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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Wednesday, April 9, 1975

22-Across : Certain benefits

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,370
Across
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Part of a BLT sandwich : BACON
6
Eight, in Spain : OCHO
10
Balkan native : SERB
14
Dote on : ADORE
15
Fidel's brother : RAUL
16
Whodunit possibility : CLUE
17
Obstinate : SELFWILLED
19
Bluster : RANT
20
Unfavorable : ILL
21
Cat's-paw : TOOL
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Certain benefits : FRINGE
24
Soigné : NEAT
26
Depression agency : WPA
27
Moon vehicle : LEM
28
Church court : ROTA
30
Frontier activity : TRAPPING
35
Westminster, for one : ABBEY
37
Agenda topic : ITEM
38
Connective : NOR
39
Pretend to ignore : CLOSEONESEYESTO
43
King Arthur's lance : RON
44
Bridge on the Seine : PONT
45
Musical group : OCTET
46
Kind of letter-signing servant : OBEDIENT
49
Subtle quality : AURA
50
Miscalculate : ERR
51
Disciple: Suffix : IST
53
Previous month: Abbr. : ULTO
56
King crab's home : ALASKA
59
Castor and banana : OILS
61
Doily : MAT
62
___ waist : WASP
63
Like Gandhi's resistance : NONVIOLENT
66
Miscellany : OLIO
67
Kind of processing : DATA
68
Mesabi, for one : RANGE
69
Attic : LOFT
70
Golden calf, e.g. : IKON
71
Lagging-student's helper : TUTOR
Down
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Marina : BASIN
2
Astaire : ADELE
3
Clavicle : COLLARBONE
4
Fresh-water fish : ORF
5
Salamander : NEWT
6
Ship deck : ORLOP
7
Point out : CALLATTENTIONTO
8
Outcry : HUE
9
Torch-song subject : OLDFLAME
10
Pinch pennies : SCRIMP
11
Verve : ELAN
12
Ladder component : RUNG
13
___ noire : BETE
18
Buffalo Bill's birthplace : IOWA
23
Twilled fabric : REP
25
On one's ___ : TOES
29
Ship rope : TYE
31
Coffee break : REST
32
Serial part : INSTALMENT
33
Eminence : NOTE
34
Poet's cave : GROT
35
Height: Prefix : ACRO
36
Whipped-cream unit : BLOB
37
Participating : INON
40
Modus ___ : OPERANDI
41
Word with all, in the South : YOU
42
Unbleached-linen color : ECRU
47
Absolute ruler : DESPOT
48
Nettle : IRK
49
Gudrun's mate : ATLI
52
Hebrew month : SIVAN
54
Marlon's dance : TANGO
55
Mink's cousin : OTTER
56
Service infraction : AWOL
57
Gounod contemporary : LALO
58
Seemingly : ASIF
60
Classify : SORT
64
Official tree of 18 Down : OAK
65
Fiji island group : LAU

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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