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Catharine Y. C. Probst
Catharine Y. C. Probst

New York Times, Wednesday, April 23, 1975

8-Across : Part of M.A.: Abbr.

Author:
Catharine Y. C. Probst
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Catharine Y. C. Probst has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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A
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M
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P
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B
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L
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P
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L
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G
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Y
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C
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F
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N
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,384
Across
1
English river : CAM
4
Javanese measure : PAAL
8
Part of M.A.: Abbr. : MSTR
12
Degrade : ABASE
14
___ account (never) : ONNO
15
Farm unit : ACRE
16
Kind of slipper or maid : LADYS
17
Tamer of the Shrew : PETRUCHIO
19
"___ silver" (words about Cleopatra's barge) : THEOARSWERE
21
Outmoded: Abbr. : OBS
22
Words to Brutus : ETTU
23
Resembling: Suffix : OID
24
Nevada city : ELKO
26
Of lakes : LIMNAL
29
United, in Bonn : EINIG
32
Kind of track or info : INSIDE
35
Word of agreement : YES
37
Hawaiian goose : NENE
38
Shakespeare's Snout et al. : TINKERS
40
Political exiles : EMIGRES
42
Penna. port : ERIE
43
Breed of swine : OIC
45
Dry naturally, as mortar : AIRSET
46
Song thrush : MAVIS
48
Ancient town of Italy : THURII
50
Greek letters : ETAS
52
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
53
Fingerprint, often : CLUE
57
Fuel : OIL
59
April ___ (supposed birth date of W. S.) : TWENTYTHIRD
62
Indolence : FAINEANCE
64
Biblical foe of Jews : HAMAN
65
Fire: Prefix : IGNI
66
Roman road : ITER
67
Sports place : ARENA
68
Clothes : TOGS
69
Loch ___ : NESS
70
Football scores : TDS
Down
1
West Point student : CADET
2
Offering of 1599 : ASYOULIKEIT
3
Western hill : MESA
4
Pays a surprise visit : POPSIN
5
Tomorrow, e.g. : ANEWDAY
6
Sweeten the pot : ANTE
7
Peter of films : LORRE
8
Part of a Scotsman's name : MAC
9
Sailing ships : SCHOONERS
10
Old N. Y. paper, for short : TRIB
11
Old cars : REOS
12
Der ___ : ALTE
13
Thai money : BAHT
18
African river : UELE
20
Actor Cesar : ROMERO
25
Shakespearean monarch : KINGRICHARD
27
Freshwater fish : IDE
28
Trevino : LEE
30
Arrow poison : INEE
31
Exploit : GEST
32
News piece : ITEM
33
Depression-act initials : NIRA
34
Whining : SNIVELING
36
___-pants : SMARTY
39
Pose : SIT
41
Between II and IV : III
44
Odds : CHANCES
47
Surfeit : SATE
49
Voices : UTTERS
51
Suitor : SWAIN
54
Rickey ingredients : LIMES
55
Monitor lizard : URAN
56
Miss Ferber : EDNA
57
"Think nothing ___" : OFIT
58
False friend : IAGO
60
Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
61
Pronoun : THAT
63
Serbian city : NIS

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 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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