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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

New York Times, Tuesday, May 25, 1976

17-Across : Espionage, usually

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,782
Across
1
Proof mark : CARET
6
Watt or Burns : SCOT
10
Culmination : ACME
14
Egg-shaped : OVATE
15
Composition close : CODA
16
God with a hammer : THOR
17
Espionage, usually : COVERTOPERATION
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Have obligations : OWE
21
Decisive victories : ROUTS
22
Reef : LEDGE
23
Swine : BOAR
24
Haunt : OBSESS
25
Chaucer's inn : TABARD
28
Accept as valid : ADMIT
30
Organ reed stop : OBOE
31
Boxer Billy : CONN
32
Poetic contraction : EER
35
How gumshoes work : SURREPTITIOUSLY
40
Relatives of aves. : STS
41
Requisite : NEED
42
Philanderer : RAKE
43
Examines : SCANS
44
Maintains : ARGUES
46
Short cannon : MORTAR
49
Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
50
Preliminary plans : IDEAS
51
Marner : SILAS
53
Mauna ___ : LOA
56
59
Copy, for short : STAT
60
Drug plant : ALOE
61
Chopin specialty : ETUDE
62
Horned vipers : ASPS
63
Miss Kelton : PERT
64
Certain paintings : NUDES
Down
1
Actor James : COCO
2
Declare openly : AVOW
3
Opposite of a pan : RAVE
4
Summer on the Somme : ETE
5
Holy or Red : TERROR
6
Work on dirty pans : SCOUR
7
Native Egyptian : COPT
8
Writing on urns : ODES
9
Feather's companion : TAR
10
Authenticate : ATTEST
11
Admonish : CHIDE
12
Synthesizers : MOOGS
13
Ocean birds : ERNES
18
Hateful person : TOAD
19
White elephant, e.g. : ALBINO
23
Buddy or Max : BAER
24
Prefix for bus or present : OMNI
25
___ a coin : TOSS
26
Touch : ABUT
27
Arthurian knight : BORS
28
Vinegar, etc. : ACIDS
29
Marriage portion : DOT
32
Son of Isaac : ESAU
33
Miss Sommer : ELKE
34
Bar offerings : RYES
36
Box : ENCASE
37
Bartlett : PEAR
38
Bill : TEN
39
Impulse : URGE
43
Concerns of sprinters : STARTS
44
Author Paton : ALAN
45
Author Leo : ROSTEN
46
___ solemnis : MISSA
47
"Awake and Sing" author : ODETS
48
Sum up : RECAP
49
Icy fall : SLEET
51
Bargain or closeout : SALE
52
Stravinsky : IGOR
53
Clear's companion : LOUD
54
French wave : ONDE
55
Orange and lime : ADES
57
Kind of dance : TAP
58
Air-conditioning abbr. : BTU

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