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Anthony Morse
Anthony Morse

New York Times, Friday, July 14, 1967

16-Across : Kind of acid.

Author:
Anthony Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Anthony Morse has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,544
Across
1
Javanese tree. : UPAS
5
Bruins' alma mater. : UCLA
9
"Once ___ time ... " : UPONA
14
Bustle. : TODO
15
Mother of the Titans. : GAIA
16
Kind of acid. : BORIC
17
Asian capital. : ULANBATOR
19
Ventilator. : AIRER
20
Irving character. : RIP
21
Presently. : ANON
22
Store sign. : ONSALE
23
Youthful. : NOTOLD
25
Suiting. : SERGE
27
French political division. : ETAT
29
Pitchers' specialties. : SLIDERS
33
Garden annuals. : MIGNONETTES
37
Rural sound. : MOO
38
___ cost. : ATNO
39
Amazon, for one. : RIO
40
In ___. : SITU
41
Creek. : RIA
42
Free loaders. : CHEAPSKATES
46
Not lined. : UNRULED
48
Mark. : SCAR
49
"Here's ___ ... " : TOYOU
51
A thing unique in its kind. : UNICUM
55
Regatta craft. : YACHTS
58
Dutch painter. : HALS
60
Man's nickname. : ABE
61
Biblical expendable husband. : URIAH
62
Wailings. : ULULATION
64
Author of juveniles. : MILNE
65
Destiny. : FATE
66
Sloth. : UNAU
67
Portals of a kind. : ADITS
68
___ about. : ONOR
69
Las Vegas specialty. : BETS
Down
1
Traffic maneuver. : UTURN
2
"March of Dimes" conquest. : POLIO
3
Conform (to). : ADAPT
4
Relative. : SON
5
African native. : UGANDAN
6
Marcus Porcius. : CATO
7
Service club members. : LIONS
8
Thun's river. : AAR
9
Sara women of Africa. : UBANGIS
10
Suspended. : POISED
11
Odd: Scot. : ORRA
12
Maréchal ___, yellow rose. : NIEL
13
Piece of land. : ACRE
18
Of Riga's sea: Prefix. : BALTO
22
Escutcheon border. : ORLE
24
Wine: Prefix. : OENO
26
Prevents, in law. : ESTOPS
28
Shipworm. : TEREDO
30
Let out. : EMIT
31
Routine. : ROTE
32
French coins. : SOUS
33
Japanese ship. : MARU
34
Schedule of a trip: Abbr. : ITIN
35
Growl. : GNAR
36
Spanish aunt. : TIA
40
Eastern garb. : SARI
42
Muumuus, sun suits, etc. : CLOTHES
43
Cries of surprise. : HEYS
44
Oarsman. : SCULLER
45
Indian from the Sunflower State. : KANSA
47
U.N. name. : UTHANT
50
Prussian lancer. : UHLAN
52
Wouk's ship. : CAINE
53
Menace of 1917. : UBOAT
54
Lunchroom lists. : MENUS
55
Arizona city. : YUMA
56
Fruitless. : ARID
57
Hair: Prefix. : CILI
59
Coupe. : AUTO
62
Sight in the sky. : UFO
63
Old boat. : TUB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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