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H. M. Kennedy
H. M. Kennedy

New York Times, Saturday, May 18, 1974

55-Across : Converse, as at a reunion

Author:
H. M. Kennedy
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
H. M. Kennedy has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,044
Across
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Suffix for photo or rheo : STAT
5
Clothing-store needs : RACKS
10
"___ into the garden, Maud" : COME
14
Non-Indian face : PALE
15
City on the Rhone : ARLES
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Extent : AREA
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Live ___ (have a good time) : ITUP
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Ash and deodar : TREES
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Law degrees : LLDS
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Santo Domingo's waterfront : CARIBBEAN
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Form of rain : SLEET
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Believer in a God : DEIST
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Fare for a lei wearer : POI
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Current measure, for short : AMP
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Legal man: Abbr. : ATT
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Apparition : EIDOLON
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___ tide : NEAP
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Set free : EMANCIPATE
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Heating lamps : ETNAS
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N.Y. time : EST
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Coins : CENTS
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Certain Jersey resident : TRENTONIAN
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Bird food : SUET
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Musical performer : SOLOIST
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Greek island : IOS
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Certain classmen: Abbr. : SRS
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Hosp. workers : RNS
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Miss Gluck et al. : ALMAS
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Crow over : GLOAT
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Converse, as at a reunion : REMINISCE
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Injure : HARM
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Polish city : POSEN
61
Cape off N.C. : FEAR
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Pilaster : ANTA
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Think : OPINE
64
Mulberry cloth : TAPA
65
D'Urbervilles resident : TESS
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Door, in Paris : PORTE
67
Printing word : STET
Down
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___-and-span : SPIC
2
Parting words : TATA
3
African people : ALUR
4
Lukewarm : TEPID
5
Tenement hazard : RATBITE
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Stoppage : ARRESTMENT
7
Sports-shoe part : CLEAT
8
Wail : KEEN
9
Draft org. : SSS
10
Circus music-makers : CALLIOPES
11
Band, in heraldry : ORLE
12
Ancient Asian : MEDE
13
" ... somewheres ___ of Suez" : EAST
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Miss Lillie : BEA
22
Containing a whitish element : SODIC
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Photo, for short : PIC
25
Dillseeds : ANETS
26
Paris subway : METRO
27
Comic-strip unit : PANEL
29
Implication : ENTAILMENT
30
City near Buenos Aires : LANUS
31
Water animal : OTTER
32
Cozy places : NESTS
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Grand Canyon offerings : PANORAMAS
36
"___ was saying" : ASI
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Confine : STINT
42
W. W. II agency : OSS
43
McGovern, in 1972 : NOMINEE
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___ Salvador : SAN
50
Race of gods led by Odin : AESIR
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Examines closely : SIFTS
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Ganges stairway : GHAT
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Memory ___ : LANE
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Scraps : ORTS
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El ___ (cheap cigar) : ROPO
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Membership : SEAT
57
Outer garment : CAPE
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Common Latin word : ERAT
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Kind of gun : POP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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