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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Monday, April 19, 1976

5-Across : Ski lifts

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { G J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 243 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,746
Across
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Tavern orders : ALES
5
Ski lifts : TBARS
10
Music symbol : CLEF
14
Take a chance : RISK
15
Silas Marner's creator : ELIOT
16
Israeli dance : HORA
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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More irritated : SORER
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John, in Russia : IVAN
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Actress Goddard : PAULETTE
22
Disturbs : UPSETS
24
Highland miss : LASS
25
Swiss philosopher Henri : AMIEL
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Support : ABET
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Juliet and family : CAPULETS
31
"___ all there is" : THATS
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Actress Mary and family : URES
33
Hanoi holiday : TET
34
Family member : SON
35
Court decree : ARRET
37
Greek letter : TAU
38
Herd of whales : POD
39
Vanity case : ETUI
40
Biting : ACERB
42
Small dagger : STILETTO
44
Calhoun : RORY
45
Prepares baking apples : CORES
46
Young horse : FOAL
48
Snaps : PHOTOS
50
Charlotte Brontë novel : VILLETTE
54
Kind of squad : RIOT
55
___ fro : TOAND
57
Whistle : TOOT
58
Johnson of TV : ARTE
59
Pass over : ELIDE
60
Carnival unit : TENT
61
Kit or hall : MESS
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Brave one : DARER
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Actual being : ESSE
Down
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Not care ___ : ARAP
2
Miss Lee : LILA
3
Genesis name : ESAU
4
Frying pan : SKILLET
5
Samples : TESTS
6
Escutcheon spoilers : BLOTS
7
French river : AIRE
8
Caviar : ROE
9
Disreputable woman : STRUMPET
10
What sculptors do : CHISEL
11
Sweetheart's treasure : LOVELETTER
12
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
13
Sally Rand props : FANS
21
Consumes : EATS
23
Papal name : PIUS
25
Swiss river : AARE
26
Not give ___ : AHOOT
27
Australian animals : BANDICOOTS
28
Bibelot : CURIO
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___-eyed : TEARY
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___ a toe : STUB
31
Recipe measures: Abbr. : TSPS
35
Bore witness : ATTESTED
36
Road hazards : RUTS
39
Saarinen : EERO
40
Soviet sea : ARAL
41
French novelist : COLETTE
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Actress Lenya et al. : LOTTES
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___ siècle : FINDE
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More mature : OLDER
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Stroller : PRAM
49
Engage : HIRE
50
Squirrel skin : VAIR
51
On one's ___ : TOES
52
Heaps : TONS
53
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
56
Palm leaf: Var. : OLA

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

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