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Eugene Sard
Eugene Sard

New York Times, Wednesday, June 25, 1975

37-Across : Imprecise

Author:
Eugene Sard
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Eugene Sard has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Constructor's name was hard to read; this is the best guess.

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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,447
Across
1
Sneaky back wound : STAB
5
Why a crow crows : CAWS
9
Disreputable places : DIVES
14
Lake to the Blue Nile : TANA
15
At a distance : AFAR
16
___ Gay, W. W. II plane : ENOLA
17
Author Hoffer : ERIC
18
___ contendere : NOLO
19
How Burns's plans went : AGLEY
20
Dressy spots : POLKADOTS
22
Doctrine : DOGMA
23
Pomeranian variety : SPITZ
24
Vichy premier : PETAIN
25
Did lab work : TESTED
28
Mideast land : IRAN
30
Slacken : RELAX
31
Hitch or granny : KNOT
32
Pacific pine : HALA
36
Source: Abbr. : ORIG
37
Imprecise : VAGUE
38
Alaskan governor : EGAN
39
Kind of casting : TYPE
40
Egyptian dancer : ALME
41
Brown Univ. athlete : BRUIN
42
Scope : AREA
43
Kitchen gadgets : TIMERS
44
Trifling : PALTRY
48
Foot bones : TARSI
50
Like a stage whisper : ALOUD
51
Beethoven piano piece : MINUETING
55
City in north Italy : UDINE
56
Miss Korbut : OLGA
57
Nurse in India : AMAH
58
Canary's cousin : SERIN
59
Port of Yemen : ADEN
60
___ Strip : GAZA
61
Upright : ERECT
62
Starr of football : BART
63
Issue : EMIT
Down
1
Stride : STEP
2
Poi source : TARO
3
Indigo source : ANIL
4
In the green-room : BACKSTAGE
5
Like some camera shots : CANDID
6
"Come Watson, the game is ___" : AFOOT
7
Popular W.W. II song : WALTZINGMATILDA
8
Sellouts : SROS
9
Dull : DEADEN
10
Metal casting : INGOT
11
River for some boatmen : VOLGA
12
Fragrant resin : ELEMI
13
Soviet range : SAYAN
21
Summit : APEX
24
Hors-d'oeuvre item : PATE
25
Exam aid : TROT
26
Uncanny : EERY
27
Ship berth : SLIP
29
Debauchee : ROUE
31
Salad plant : KALE
32
Famed Leningrad museum : HERMITAGE
33
Malarial fever : AGUE
34
Hideout : LAIR
35
Harding and Landers : ANNS
37
Change : VARY
41
Cold wind of Europe : BISE
42
Passionate : ARDENT
43
Hooky player : TRUANT
44
Hesitate : PAUSE
45
Birch family ember : ALDER
46
River of France : LOIRE
47
Slip-on garment : TUNIC
49
Indignation : ANGER
51
Ancient kingdom : MOAB
52
Priest of a mosque : IMAM
53
Hitler follower : NAZI
54
Stairway on the Ganges : GHAT

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

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