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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Tuesday, May 28, 1974

59-Across : Kind of ball

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,054
Across
1
Musical notes : FAS
4
Rhine tributary : RUHR
8
Started a caramel : BITON
13
Iraq's Abdul ___ : ARIF
15
Wings : ALAE
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Growing out : ENATE
17
Law of Moses : TORA
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Sally Rand et al. : FANDANCERS
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Foretokens : OMENS
22
Dutch cupboard : KAS
23
"Thanks ___" : ALOT
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Long-run Off-Broadway hit : FANTASTICKS
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Ready to go : ALLSET
29
Isle ___ : OFMAN
34
Olivier and Hardwicke : SIRS
37
American org. : OAS
38
Ina of stage : CLAIRE
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Pleasure boat : CRUISER
41
Celestial event : MOONSET
42
Flabbergasts : AMAZES
43
Darjeeling, for one : TEA
44
Well-known loch : NESS
45
Swiss city : BASEL
46
Man on guard : SENTRY
48
Boston landmark : FANEUILHALL
53
Opera highlight : ARIA
57
Downy coating : NAP
58
Biblical mount : SINAI
59
Kind of ball : FANCYDRESS
63
Telescope part : LENS
64
Small type size : AGATE
65
Cordelia's father : LEAR
66
Sweet tree secretion : LAAP
67
Keep on subscribing : RENEW
68
Fast jets : SSTS
69
" ... ___ folly to be wise" : TIS
Down
1
" ... eat the ___ land" : FATOF
2
Fragrance : AROMA
3
Lorelei : SIREN
4
Brit. heroes of W. W. II : RAF
5
Diminutive suffix : ULA
6
Purse reserves, for short : HANKIES
7
Edit : REDACT
8
Hur or Franklin : BEN
9
S. A. native : INCA
10
Far-East weight : TAEL
11
Other: Sp. : OTRO
12
Chinese soup ingredient : NEST
14
Daydream : FANTASIZE
19
Request : ASK
21
Mineo : SAL
25
Wild plums : SLOES
26
Despot : TSAR
27
Recital unit : SOLO
30
Long-banned novel : FANNYHILL
31
___ en scène : MISE
32
Greek god : ARES
33
N. Y. cagers : NETS
34
Incrustation : SCAB
35
Marie Wilson role : IRMA
36
Maori pits for roots : RUAS
38
Tropical animal : COATI
40
Ego : SELF
41
Waiter's offering : MENU
43
Blackfeet homes: Var. : TEEPEES
46
Tangles : SNARLS
47
Literary monogram : RLS
49
Connective : AND
50
"It's ___ job" : ANEAT
51
Hawaiian veranda : LANAI
52
Speech defects : LISPS
53
Remote : AFAR
54
Storm : RAGE
55
"I'm ___ awful hurry" : INAN
56
Deed: Fr. : ACTE
60
Evergreen : YEW
61
Convened : SAT
62
Certain students: Abbr. : SRS

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

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