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Esther Blum
Esther Blum

New York Times, Wednesday, June 23, 1976

68-Across : Barracuda

Author:
Esther Blum
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Esther Blum has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,811
Across
1
Sugar or meat : LOAF
5
Fundamental : BASAL
10
Kind of opera : SOAP
14
Alan or Robert : ALDA
15
Protozoan : AMEBA
16
Arm bone : ULNA
17
Mire, in Scotland : GLAR
18
Dissected an apple : CORED
19
Celebrity : LION
20
Narrow victory : AMAJORITYOFONE
23
Author Richard : DANA
24
Daniel Beard's org. : BSA
25
Spotlight : ARC
28
Staten, for one: Abbr. : ISL
29
Sine ___ non : QUA
30
King of Judah : ASA
33
Egyptian spirit body : SAHU
35
Hints : SUGGESTS
37
Playground instructions : TWOFORTHESEESAW
41
Patient's goal : RECOVERY
42
Leningrad river : NEVA
43
Biblical craft : ARK
44
One ___ time : ATA
45
"___ Pinafore" : HMS
48
"___ Little Indians" : TEN
49
School org. : PTA
50
Horse fodder : OATS
52
Mrs. Farmer annoyances : THREEBLINDMICE
59
Yellow-fever pioneer : REED
60
Liquid measure : LITER
61
Wash : LAVE
63
Tract : AREA
64
Girl's name : ELISA
65
Partner of Andy : AMOS
66
Senator from R.I. : PELL
67
Penal and solar: Abbr. : SYSTS
68
Barracuda : SPET
Down
1
Hang back : LAG
2
Earthen pot : OLLA
3
Genesis name : ADAM
4
Electrical unit : FARAD
5
Sir Francis and family : BACONS
6
Without a sense of right : AMORAL
7
Indian of Sonora : SERI
8
Encourage : ABET
9
Beetles : LADYBUGS
10
Type of drug : SULFA
11
Potpourri : OLIO
12
Soon : ANON
13
Window or counter : PANE
21
___ alai : JAI
22
Indian or orange : OSAGE
25
"Ad ___ per aspera" : ASTRA
26
More crude : RAWER
27
Kind of full : CHOCK
29
Can. province : QUE
30
Item of property : ASSET
31
Forestall, with "off" : STAVE
32
African dam : ASWAN
34
Transport for Martians : UFO
35
Bashful : SHY
36
Poetic contraction : EEN
38
Egg-shaped : OVATE
39
Structures above altars : RETABLES
40
___-la-la : TRA
45
"___ Abe" : HONEST
46
Corded fabric : MADRAS
47
Violent rain: Abbr. : STM
49
Piano part : PEDAL
51
Marner : SILAS
52
Pitfall : TRAP
53
Present : HERE
54
Stagger : REEL
55
Easter or calla : LILY
56
Inflammation: Suffix : ITIS
57
Boot or Walter : CAMP
58
Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
62
N.Y. time : EST

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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