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David A. Murray
David A. Murray

BIT OF HISTORY

New York Times, Sunday, July 22, 1973

63-Across : When

Author:
David A. Murray
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 542 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 117, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
David A. Murray has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,744
Across
1
Pair : DUAD
5
"___ horse!" : GETA
9
___ tale : TALL
13
Lady's man : EARL
17
Grapevine disease : ESCA
18
Galway islands : ARAN
19
Agony : THROE
20
Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
21
Receipt, in Paris : RECU
22
25
Barnum's "bird" : EGRESS
27
Prior months: Abbr. : ULTS
28
Slip by : ELAPSE
29
Irish playwright : GBSHAW
31
House, in Toledo : CASA
32
Old kind of skirt : HOOP
33
38
Holiday times : EVES
42
Heavenly Ram : ARIES
43
Long time : EON
44
Creeks : KILLS
45
Food fish : IDE
46
Prince of opera : IGOR
47
Showy thing : GAUD
48
Part of I.T.T.: Abbr. : TEL
49
Eurasian tree : SAVIN
51
Functioned : RAN
52
Tamper with : DOCTOR
54
Kind of rash : ACNE
55
Soft-shells : CRABS
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59
Show one's ___ : TEETH
61
TV group : NTA
62
Got up : AROSE
63
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Show of intention : OFFER
71
Troubles : ILLS
72
More slippery : EELIER
73
Common abbr. : ETC
76
Huskies' burdens : SLEDS
77
Insurance abbr. : TLO
78
Actor Alfred : LUNT
79
Chemical prefix : FLUO
80
"___ transit ... " : SIC
81
Fight site : ARENA
83
Outfield men: Abbr. : LFS
84
Swiss lass of fiction : HEIDI
85
This: Sp. : ESTA
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91
Ships of W. W. II : LSTS
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Stanford White's killer : THAW
94
Marriage settings : ALTARS
95
Piece of bread, at times : SOPPER
98
Accommodate : SUIT
99
Smear : BEDAUB
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Angling gear : REEL
108
Goose: Sp. : ANSAR
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Combats : DUELS
110
City in Russia : OREL
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Miss Kett : ETTA
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Wee ones : TOTS
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Closes, with "up" : SEWS
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___ the joint : CASE
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Arabian vessel : DHOW
Down
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"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
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Employ : USE
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Attaining of the throne : ACCESSION
4
Elizabeth, to Henry VIII : DAUGHTER
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"It's only a ___ are playing" : GAMEWE
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Times : ERAS
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Sailors : TARS
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Somewhat : ANY
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"___ of the town" : THETALK
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Greek god : ARES
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Chaney : LON
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Zodiac sign : LEO
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Houdini specialty : ESCAPE
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On the roof : ATOP
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Soaks : RETS
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Forfeit : LOSE
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City on the Arkansas : TULSA
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Eur. capital : OSLO
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Wharf : QUAY
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Vassals' lands: Var. : FEODS
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Cheers : RAHS
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Egg white : GLAIR
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City in Finland : BORGA
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Vulture : CONDOR
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Comet man : HALLEY
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Attain : REACH
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Course : ROUTE
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Half, clove or rolling : HITCH
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Miss Hayes, to Roman friends : ELENA
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French hurrahs : VIVATS
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Nonpoisonous : EDIBLE
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Perception : SENSE
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___ distance (last) : GOTHE
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Halloween participant : SCARER
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Crime : ARSON
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Overfond ones : DOTERS
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Run ___ around : RINGS
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Marble : AGATE
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Paid honor to : FETED
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Utmost degree : NTH
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Latin form of beware : CAVET
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Georgian capital's old name : TIFLIS
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Cause's partner : EFFECT
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Moat : FOSSE
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Explosives : NITROS
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Aunt in "Oklahoma!" : ELLER
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Miss Massey : ILONA
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River or sea : YELLOW
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Discard : SLUFF
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Once: Ger. : EINST
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Bergner of films : ELISABETH
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Henry's house : TUDOR
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Nickels and dimes : COINS
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Gave high billing : FEATURED
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Broadcast org. : AFTRA
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Realities : ACTUALS
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Daughter of Loki: Var. : HELA
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Greek letters : ALPHAS
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Adds liquid : THINS
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Mat. days : SATS
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Interweave : RADDLE
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Prophet : SEER
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Copy, for short : STAT
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Cry of dismay : OHNO
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Fly, for one : PEST
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Merganser : SMEW
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Theda : BARA
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Carbon suffixes : ENES
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Dental degree : DDS
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Sioux City name : SUE
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Ad ___ : HOC
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W.W. II area : ETO
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Gresham's, for one : LAW

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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