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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Saturday, June 5, 1976

33-Across : Most meddlesome

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F G J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,793
Across
1
"Man's inhumanity ___" : TOMAN
6
Gumbo: Var. : OCRA
10
Family of musicians : BACH
14
Make up for : ATONE
15
Advantageous quality : PLUS
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Federal news org. : USIA
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20
Pottery art : CERAMICS
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___ coming : UPAND
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Ruff's mate : REE
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Biblical tower : EDAR
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___ sequitur : NON
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___ tuck : NIPAND
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Satellite path : ORBIT
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Fury : IRE
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Most meddlesome : SNOOPIEST
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Point out : CALLATTENTIONTO
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Even balance : EQUIPOISE
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Slow boat : TUB
43
Twofold : DUPLE
44
M. Lupin : ARSENE
47
Baden-Baden, for one : SPA
50
Tiger or water : LILY
51
Circuit : LAP
52
Indochinese city : HANOI
54
Abstruse : ESOTERIC
59
Sure thing : OPENANDSHUTCASE
62
Peewee : RUNT
63
Whit : IOTA
64
Script : LINES
65
Defense acronym : NATO
66
Forehead : BROW
67
"The days of our ___" : YEARS
Down
1
Powder : TALC
2
Sioux : OTOE
3
Othello : MOOR
4
Turkish city : ANKARA
5
Tennis players : NETMEN
6
International cartel : OPEC
7
Wink at : CLOSEONESEYESTO
8
Groove : RUT
9
Kind of blonde : ASH
10
After-dinner sound : BURP
11
Egyptian dam : ASWAN
12
Il Duce's son-in-law : CIANO
13
Mozart contemporary : HAYDN
18
Sped : HIED
19
Tidal tracts : EURIPI
24
Loafer : DRONE
25
Mishna section : ABOT
27
Genteel : NICE
28
Mesopotamia, today : IRAQ
29
Chilean tree : PELU
31
Uncle, in Mexico : TIO
33
Certain photo : STILL
34
Heraldry word : ENTE
35
Bewilder : STUN
36
Hamlet's opening : TOBE
38
Cover : LID
39
Bari's region : APULIA
40
African antelope : TOPI
44
Baseball brothers : ALOU
45
Like an old auto : RATTLY
46
Hard money : SPECIE
47
Cut : SHORN
48
New Guinea area : PAPUA
49
Concerning : ANENT
53
In the know : ONTO
55
Irwin or Artie : SHAW
56
Frog genus : RANA
57
Czech river : ISER
58
Luck, in Ireland : CESS
60
Penpoint : NIB
61
"Le Coq ___" : DOR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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