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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

New York Times, Friday, April 26, 1974

16-Across : "O! I am Fortune's ___"

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,022
Across
1
Poet : LEAR
5
"Ivanhoe" character : ISAAC
10
Gumbo ingredient : OKRA
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Jason's ship : ARGO
15
Brahman : HINDU
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"O! I am Fortune's ___" : FOOL
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Knights : SIRS
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Poet : EDNAMILLAY
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Poet : TEASDALE
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___ Mrs. : MRAND
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Yeats's country : EIRE
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Circle width: Abbr. : DIAM
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Hauled : CARTED
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Poet : SANDBURG
32
Adjoins : ABUTS
33
Poet-dramatist : SYNGE
34
Capek opus : RUR
35
Delhi princess : RANI
36
Whip marks : WELTS
37
Laugh, in Spain : RISA
38
Accessory in Osaka : OBI
39
Figure : SHAPE
40
Verse in general : POESY
41
Poet : MACLEISH
43
Marten's cousins : SABLES
44
Palo ___ : ALTO
45
Make-up box : ETUI
46
Publicize : BRUIT
48
Poet : BROWNING
52
Poet : JOHNMILTON
54
Portico : STOA
55
Of a poem : ODIC
56
___ cologne : EAUDE
57
Chemical suffixes : OSES
58
Poet Field, familiarly : GENE
59
Stands up : RISES
60
Poet : NASH
Down
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Endure : LAST
2
Toledo's lake : ERIE
3
Shah Jahan's city : AGRA
4
Poet : ROSSETTI
5
"___ the bells on ... " : IHEARD
6
Move laterally : SIDLE
7
One of the Brontës : ANNE
8
Nabokov title : ADA
9
Poet : CUMMINGS
10
Leg ___ : OFLAMB
11
Cologne, on Heine's map : KOLN
12
Kind of hog : ROAD
13
Like a malt drink : ALY
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Turkish edict : IRADE
21
___ Irae : DIES
24
Poet : DANTE
25
Ricochet : CAROM
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Addis ___ : ABABA
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Of Finnish poetry : RUNIC
28
Graceful girl : SYLPH
29
Angel in work by 52 Across : URIEL
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Muscovite, to the French : RUSSE
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Poet Thomas and family : GRAYS
33
"A ___ cruel ... " : SEASO
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Poet : WHITTIER
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Poet : ROBINSON
39
Turkish sultan : SELIM
40
De ___ University : PAUW
42
Shakespearean clown : LAUNCE
43
Harlan and Lucy : STONES
45
Eat away : ERODE
46
Augur : BODE
47
Nose: Prefix : RHIN
48
Heat measures: Abbr. : BTUS
49
"___ long time between ... " : ITSA
50
Certain votes : NOES
51
Cut : GASH
52
Trot : JOG
53
Short French tale : LAI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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