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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

New York Times, Thursday, May 23, 1974

32-Across : Maugham

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,049
Across
1
Rime : HOAR
5
Greek letter : KAPPA
10
Nipa palm : ATAP
14
Johnson of TV : ARTE
15
Eastern religion : ISLAM
16
Finished, for short : THRU
17
Alley sound : MEOW
18
Appearance: Suffix : PHANY
19
Russian sea : ARAL
20
Ski resort : ASPEN
22
Theater area : LOGE
23
Do a spring chore : SHARPENTHEMOWER
29
Pound : HAMMER
30
Joins : YOKES
31
Take out : ERASE
32
Maugham : SOMERSET
35
"We have ___ the enemy ... " : MET
36
Smoke carriers : FLUES
37
Period : ERA
39
Label falsely : MISBRAND
42
Nostrils : NARES
44
Zoo animal : ORANG
45
Zodiac sign : GEMINI
46
Do a spring chore : PULLOUTTHEWEEDS
50
Pole, for one : SLAV
51
Torn places : RENTS
52
Stake : ANTE
53
Mountain nymph : OREAD
55
Hindu nursemaid : AYAH
59
Secret place : LAIR
60
Sandpiper : REEVE
61
Yield : CEDE
62
"___ sana ... " : MENS
63
More undignified : BASER
64
Pitcher : EWER
Down
1
Kind of actor : HAM
2
Prospector's quest : ORE
3
From ___ Z : ATO
4
Fixes leftovers : REWARMS
5
Breakfast fare in Lambeth : KIPPER
6
Pallid : ASHEN
7
Do a spring chore : PLANTYOUNGTREES
8
Greek god : PAN
9
Bolger's song girl : AMY
10
Perplexed : ATALOSS
11
Light blanket : THROW
12
O'Hara's "___ to Live" : ARAGE
13
Whining one : PULER
21
Graf ___ : SPEE
23
Noah's son : SHEM
24
Concubines' apartment : HAREM
25
Violin maker : AMATI
26
___ in on : HOMED
27
Makes out barely : EKES
28
Earth circle: Abbr. : MER
32
Viewpoint : SLANT
33
Unearthly : EERIE
34
Vogue : TREND
36
German wife : FRAU
38
Certain sale terms : ASIS
40
Detectives, at times : SOLVERS
41
Kinsman: Abbr. : BRO
42
Witches' brew ingredient : NEWT
43
Lowest dice throw: Var. : AMESACE
45
Grammatical designation : GENDER
46
One of a Biblical 150 : PSALM
47
Arm bones : ULNAE
48
Paris Quarter : LATIN
49
Raise : HEAVE
53
Globe : ORB
54
U. S. cartoonist : REA
56
Evergreen : YEW
57
Lemon or orange : ADE
58
Not him : HER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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