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Mike O
Mike O'Neill

New York Times, Friday, June 7, 1974

36-Across : Merry old king

Author:
Mike O'Neill
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Mike O'Neill has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,064
Across
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Walkway : RAMP
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Concede : ALLOW
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Fairway feature : TRAP
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Ochs or Silvers : PHIL
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Colorless: Prefix : LEUCO
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Gabriel Marcel's "___ Viator" : HOMO
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Crowd-control aid : MACE
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Affray : SETTO
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Army patrol operation : RAID
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Western Indians : SACS
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Pod partner : PEA
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Take on : ASSUME
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Shimmers : GLISTENS
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Irish county : CLARE
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Eatery offerings : MEALS
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Fairway position : LIE
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Merry old king : COLE
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"Divine Comedy" author : DANTE
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Great number : SLEW
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Deer : ROE
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Kind of land or crat : DIXIE
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How Cain's postman rings : TWICE
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Contents of a package from Mom : APPLEPIE
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Went after : CHASED
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Tool : AWL
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Woodland area : GLEN
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"Cool it!" : HOLDYOURHORSES
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Hoary : AGED
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Boundaries : METES
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Part of Arabia : OMAN
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Graf ___ : SPEE
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Coeur d'___ : ALENE
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Ball team : NINE
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Smooth engine sound : PURR
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Lab studies : TESTS
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Sprung up : GREW
Down
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Auto racer's concern: Abbr. : RPM
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Melville's searcher : AHAB
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"The cat in gloves catches no ___" : MICE
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Satisfaction : PLEASURE
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Region of France : ALSACE
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Yorkshire city : LEEDS
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Instrument : LUTE
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Eight: Prefix : OCTA
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Energy source of sorts : WOODPILE
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Deep or sore : THROAT
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Beastly sound : ROAR
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Writer Kingsley : AMIS
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Footed: Suffix : PODE
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Vapid : TAME
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Nazi leader : HESS
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Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
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Sailing ship : SLOOP
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Starchy foodstuff : SALEP
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Lamp personage : GENIE
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Arrival-board word : LATE
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Immigrants' old island : ELLIS
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Relative : NIECE
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Mended : SEWED
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Skirt length : MAXI
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Tactful one : DIPLOMAT
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Farewell act : SWANSONG
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Moist : DEWY
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Wild animal: Prefix : THER
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Subject of Jacob's dream : LADDER
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Finishes : CLOSES
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Belgian port : GHENT
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Fastening : HASP
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Russian police : OGPU
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Sly look : LEER
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Congo river : UELE
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Ways: Abbr. : RTES
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Arab chieftain : EMIR
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Sensible : SANE
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Good as ___ : NEW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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