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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Saturday, May 10, 1975

64-Across : Mother of rhyme

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 247 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,401
Across
1
Proverb : ADAGE
6
Kind of rug : SHAG
10
Completed : PAST
14
Chest material : CEDAR
15
Platinum wire loop : OESE
16
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
17
Kind of type : ELITE
18
Vampires : BATS
19
P. I. tree : DITA
20
Early fiddle : REBEC
21
Like some verbs : IRREGULAR
23
Antlered animal : STAG
25
Chemical esters : OLEATES
26
Wearing a cummerbund : SASHED
29
Eye : OGLE
30
Name for Scotland : CALEDONIA
32
Boca ___ : RATON
37
Vicinity : AREA
38
Epsom ___ : SALTS
40
Zhivago's beloved : LARA
41
"Pagliacci" heroine : NEDDA
43
Heads toward the port side : VEERSLEFT
45
Hotel employe : MAID
47
Transparent fabrics : TOILES
48
Giving fright to : SCARING
52
British marshal of W. W. I : HAIG
53
Sluice : WATERGATE
55
Asian monks : LAMAS
59
Shortly : ANON
60
Common French verb : ETRE
61
In harmony : ATONE
62
Actor's quest : ROLE
63
Clue : LEAD
64
Mother of rhyme : GOOSE
65
Allen and Ott : MELS
66
Vipers : ASPS
67
Sea eagles : ERNES
Down
1
Maple genus : ACER
2
Take out : DELE
3
Star in Draco : ADIB
4
Borough on the Tyne : GATESHEAD
5
Built : ERECTED
6
Ferber title : SOBIG
7
Get word : HEAR
8
Travel in outer space : ASTROGATE
9
U.S. psychologist Arnold ___ : GESELL
10
City near Venice : PADUA
11
Inclined : ATILT
12
Bristles : SETAE
13
Uses a shredder : TEARS
22
Actor Will : GEER
24
Goings-on : ADOS
26
Look over : SCAN
27
Rhine tributary : AARE
28
Vehicle : SLED
29
Did a garage job : OILED
31
Takes the helm : NAVIGATES
33
Kind of pear : ALLIGATOR
34
Asian weight : TAEL
35
Yellow ide : ORFE
36
Pendleton and King Cole : NATS
39
Madrid miss: Abbr. : SRTA
42
Eastern prince : AMIR
44
Feed for livestock : SOILAGE
46
Miss Lansbury : ANGELA
48
Horde : SWARM
49
Indian transport : CANOE
50
Pacific sight : ATOLL
51
Clair and Coty : RENES
52
Minds : HEEDS
54
Strategem : TRAP
56
Tide producer : MOON
57
Handle, in France : ANSE
58
Witnesses : SEES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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