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Allan Blackman
Allan Blackman

New York Times, Wednesday, June 1, 1977

42-Across : Initiated

Author:
Allan Blackman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Allan Blackman has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,154
Across
1
Far-reaching view : VISTA
6
Red-ink entry : LOSS
10
Trench around a fort : MOAT
14
Nom de plume : ALIAS
15
Parisian's confidante : AMIE
16
Within: Comb. form : ENDO
17
Hair dyes : TINTS
18
Caesar's mufti : TOGA
19
Minimum tide : NEAP
20
Public scandals, e.g. : SENSATIONS
22
Designate : NAME
23
Receptacle : URN
24
Office gathering-spot : COOLER
26
Chattering : BABBLY
30
"Live and ___" : LEARN
32
On the lookout : ALERT
33
Diehard of a sort : MUMPSIMUS
37
Grain container : SILO
38
Low truck : BOGIE
39
Scarlett's home : TARA
40
0.621 mile : KILOMETER
42
Initiated : BEGAN
43
Skinflint : MISER
44
Spring back : RESILE
45
Sand-trap shots : BLASTS
48
Something not to miss : BUS
49
Wild talk : RANT
50
Food and water, e.g. : ESSENTIALS
57
No-man : ANTI
58
Séance sound : MOAN
59
Wife of D.D.E. : MAMIE
60
Levantine ketch : SAIC
61
Mother Machree's land : ERIN
62
Source of mescal : AGAVE
63
Dweller in the sticks : HICK
64
Depend (on) : RELY
65
Eminent : NOTED
Down
1
Cisterns : VATS
2
Nastase : ILIE
3
___ Fein (Irish group) : SINN
4
Does lacework : TATS
5
Battery's partner-in-crime : ASSAULT
6
___ America : LATIN
7
Melville book : OMOO
8
Use the dotted line : SIGN
9
Homer painting : SEASCAPE
10
Sect formed in 16th century : MENNONITES
11
Ryan or Tatum : ONEAL
12
" ... nothing like ___" : ADAME
13
Barfly that gets high : TOPER
21
Do one's best : TRY
25
Conjunctions : ORS
26
Laze under rays : BASK
27
Et ___ (and others) : ALII
28
Thing to ring : BELL
29
Halloween vehicle : BROOMSTICK
30
German pistol : LUGER
31
Arab nobleman : EMIR
33
Homophone for 10 Across : MOTE
34
The Three Kings : MAGI
35
Russian range : URAL
36
Lucid : SANE
38
Steel-making process : BESSEMER
41
Mass. institution : MIT
42
Groom's choice : BESTMAN
44
Nylons' spoiler : RUN
45
Impudent : BRASH
46
Oahu veranda : LANAI
47
Caper : ANTIC
48
Goodman : BENNY
51
Tender : SORE
52
Spanker, e.g. : SAIL
53
Othello's ensign : IAGO
54
Amo, amas, ___ : AMAT
55
Not taped : LIVE
56
Pip or pit : SEED

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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