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Ruth Lake Tepper
Ruth Lake Tepper

New York Times, Monday, June 26, 1978

29-Across : Lachrymose

Author:
Ruth Lake Tepper
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Ruth Lake Tepper has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,544
Across
1
Matterhorn is one : ALP
4
Milan's La ___ : SCALA
9
Priestly robe : ALB
12
Blossom, in Barcelona : FLOR
13
Gladden : CHEER
14
Chemist's container : VIAL
16
Verb ending : ESCE
17
Practical judgment : HORSESENSE
19
Albee's "The ___" : ZOOSTORY
21
French couturier : CARDIN
22
Trampled on : TROD
23
Mad scramble : RATRACE
24
Change implements and dies : RETOOL
27
Count of jazz : BASIE
28
Swearing-in words : IDO
29
Lachrymose : TEARY
31
Tomato disease : EDEMA
35
With 52 Across, Arctic vehicle : DOG
36
Desiccated : DRIED
38
Aesop character : FOX
39
Tennis stroke : SMASH
42
Ancient Asians : MEDES
44
Tetra minus one : TRI
45
Subject of a Blake poem : TIGER
47
Developmental stages : PHASES
49
Sweetened : SUGARED
52
See 35 Across : SLED
53
Like a small egg : OVULAR
54
Without interruption : STEADILY
58
Wall Street phenomenon : BULLMARKET
60
Moslem prince : EMIR
61
She, in Cherbourg : ELLE
62
Permission : LEAVE
63
Kinfolk: Abbr. : RELS
64
Scottish seaport : AYR
65
___ on (was fond of) : DOTED
66
Piggish place : STY
Down
1
___-ran : ALSO
2
In ___ parentis : LOCO
3
Quickly : PRESTO
4
Trained : SCHOOLED
5
Keyboard combination : CHORD
6
Ethereal, to poets : AERY
7
"___ Misérables" : LES
8
Betel palms : ARECAS
9
Asserted : AVERRED
10
Singer Ronstadt : LINDA
11
Fundamental : BASIC
12
Ankara cap : FEZ
15
Unaspirated consonant : LENE
18
French composer: 1866-1925 : SATIE
20
Do some jogging : TROT
23
Beamed : RAYED
24
Disencumbers : RIDS
25
Ancient Dead Sea kingdom : EDOM
26
Roman robe : TOGA
27
Heath : BRIER
30
Sword-in-hand : ARMED
32
Newts : EFTS
33
"___ Than You Know," 1929 song : MORE
34
W.W. II losers : AXIS
37
Exhausted : DEPLETED
40
Person playing for time : STALLER
41
Grant's first name : HIRAM
43
New York stadium : SHEA
46
One of the Fords : GERALD
48
Vipers : ADDERS
49
___ it (amen) : SOBE
50
Soft-palate lobe : UVULA
51
Arroyo : GULLY
52
Allen or McQueen : STEVE
54
Card game for three : SKAT
55
"___ a traveller ... ": Shelley : IMET
56
Symbol of purity : LILY
57
Parts of a cen. : YRS
59
Antique auto : REO

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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