Sea swallow : TERN
43
Untrue : FALSE
44
Fish eggs : ROE
45
Part of a pump : INSTEP
48
Sow : SEED
49
Abstract being : ENS
50
First name in whodunits : ERLE
52
Spinnaker or jib : SAIL
54
Citizens of Entebbe : UGANDANS
58
Gem weight : CARAT
62
The ides of January, septennially : FRIDAYTHEXIIITH
65
These fit to tholes : OARS
66
Jagged : EROSE
67
Repetition : ROTE
68
Curve of a ship's plank : SNY
69
Marine abysses : DEEPS
70
Daze : STUN
Down
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Flow along : LAVE
2
Innisfail : ERIN
3
Exchange premium : AGIO
4
Last name in whodunits : DOYLE
5
Arab cloak : ABA
6
Mongrel : CUR
7
Anatomical sac : CYST
8
Bridge call : REBID
9
A Musketeer : ARAMIS
10
Turn; twist : SLUE
11
Moccasins : PACS
12
Requests : ASKS
15
Brisk, to Bellini : ALLEGRO
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Ceruminous impediment to hearing : EARWAX
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Prefix for stitch or style : DECA
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Gambling game : KENO
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Inflexible : STIFF
25
Soprano Adelina : PATTI
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Pale : ASHEN
27
Suggestive looks : LEERS
29
Fountain treats : SODAS
31
Art category : GENRE
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Opposite of broadside : ENDON
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Medicinal quantities : DOSES
36
City in Ohio : NILES
39
Means : INTENDS
40
Where a landlubber is a dub who flubs : ASEA
41
One of Galileo's patrons : MEDICI
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Wagnerian goddess : ERDA
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Romped : PLAYED
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___ nous : ENTRE
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Dens : LAIRS
54
Controversial saucers : UFOS
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Favorite sitter : GRAN
56
Lighthearted : AIRY
57
Home in a nursery rhyme : SHOE
59
Disturbance : RIOT
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Aleutian island : ATTU
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Now's partner : THEN
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Sixth sense : ESP
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Ballot marks : XES

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

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