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Dorothy Cannan
Dorothy Cannan

New York Times, Wednesday, July 24, 1974

43-Across : Responsibilities

Author:
Dorothy Cannan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Dorothy Cannan has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,111
Across
1
Actress Jean : MUIR
5
Spread, as sawdust : STREW
10
Harte's Roaring ___ : CAMP
14
Ferrara ducal family : ESTE
15
Tropical herb : URENA
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Olive genus : OLEA
17
Reduce sail : REEF
18
Kuwait, Iraq, etc. : MIDDLEEAST
20
Nettle : IRRITATE
22
Profuse : LAVISH
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French wedding : NOCE
24
Italian guessing game : MORA
25
Property : ASSETS
28
Carrier in 18 Across : PIPELINE
32
Yonder : THERE
33
Distributed : METED
34
Fish : COD
35
Minute : TINY
36
Afterward : LATER
37
Atmosphere: Prefix : AERI
38
U.S. tax agency : IRS
39
Marsh birds : SORAS
40
Laurie or Oakley : ANNIE
41
Product of 18 Across : CRUDEOIL
43
Responsibilities : DUTIES
44
Singer Paul : ANKA
45
Location : SITE
46
Fragrances : AROMAS
49
Need for 40 Down : GASOLINE
53
Stopping-place for 40 Down : GASSTATION
55
Spoken : ORAL
56
Church feature : APSE
57
Coated steel plate : TERNE
58
Come to ___ : PASS
59
Authentic : REAL
60
Blind ___ : ALLEY
61
Heraldic term : ENTE
Down
1
Partial: Prefix : MERI
2
Consumer : USER
3
Roman road : ITER
4
Processor of 41 Across : REFINERY
5
Plants used in tanning : SUMACS
6
Banal : TRITE
7
Counsel, old style : REDE
8
Remnant : END
9
Dock-___ (pier worker) : WALLOPER
10
Of the same age : COEVAL
11
Russian range : ALAI
12
___ jacket : MESS
13
Way : PATH
19
Auriculate : EARED
21
Carry : TOTE
24
Tiny creatures : MITES
25
Garret : ATTIC
26
Bake eggs : SHIRR
27
In the meaning of : SENSU
28
Flower part : PETAL
29
Ancient Britons : ICENI
30
Scottish cormorant : NORIE
31
Miss Adams et al : EDIES
33
Black ___ : MARIA
36
___ subject differently : LOOKSATA
37
Pronghorn : ANTELOPE
39
French governing group : SENAT
40
Detroit export : AUTO
42
Young woman : DAMSEL
43
Donald Duck's creator : DISNEY
45
River of France : SAONE
46
Culture medium : AGAR
47
"___ of the Lock" : RAPE
48
Bones : OSSA
49
"___ of the Golden West" : GIRL
50
Part of 18 Across : IRAN
51
U.S. caricaturist : NAST
52
Other : ELSE
54
Wire: Abbr. : TEL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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