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Stanley A. Kurzban
Stanley A. Kurzban

New York Times, Friday, April 2, 1976

65-Across : Road signs

Author:
Stanley A. Kurzban
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 50, Avg Word Len: 4.61, Missing: { J K V }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 50, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11 Grid has duplicate clues.
Stanley A. Kurzban has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,729
Across
1
Road sign, with 10 Down : BUS
4
Continent: Abbr. : AMER
8
Jolson and Kaline : ALS
11
Sky Bear : URSA
12
Flavoring herb : ANISE
13
Tardy : LATE
15
Legal right : LIEN
16
Customs : WONTS
17
Writer Anita : LOOS
18
Road sign : MERGERIGHT
20
Recipe abbr. : TSPS
21
Miss Rand : AYN
22
Rehearsal text: Abbr. : SCR
24
Soft as a ___ skin : BABYS
28
Pipe joint : TEE
31
Shell adjunct : OAR
33
Ways, often : ALLEYS
35
___ Nassau, German king : ADOLFOF
38
Road sign : YIELDRIGHTOFWAY
41
___ as a goose : ASLOOSE
42
___ case (prosecutes) blind : TRIESA
43
Shoe part : TOE
44
Hesitant sounds : ERS
46
Weather predictions: Abbr. : FCSTS
47
W.W. II agency : WSA
49
Not sing. : PLU
51
Arlene of films : DAHL
54
Road sign : SCHOOLZONE
61
Here, in Spain : AQUI
62
Rides in a glider : SOARS
63
Algerian port : ORAN
64
"No Left ___" : TURN
65
Road signs : EXITS
66
Feel one's ___ : OATS
67
Consumed : ATE
68
Labels : TAGS
69
Road sign : SLO
Down
1
Cheese : BRIE
2
Consumer : USER
3
Rendered an aria : SANG
4
Consecrate : ANOINT
5
Fine vase : MING
6
Baltic native : ESTH
7
Takes a breather : RESTS
8
"___ Keep Right" : ALLTRAFFIC
9
Asian nation : LAOS
10
See 1 Across : STOP
11
German city : ULM
12
Wrong : AWRY
14
Curve : ESS
19
"___ it" : EASYDOES
23
Picturesque : COLORFUL
24
Moonlight or Biscayne : BAY
25
Inter ___ : ALIA
26
Sanctified : BLEST
27
Road marking : YELLOWLINE
29
Avid : EAGER
30
Old English letter : EDH
32
British poet laureate et al. : ROWES
34
Theater sign : SRO
36
Baseball's Mel : OTT
37
Make a ___ buck : FAST
39
Noun suffix : ISE
40
Slangy affirmatives : YAS
45
Shows off : SPORTS
48
Useful quality : ASSET
50
Defeat : LOSS
51
Gram. case : DAT
52
Greenish blue : AQUA
53
Injure : HURT
55
Hip joint : COXA
56
British marshal of W.W. I : HAIG
57
Park sights : ZOOS
58
Exam : ORAL
59
Defense org. : NATO
60
Type measures : ENS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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