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Anne Fox
Anne Fox

FOURTH DIMENSION

New York Times, Sunday, July 2, 1972

68-Across : "Thy torch ___"

Author:
Anne Fox
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 90, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 733 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 120, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 24
Anne Fox has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,359
Across
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Thin mortars : GROUTS
7
___ as a pig : ASFAT
12
Take the bait : REACT
17
Apex : CUSP
21
Mame : AUNTIE
22
Offshoot : BOUGH
23
Asian range : ALTAI
24
Solo : ARIA
25
Key words : THEROCKETSREDGLARE
28
Works : RUNS
29
Gaelic : ERSE
30
News prints, for short : ROTOS
31
For shame! : FIE
32
Irish saint : BRIDGET
34
TV star : CHER
36
Grand ___ : PRIX
38
Polyhedron : PRISM
40
Japanese herb : UDO
41
This ___ : ORTHAT
44
Polish : SCOUR
46
Father of Farouk : FUAD
47
Robin : ADAIR
49
Words of June 17, 1775 : SEETHEWHITESOFTHEIREYES
53
Girl of song : SAL
54
Mobster's knife : SHIV
55
Certain dogs : TOYS
56
Racket : DIN
57
Crown of Osiris : ATEF
59
Tara's locale: Abbr. : IRE
60
Movie name : LIZ
61
Light : AIRY
64
Infinite : VAST
68
"Thy torch ___" : AGAINSTTHINEOWNBLUESKY
74
Oil country: Var. : IRAK
75
Do sums : ADD
76
Rumanian city : IASI
77
Use a mirror : PREEN
78
Islands of Denmark : FAEROE
81
Close : MISERLY
83
False front : FACADE
84
Utah city : OGDEN
85
Kind of cat : COOL
87
U. S. writer : POE
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Cui ___ : BONO
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Words of May 1, 1898 : WHENYOUAREREADYGRIDLEY
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Composer Edouard : LALO
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Honoré d'___ : URFE
98
Mass. cape : ANN
99
Mouths : ORA
100
Like an egg : OVAL
102
Seagoing initials : USS
104
Roman poet : OVID
106
Spoon's partner in flight : DISH
108
Highest note : ELA
109
Presidential in-law : DWIGHTDAVIDEISENHOWERII
118
Rock, in Paris : ROCHE
119
Pres., e.g. : EXEC
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Seasonal songs : NOELS
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Kitchen gadget : SIFTER
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Spirit of Saint Louis : AME
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Arbor : BOWER
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Rabbit's tail : SCUT
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Greek letter : BETA
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Comedienne Kaye : BALLARD
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G.I. : JOE
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Waited : BIDED
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Coarse cloth : TAPA
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___ B'rith : BNAI
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Words by David T. Shaw : ARMYANDNAVYFOREVER
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Do a inside job : LINE
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Officer, familiarly : LOOEY
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Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
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Synthesis : FUSION
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Linemen : ENDS
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Catches sight of : SPOTS
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Teamed : YOKED
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Calif. city : FRESNO
Down
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Entrance : GATE
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Rhine tributary : RUHR
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Some bills : ONES
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Treaty city : UTRECHT
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Spanish uncle : TIO
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Hides : SECRETES
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Back up : ABET
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De ___ : SOTO
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Fuddy-duddy : FUSSPOT
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U. S. dept. : AGR
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U. S. milestone : THEFIRSTINDEPENDENCEDAY
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Fury : RAGE
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Wing : ELL
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___ standstill : ATA
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Hard material : CARBIDE
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Rows : TIERS
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Piece of mail : CARD
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Where Florida is : URUGUAY
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Indefinitely : SINEDIE
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Clergymen : PASTORS
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Old Hebrew measure : KOR
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N. J. fort : DIX
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Japanese ware : IMARI
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Exclamation : HAH
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Wish undone : RUE
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Stows : PUTSAWAY
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Cheer : RAH
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Greek peak : OSSA
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Strong rope : REATA
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Wire: Abbr. : TELEG
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Stuffed ___ : SHIRT
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African cat : CIVET
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Abbr. in a letter sign-off : FFY
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Western U. S. address : DENVERCOLO
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Small broom : WHISK
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Mud : OOZE
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Bucolic poem : IDYL
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Okay! : FAIRENOUGH
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Covers : LIDS
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Powers that be : INS
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Box-score initials : RBI
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Offshore : ASEA
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Timetable, for short : SKED
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Newcastle's river : TYNE
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Dissimulation : IRONY
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Scotch refusal : NAE
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Selassie : HAILE
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Kind of paper or silk : OILED
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"___ at 'em!" : UPAND
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Bird : FOWL
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Turkish chief: Var. : AGHA
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Noble: Ger. : EDEL
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Besides : MOREOVER
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Horse : ROAN
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"Ma ___!" : FOI
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Low person : CUR
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Boob : OAF
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Foolhardy : BRASH
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Put out : OUST
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Foray : RAID
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Sing to a Saint Bernard : YODEL
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Beams : GRINS
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Overthrow : EVERT
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Collegian : YALIE
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Hideaway : LAIR
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Biblical country : SHEBA
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Old ___ : VIC
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Cleaned, as a walk : HOSEDOFF
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Fish in a certain way : DRABBLE
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"The ___ White" : WOMANIN
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Edda country : ICELAND
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Morning phenomenon : DEWDROP
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Tool : AXE
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Chit : IOU
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Reverse : SETBACK
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Wilde, for one : WIT
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Melanesian people : EFATESE
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Exams : ORALS
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Scion : SON
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U. K. troops: Abbr. : BEF
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Extends : LIES
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Birds : JAYS
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Tipsy: Fr. : IVRE
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Pair : DYAD
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Rara ___ : AVIS
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Laborer : PEON
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Florence's river : ARNO
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Barn sound : MOO
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Still : YET
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Mil. man : NCO
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Drama of 1920 : RUR

Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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