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Lois Hillis
Lois Hillis

New York Times, Thursday, July 24, 1958

14-Across : Tending to wear away.

Author:
Lois Hillis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Lois Hillis has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,313
Across
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Ball park event. : HOMERUN
8
Single spot on a card. : ACE
11
She's been to the moon and back. : COW
14
Tending to wear away. : EROSIVE
15
City in S Spain. : CORDOVA
17
Large or important church. : MINSTER
18
Teacher. : TRAINER
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Fit of peevishness. : PET
20
Projecting edge of a roof. : EAVE
22
Starting to be: Adj. suffix. : ESCENT
23
Large number: Colloq. : SLEW
25
Young hare. : LEVERET
27
Maltese. : CAT
29
Observe. : SEE
30
Concerning. : ASTO
34
Like the Milky Way. : STARRY
37
Moved smoothly. : SLID
40
Help. : AID
41
___ another color (an entirely different matter). : HORSEOF
43
One of the pins in ninepins. : SKITTLE
45
Fuel. : OIL
46
Give utterance to. : EMIT
48
Birds with beautiful plumage. : EGRETS
49
Intrigue. : PLOT
51
Fuel. : GAS
53
Singer-actor Mineo. : SAL
54
Corpulence. : OBESITY
58
Sound of a flat dive. : PLOP
61
Constant. : STABLE
64
Dregs. : LEES
66
Tending to: Suffix. : IVE
67
Sympathizers. : PITIERS
69
Rope for making a boat fast. : PAINTER
71
Tall marsh plant. : CATTAIL
72
Earnest requests. : PRAYERS
73
Burro. : ASS
74
Typewriter part. : KEY
75
In a body. : ENMASSE
Down
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Asiatic herbs with tough fibers. : HEMPS
2
Large bay window. : ORIEL
3
Commune on the Riviera. : MONTECARLO
4
Feminine suffix. : ESS
5
Ceremonial act. : RITE
6
Of a part of the iris. : UVEAL
7
Gives courage to. : NERVES
8
Vaudeville routine. : ACT
9
Kitchen implement. : CORER
10
Rub out. : ERASE
11
Strobile. : CONE
12
Companion of a broiler. : OVEN
13
Skin excrescence. : WART
16
Sayings. : DICTA
21
Times of day: Poet. : EVES
24
___ of the Roses. : WARS
26
Elongated fishes. : EELS
28
Sequoia. : TREE
31
States dominated by powerful neighbors. : SATELLITES
32
Awning. : TILT
33
Pindaric works. : ODES
34
Market. : SHOP
35
Labor. : TOIL
36
Day: Hebrew. : YOM
38
Dwight David. : IKE
39
Excavates. : DIGS
42
Fruits. : FIGS
44
One-horse carriage. : TRAP
47
Beaver's useful appendage. : TAIL
50
Book of the Apocrypha. : TOBIT
52
Vast tract of land. : STEPPE
55
Swept by cold winds. : BLEAK
56
Ghostly. : EERIE
57
Be filled with longing. : YEARN
59
Shots beyond the target. : OVERS
60
By itself: Lat. : PERSE
61
Humane society. : SPCA
62
Aunts: Span. : TIAS
63
Lawyers: Abbr. : ATTS
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Country of Anna's adventure. : SIAM
68
Foxy. : SLY
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Youth group: Abbr. : NYA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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