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Betty Leary
Betty Leary

New York Times, Tuesday, June 13, 1967

36-Across : Winning of all tricks at piquet.

Author:
Betty Leary
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Betty Leary has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,513
Across
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Hunt bargains. : SHOP
5
Genghis Khan follower. : TATAR
10
Po tributary. : ADDA
14
Spanish bull. : TORO
15
Looking-glass girl. : ALICE
16
Iranian coin. : RIAL
17
Horse. : ROAN
18
Fantasies. : PIPEDREAMS
20
Opening of a sort. : ACTI
21
Mortar's companion. : PESTLE
22
Earth: Prefix. : GEO
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Kind of bread. : WHEATEN
25
Cake froster. : ICER
27
Disencumber. : RID
28
Number book pages. : PAGINATE
32
Puts with. : ADDS
34
Discothèque, for one. : NIGHTSPOT
35
Justice Fortas. : ABE
36
Winning of all tricks at piquet. : CAPOT
37
Querying sound. : HEH
38
Fixers. : REPAIRMEN
41
Bustle. : FUSS
43
More resolute. : STURDIER
44
Container. : BIN
45
Grains. : RYES
46
Kind of restaurant. : AUTOMAT
50
Girl's name. : UNA
52
Foot taps in fencing. : APPELS
55
Port. : WINE
56
Pays back, in a way. : RETALIATES
58
Zola novel. : NANA
59
Per ___. : DIEM
60
Saltpetre. : NITRE
61
Man's name. : EMIL
62
Cancel. : UNDO
63
Nickname for a thin man. : SLATS
64
Engraving stamps. : DIES
Down
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Kind of hat. : STRAW
2
Bathtub gin, for one. : HOOCH
3
Declaim. : ORATE
4
Dagger. : PONIARD
5
Struck lightly. : TAPPED
6
Stranger. : ALIEN
7
Hints. : TIPS
8
Vinegar: Prefix. : ACET
9
Stopper of a sort. : REDLIGHT
10
Have being. : ARE
11
Instruments for drawing figures. : DIAGRAPHS
12
Sailor's gal. : DAME
13
Besides. : ALSO
19
Style of vocal music: Abbr. : RECIT
24
Poetic contraction. : TIS
26
Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
28
Musician. : PIPER
29
Ancient Greek contest. : AGON
30
Digits. : TOES
31
Archaic verb ending. : ETH
32
Incite. : ABET
33
Purified. : DEPURATED
34
Noted person. : NAME
35
Letters. : ARS
36
Namesakes of the shoemakers' saint. : CRISPINS
39
Noun suffix. : ARY
40
Model. : IDEAL
41
Appropriate. : FIT
42
Not acknowledged. : UNOWNED
44
Travels, in a way. : BUSSES
46
Awake. : ALERT
47
Resort city. : MIAMI
48
Girl of song. : ANNIE
49
Fresh-water ducks. : TEALS
50
Language of Lahore. : URDU
51
Familiar negative. : NEIN
53
Container. : PAIL
54
Girl's name. : ETTA
57
I love: Lat. : AMO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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