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Maurice J. Teitelbaum
Maurice J. Teitelbaum

New York Times, Monday, May 3, 1976

17-Across : One-dish meal

Author:
Maurice J. Teitelbaum
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Maurice J. Teitelbaum has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,760
Across
1
Ancient zither : ASOR
5
Clutch : GRASP
10
Converse : CHAT
14
Tree trunk : BOLE
15
Fraction : RATIO
16
Prefix for caust : HOLO
17
One-dish meal : CHICKENINTHEPOT
20
___ Canals : SOO
21
Cheap horses : NAGS
22
Makes sure of : SEESTO
23
___ one's shirt : LOSE
24
TV comedienne : CHER
25
Mideasterner : SEMITE
28
Handyman's equipment : TOOLSET
31
Golfer's 1 through 9 : IRONS
32
Water birds : COOTS
33
Common verb : ARE
35
Schary : DORE
36
Snare drums, etc. : TRAPS
37
Bric-a-___ : BRAC
38
Half a musical title : IDO
39
Dickens's Solomon ___ : PROSS
40
___-depressive : MANIC
41
Beg : ENTREAT
43
Struggle : TUSSLE
44
TV emcee : HOST
45
Indian physicist : BOSE
46
Police-blotter entry : ARREST
49
Word with shoppe : OLDE
50
Kind of cat or white : BOB
53
Country-store fixture : POTBELLIEDSTOVE
56
Parisian thought : IDEE
57
Supportive frame : EASEL
58
Mine products : ORES
59
Brat's forte : SASS
60
Garbo or Bergman : SWEDE
61
Cysts : WENS
Down
1
Basics : ABCS
2
Loft-studio area of N.Y.C. : SOHO
3
Hodgepodge : OLIO
4
___ room : REC
5
Paint or monkey : GREASE
6
Mountain chain : RANGE
7
Asian monkshood : ATIS
8
Misbehave : SIN
9
Random criticisms : POTSHOTS
10
Certain leader's repertoire : CHEERS
11
Beer ingredients : HOPS
12
"Thanks ___" : ALOT
13
"Oz" dog : TOTO
18
Square, granny, etc. : KNOTS
19
Bread parts : HEELS
23
The bottom one counts : LINE
24
Certain stores : COOPS
25
Moslem title : SIDI
26
Wear away : ERODE
27
One of low I.Q. : MORON
28
Guest-of-honor's due : TOAST
29
Gains : EARNS
30
Oregon ___ : TRAIL
32
Yugoslav native : CROAT
34
Word with homo or signum : ECCE
36
Railroad crossings : TRESTLES
37
First, second or third : BASE
39
Writing medium : PROSE
40
Ponders : MUSES
42
Ancient Nile city : THEBES
43
Walk, at age 2 : TODDLE
45
Extort : BLEED
46
Sacred bull : APIS
47
Nile island : RODA
48
Roads: Abbr. : RTES
49
River of France : OISE
50
Party drag : BORE
51
Bakery unit : OVEN
52
Myerson : BESS
54
John or Salic : LAW
55
Kind of car or head : TOW

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