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John Prytz
John Prytz

New York Times, Friday, July 16, 1976

71-Across : Certain mil. people

Author:
John Prytz
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 238 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
John Prytz has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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A
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R
4
P
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C
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A
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L
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F
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P
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O
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D
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S
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A
R
E
A
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A
R
I
L
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I
R
O
N
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S
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P
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R
R
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S
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L
O
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R
E
N
A
L
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B
U
R
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I
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D
T
R
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E
A
S
U
R
E
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N
O
T
S
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A
N
T
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T
E
D
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D
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A
N
T
E
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S
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I
L
V
E
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R
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E
R
I
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M
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A
I
N
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I
S
I
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D
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A
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E
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A
N
N
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S
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T
R
O
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V
E
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G
O
L
D
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D
I
G
E
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S
T
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N
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S
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A
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U
T
E
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P
E
A
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C
E
S
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R
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O
B
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N
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A
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S
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S
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E
R
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C
A
R
L
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S
P
A
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N
I
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H
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G
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A
L
L
E
O
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N
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S
I
R
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N
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I
O
T
A
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G
O
E
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S
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T
R
A
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T
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E
B
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N
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O
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M
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O
S
L
O
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R
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M
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N
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,834
Across
1
Food fish : CARP
5
Golden or fatted : CALF
9
Groups of seals : PODS
13
Length times width : AREA
14
Seed cover : ARIL
15
Takes out wrinkles : IRONS
17
Young salmon : PARR
18
Missile housing : SILO
19
Of the kidneys : RENAL
20
Jim Hawkins's quest : BURIEDTREASURE
23
Haves and have-___ : NOTS
24
Insect : ANT
25
Sorensen : TED
26
Italian poet : DANTE
28
Long John : SILVER
31
Silkworm : ERI
32
Ocean, usually bounding : MAIN
34
Family of corals : ISIDAE
38
Miss Harding et al. : ANNS
40
Freebooter's prize : TROVE
42
Key part of 40 Across : GOLD
43
Condensation : DIGEST
45
Houston initials : NASA
47
Western Indian : UTE
48
Periods between wars : PEACES
50
Spring harbinger : ROBIN
52
Beast of burden : ASS
55
Time period : ERA
56
Sandburg : CARL
57
Loot-bearing ship of old : SPANISHGALLEON
62
Alluring one : SIREN
63
Greek letter : IOTA
64
Exits : GOES
66
Peculiarity : TRAIT
67
Wood color : EBON
68
"This one's ___" : ONME
69
Norway fiord : OSLO
70
Parts of glasses : RIMS
71
Certain mil. people : NSOS
Down
1
Polar or night : CAP
2
Street ___ (gamin) : ARAB
3
Showing again : RERUNNING
4
Pet for 28 Across : PARROT
5
Gives the once-over : CASES
6
Unproductive : ARID
7
Springy motion : LILT
8
Kind of wreath : FLORAL
9
Jolly Roger fliers : PIRATES
10
Galena and bauxite : ORES
11
Sinker : DONUT
12
Trap : SNARE
16
Eskimo transit : SLED
21
Detail : ITEM
22
Turns green, in a way : ENVIES
26
Kind of duck : DEAD
27
Indian buffalo: Var. : ARNI
28
"Aye-aye, ___" : SIR
29
___ fell swoop : INONE
30
Manipulate : RIG
33
Rose oils : ATTARS
35
Items in 20 Across : DOUBLOONS
36
High: Prefix : ALTI
37
Eve's address : EDEN
39
Disjoined: Abbr. : SEP
41
Biological duct : VAS
44
Peek successfully : SEEINTO
46
Russian sea : ARAL
49
Loosely-bound pamphlet : CAHIER
51
Well-known trail : OREGON
52
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
53
Agnew : SPIRO
54
Actress Allgood et al. : SARAS
56
Social groups : CLANS
58
Armstrong or Diamond : NEIL
59
Asian desert : GOBI
60
Type of bomb : ATOM
61
Verne's voyager : NEMO
65
French possessive : SES

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

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