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Allan Blackman
Allan Blackman

New York Times, Monday, May 12, 1975

17-Across : Spy film of 1940

Author:
Allan Blackman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J K Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Allan Blackman has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,403
Across
1
Eastern prince : EMIR
5
Terror : PANIC
10
Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
14
Zola title : NANA
15
Solitary: Prefix : EREMO
16
Foot or sour : NOTE
17
Spy film of 1940 : NIGHTTRAIN
19
Kind of gen. : BRIG
20
Pub drink : ALE
21
Coin of Iran : RIAL
22
Soldiers : TROOPS
24
Shea tenants : METS
25
___ Rabbit : BRER
26
Very lofty : ALPINE
29
Conductor, engineer, etc. : TRAINMEN
33
Freighter's load : CARGO
34
"Common Sense," e.g. : TRACT
35
High note : ELA
36
Grandson of Adam : ENOS
37
Characteristic : TRAIT
38
Metric weight : GRAM
39
Also-___ : RAN
40
Word with sang : FROID
41
Hackneyed : TRITE
42
Pitcher Walter Johnson : BIGTRAIN
44
Like the tongue, sometimes : COATED
45
Attention-getting cries : HEYS
46
Guy Lombardo's group : BAND
47
Express to take, in song : ATRAIN
50
Kind of line or palm : DATE
51
"L'état, c'est ___" : MOI
54
Biggers's Charlie : CHAN
55
Does too many push-ups, etc. : OVERTRAINS
58
Breakfast wear, often : ROBE
59
"Bolero" man : RAVEL
60
Highlander : GAEL
61
Greek goddess : ERIS
62
Nasty : SNIDE
63
African fox : ASSE
Down
1
Sicilian city : ENNA
2
Knight's wear : MAIL
3
"Picnic" author : INGE
4
Olé's cousin : RAH
5
Small in stature : PETITE
6
Tapestry : ARRAS
7
Actress Patricia : NEAL
8
German measure : IMI
9
Kind of bridge : CONTRACT
10
Natural : INBORN
11
Matador's target : TORO
12
"Take ___ from me" : ATIP
13
Gangster Diamond : LEGS
18
Express or local, in Italy : TRENO
23
Riding, in Bonn : REIT
24
Russian planes : MIGS
25
Brass's cousin : BRAID
26
Harsh : ACERB
27
Island of Hawaii : LANAI
28
Part of a trident : PRONG
29
Teach : TRAIN
30
Basis of a scout badge : MERIT
31
Gladden : ELATE
32
Designated : NAMED
34
"Les ___ Mousquetaires" : TROIS
37
Hall-of-Famer Pie and family : TRAYNORS
38
A.B. holder, for short : GRAD
40
Unfettered, in Germany : FREI
41
One who tests paints : TONER
43
Scottish titles : THANES
44
Grazers : CATTLE
46
Disclosed : BARED
47
Land unit : ACRE
48
U. S. missile : THOR
49
Nobel physicist : RABI
50
Hindu goddess : DEVI
51
Miss Farrow et al. : MIAS
52
On ___ own : ONES
53
___ of Man : ISLE
56
Truck : VAN
57
___ Khan : AGA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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