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Allan Blackman
Allan Blackman

New York Times, Friday, April 18, 1975

30-Across : Natural

Author:
Allan Blackman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Allan Blackman has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,379
Across
1
Playwright Connelly : MARC
5
Early digital computer : ENIAC
10
Scores a baseball out : TAGS
14
___ code : AREA
15
Brahmanic precept : SUTRA
16
Asian servant : AMAH
17
Castle isolator : MOAT
18
Be frugal : STINT
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Gray wolf : LOBO
20
Infuriate : ENRAGE
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Precipitating agent : CATALYST
24
Amazon Indian : PANO
26
New Delhi wear : SARI
27
More portly : STOUTER
30
Natural : INNATE
34
East German city : HALLE
35
Russian sea : ARAL
38
Certain people : MEN
39
Instigate : ABET
40
Chowder base : CLAMS
41
Pious platitude : CANT
42
Costello : LOU
43
Spumante city : ASTI
44
Smelting product : MATTE
45
Alley serenader : TOMCAT
48
More spiteful : CATTIER
50
Castor-bean yields : OILS
52
Sicilian city : ENNA
53
Resort island off L. A. : CATALINA
57
___ hatch (way out) : ESCAPE
61
"___ can look at a king" : ACAT
62
Dynamite inventor : NOBEL
64
Racetrack : OVAL
65
Corner : TREE
66
Small stand of trees : GROVE
67
N. L. players : METS
68
Word on a tag : SOLD
69
Cremona product : STRAD
70
Scottish soup : BREE
Down
1
Musical aunt : MAME
2
___ Kodesh (Holy Ark) : ARON
3
Kind of guard : REAR
4
Plane-launching device : CATAPULT
5
Early monastic : ESSENE
6
Screwball : NUT
7
Adjective suffix : ITIC
8
Buffaloes of India : ARNAS
9
Slender vase plants : CATTAILS
10
___ the saddle : TALLIN
11
Island off China : AMOY
12
Chatters : GABS
13
Kaput : SHOT
21
Golden or garden : GATE
23
Scottish alder : ARN
25
Exams : ORALS
27
Commandment word : SHALT
28
Prohibited : TABOO
29
Oily liquid : OLEUM
31
Relative of 69 Across : AMATI
32
Big top, in Paris : TENTE
33
Word on a door : ENTER
36
Lab animal : RAT
37
Vestment : AMICE
40
Kittens : CATLINGS
41
Old burial place : CATACOMB
44
Rockies, etc.: Abbr. : MTNS
46
Like morning-after tongues : COATED
47
Trouble : AIL
49
Anointed, old style : ANELED
51
Horsy sound : SNORT
53
Jazz devotees : CATS
54
Height: Prefix : ACRO
55
Asian weight : TAEL
56
Assamese native : ABOR
58
Declare : AVER
59
Hors d'oeuvre : PATE
60
Otherwise : ELSE
63
Uncle Tom's friend : EVA

Answer summary:
2 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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