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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Wednesday, June 4, 1975

24-Across : "Believe It or Not" man

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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O
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R
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A
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N
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S
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N
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A
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C
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K
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P
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R
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I
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M
14
C
O
R
A
15
T
U
L
L
E
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L
E
N
O
17
A
D
A
M
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U
R
G
E
S
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A
G
A
L
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S
P
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A
K
S
O
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T
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L
Y
A
N
D
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M
A
E
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R
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P
L
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Y
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F
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L
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A
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M
E
S
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C
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R
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D
O
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L
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M
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N
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B
A
A
L
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S
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I
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M
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A
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A
L
U
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S
O
R
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S
A
A
R
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W
A
R
N
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P
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A
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C
U
M
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S
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T
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L
T
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B
U
M
B
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S
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T
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A
T
O
R
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O
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C
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Y
A
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B
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G
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I
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C
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K
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A
K
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E
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L
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M
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P
H
E
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W
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L
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N
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E
L
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V
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I
O
N
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E
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M
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D
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L
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,426
Across
1
Algerian city : ORAN
5
Dieter's sacrifice : SNACK
10
Proper : PRIM
14
Uncas's love : CORA
15
Fine net : TULLE
16
Mesh fabric : LENO
17
Furniture style : ADAM
18
Impels : URGES
19
Arab headband : AGAL
20
Part of T.R.'s advice : SPEAKSOFTLYAND
23
West : MAE
24
"Believe It or Not" man : RIPLEY
25
Moth attractors : FLAMES
29
Belief : CREDO
31
Lagoon : LIMAN
32
Semitic deity : BAAL
33
Igneous rock : SIMA
37
His: Fr. : ALUI
38
Out of ___ (peevish) : SORTS
39
German valley : SAAR
40
Caution : WARN
41
Appeal : PLEA
42
Aromatic seed : CUMIN
43
Marsh bird : STILT
45
Be all thumbs : BUMBLE
46
Machine part : STATOR
49
"___ Town" : OUR
50
Rest of T. R.'s advice : CARRYABIGSTICK
56
African tree : AKEE
57
The sky, at times : LIMIT
58
Hot-weather word : PHEW
60
Horne : LENA
61
French student : ELEVE
62
Hebrides island : IONA
63
Hindu land grant : ENAM
64
Hinder : DETER
65
Boodle : LOOT
Down
1
Wood sorrel : OCA
2
Lightning and fishing : RODS
3
Not care ___ : ARAP
4
Dub : NAME
5
German bombers : STUKAS
6
Edith Cavell, for one : NURSE
7
Something, in Spain : ALGO
8
Bass or treble : CLEF
9
Old World falcons : KESTRELS
10
Execute a quiet ploy : PLAYPOSSUM
11
Splendid : REGAL
12
Foolish : INANE
13
Antiquated : MOLDY
21
Verily : AMEN
22
Cover : LID
25
Defect : FLAW
26
Actress Lee : LILA
27
Asian boundary river : AMUR
28
Prevailing trend : MAINSTREAM
29
Proofreading mark : CARET
30
Pro ___ : RATA
32
Cotton pod : BOLL
34
Metrical foot : IAMB
35
Box or bag : MAIL
36
English composer : ARNE
38
Coiled : SPIRALED
42
Brusque : CURT
44
Trinket : TOY
45
___ Brown : BUSTER
46
Flake : SCALE
47
Spoken for : TAKEN
48
Ring : ARENA
49
Pointed arch : OGIVE
51
Peevishness : BILE
52
"___ a man with ... " : IMET
53
Brown-dye tree : IPIL
54
Half a child's train : CHOO
55
Gambling game : KENO
59
Buddhist temple : WAT

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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