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Beverly J. Seward
Beverly J. Seward

New York Times, Friday, July 25, 1975

66-Across : Word with loose or book

Author:
Beverly J. Seward
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Beverly J. Seward has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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R
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A
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R
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E
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S
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A
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V
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O
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R
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P
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O
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P
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S
14
E
C
O
N
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P
R
I
M
E
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E
V
E
L
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T
R
A
F
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A
L
G
A
R
S
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Q
U
A
R
E
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D
O
M
I
N
I
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L
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U
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L
O
P
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E
T
N
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A
S
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L
A
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M
O
N
T
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G
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O
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B
L
E
T
S
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L
I
E
F
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M
E
L
D
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E
L
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A
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S
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L
O
F
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T
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Y
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A
N
O
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R
I
F
T
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S
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I
R
A
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N
O
C
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H
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E
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P
R
O
W
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S
C
O
P
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K
O
L
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A
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P
I
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G
P
E
N
S
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P
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E
P
S
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N
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S
A
M
O
A
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A
Y
A
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H
O
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P
I
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M
Y
W
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I
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L
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D
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B
E
R
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M
U
D
A
T
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R
I
A
N
G
L
E
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L
O
T
I
65
E
L
K
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N
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E
N
D
S
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O
N
Y
X
68
S
L
A
N
G
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D
I
S
K
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,477
Across
1
" ... ___ as a day in June?" : RARE
5
Relish : SAVOR
10
Boston ___ : POPS
14
Business school subj. : ECON
15
Kind of minister : PRIME
16
Knievel : EVEL
17
London's memorial to Nelson : TRAFALGARSQUARE
20
Part of A.D. : DOMINI
21
Place : LIEU
22
Sided or eared : LOP
23
Alcohol heaters : ETNAS
25
___ Cranston (The Shadow) : LAMONT
27
Tippy glasses : GOBLETS
30
Willingly : LIEF
31
Pinochle holding : MELD
32
Greek underground : ELAS
35
Like the Himalayas : LOFTY
38
Upward: Prefix : ANO
39
Spats : RIFTS
41
Gershwin : IRA
42
Night, in Madrid : NOCHE
45
Part of a ship : PROW
46
Bard of old : SCOP
47
Kind of nut or tree : KOLA
49
Teenagers' rooms, at times : PIGPENS
51
Digestive aid : PEPSIN
53
Pago Pago's site : SAMOA
54
Brahman title : AYA
55
Snake-dance tribe : HOPI
57
"___ Irish Rose" : MYWILD
61
Atlantic area of mystery : BERMUDATRIANGLE
64
French novelist : LOTI
65
Town near Winston-Salem : ELKIN
66
Word with loose or book : ENDS
67
Gemstone : ONYX
68
Medium for George Ade : SLANG
69
___ jockey : DISK
Down
1
Emeritus: Abbr. : RETD
2
Prefix for phobia or bat : ACRO
3
What the buffalo do : ROAM
4
Rifle of W.W.I : ENFIELD
5
Whittling hazard : SPLINTER
6
S.A. country : ARG
7
Apothecary vessels : VIALS
8
King of Israel : OMRI
9
Perform a thrift-shop function : RESELL
10
Few, in France : PEU
11
High-level Washington place : OVALOFFICE
12
Former S. A. leader : PERON
13
"Why England ___" (J.F.K. book) : SLEPT
18
It follows penny : ANTE
19
Bobwhite : QUAIL
24
___ of the tongue : ASLIP
26
Indian farmer : MEO
27
Fed. Employee : GMAN
28
Wine: Prefix : OENO
29
Neighborhood affair : BLOCKPARTY
33
Continent: Abbr. : AFR
34
"A face that would ___ clock" : STOPA
36
Suffix for cyclo : TRON
37
Kennel sounds : YAPS
40
Jones Beach activity : SWIMMING
43
Cries of discovery : HOS
44
Statesman Root : ELIHU
46
Generated : SPAWNED
48
Parts of a battery : ANODES
50
Spanish artist : GOYA
51
Casals : PABLO
52
Keep an ___ (oversee) : EYEON
53
Onetime Alaskan capital : SITKA
56
Satiate : PALL
58
Fire: Prefix : IGNI
59
Attorneys' degrees : LLDS
60
Office unit : DESK
62
Western star Tom : MIX
63
___-Tin-Tin : RIN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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