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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Thursday, June 19, 1975

38-Across : Work on a martini

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,441
Across
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"Mikado" blowhard : KOKO
5
Become blocked : CLOT
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Fumed : RAGED
14
Black Sea arm : AZOV
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Contain : HAVE
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Get around : EVADE
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Dispenser of ennui : BORE
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Port of Yemen : ADEN
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Start vigorously : DIGIN
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Something unique. : ONER
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Prepare for action : GIRD
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Word for a morsel : TASTY
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Scram : BEATARETREAT
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Egyptian deity : APIS
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Blocked : IMPEDED
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Try to influence : WORKON
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Bookbinder's need : GLUE
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Southern constellation : ARA
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Century plant : ALOE
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Dance step : PAS
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Work on a martini : STIR
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Basket part : RIM
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Clever feat : COUP
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" ... ___ at leisure" : REPENT
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Plow's milieu : TOPSOIL
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Reasonable : SANE
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Basketball maneuver : TAPIN
55
Oceanic food fish : OPAH
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Gambling game : KENO
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Cut short : ABORT
58
Field rodent : VOLE
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Have qualms : FEAR
60
Roundup : RODEO
61
Building additions : ELLS
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Formerly : ONCE
63
Black-eyed or lazy : SUSAN
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Reddish color : RUST
65
Soaks : RETS
Down
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Skewered meat : KABOB
2
Bracing air : OZONE
3
Divided country : KOREA
4
Catch up with : OVERTAKE
5
Vexation : CHAGRIN
6
Titled British women : LADIES
7
Manifest : OVERT
8
Twining plant parts : TENDRILS
9
Bureaucratic finish line : REDTAPE
10
Fly : AVIATE
11
One-liners : GAGS
12
Smooth out copy : EDIT
13
" ... which nobody can ___" : DENY
24
Mil. address : APO
25
Large bird : EMU
28
Prom escort : DATE
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Tralee's land : ERIN
30
Move swiftly : DART
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___ hog : WART
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Medley : OLIO
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Frolic : ROMP
34
Disparity : GAP
37
Sad words from a speed cop : PULLOVER
38
Recommend : SPEAKFOR
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Have trust in : COUNTON
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Kerosene : OIL
42
Most indiscreet : RASHEST
43
Noun suffix : ENT
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Garden shrub : SPIREA
46
Ore chips : SPALLS
48
Samoan island : UPOLU
49
City in N. H. : KEENE
50
Put into force : ENACT
51
Sources of vexation : SORES
52
Gobs : TARS
53
___ ben Adhem : ABOU
54
Jet-plane parts : PODS

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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