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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Thursday, May 9, 1974

36-Across : Lady past her prime

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,035
Across
1
Off the cuff : ADLIB
6
___ of bricks : ATON
10
Flax or jute : BAST
14
Oregon Trail city : BOISE
15
Noir or au lait : CAFE
16
Skilled : ABLE
17
Scholarly quality : BREADTHOFVISION
20
Miss Rand : AYN
21
Louder, in music: Abbr. : CRESC
22
Opinions : VIEWS
23
Troubles : WOES
24
Korean money : HWAN
26
"Yes, ___ no bananas" : WEHAVE
29
Schooner propellant : MAINSAIL
33
Revile : ABUSE
34
___, zwei, drei : EINS
35
Anger : IRE
36
Lady past her prime : NOSPRINGCHICKEN
40
Fraternal man : ELK
41
Tennis name : ASHE
42
What a ring has : NOEND
43
Unmistakable : DISTINCT
46
Expiates : ATONES
47
"This ___ sudden" : ISSO
48
Common Latin word : AMAT
49
Turkish city : ADANA
52
Ship directing: Abbr. : NAVIG
54
Large wave : SEA
57
What Hawaii used to be : SANDWICHISLANDS
60
Anglican ecclesiastic : INGE
61
Sample for disk jockey : DEMO
62
Architect Jones : INIGO
63
Jeane Dixon, for one : SEER
64
Arabian port : ADEN
65
Of a grain : OATEN
Down
1
Eban : ABBA
2
Sturdy boat : DORY
3
Legal right : LIEN
4
"This ___ recording" : ISA
5
Comforter : BEDCOVER
6
Tooth troubles : ACHES
7
Art colony of West : TAOS
8
Remote possibility : OFFCHANCE
9
State: Abbr. : NEV
10
Wash and river : BASINS
11
Rose's spouse : ABIE
12
Like molasses in January : SLOW
13
X's : TENS
18
___ of knowledge : TREE
19
Terrible tsar : IVAN
23
Kind of waist : WASP
25
Thought's father : WISH
26
Diminished : WANED
27
"Christ stopped at ___" : EBOLI
28
Tamale wrappers : HUSKS
29
Power : MIGHT
30
Horsy S.C. city : AIKEN
31
Peace goddess : IRENE
32
Provides : LENDS
34
Snugly settled : ENSCONCED
37
Many Scotsmen : IANS
38
Bas-relief's opposite : INTAGLIO
39
Diving bird : COOT
44
Fire starter : TINDER
45
" ... ere ___ Elba" : ISAW
46
Writer Kingsley : AMIS
48
Plane, in France : AVION
49
Unimproved : ASIS
50
Hamlet or Canute : DANE
51
Heavenly being: Fr. : ANGE
53
Alas! : AHME
54
Agitated state : SNIT
55
Advantage : EDGE
56
" ... unto us ___ is given" : ASON
58
Mountain in Crete : IDA
59
Prefix for gram or lytic : ANA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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