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Thomas Sheehan
Thomas Sheehan

New York Times, Saturday, July 27, 1974

69-Across : Innsbruck citizen

Author:
Thomas Sheehan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Thomas Sheehan has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 7-Down clue had "Pryne"; corrected this to "Prynne."

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W
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A
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R
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O
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F
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T
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H
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E
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A
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T
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A
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B
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A
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L
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O
V
E
R
A
W
E
D
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L
I
T
A
N
Y
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R
I
P
E
N
E
S
S
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B
L
A
C
K
S
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L
A
O
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S
E
T
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P
E
T
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T
E
A
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D
R
U
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B
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D
E
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F
O
E
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T
E
R
N
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S
Y
R
U
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P
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R
I
O
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L
U
R
I
D
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D
U
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E
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F
L
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E
A
B
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T
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A
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S
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S
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F
L
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O
T
S
A
M
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A
E
R
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T
A
K
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E
F
I
V
E
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T
A
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B
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T
O
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L
S
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O
E
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R
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S
A
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C
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R
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O
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A
P
T
S
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H
I
N
E
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S
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A
R
I
D
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C
A
T
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R
O
D
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C
A
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P
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U
M
E
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K
U
L
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T
U
R
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R
O
B
I
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N
S
O
N
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E
L
E
V
E
N
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S
P
E
C
I
O
U
S
68
R
O
S
A
R
Y
69
T
Y
R
O
L
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S
E
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,114
Across
1
Shocker of 1898 and 1938, with 1 Down : WAROFTHE
9
Moorish drum : ATABAL
15
Intimidated : OVERAWED
16
Ritual prayer : LITANY
17
Fruit-buyer's concern : RIPENESS
18
Roulette bets : BLACKS
19
Thai language : LAO
20
Agreed upon : SET
21
Favorite : PET
22
Ceylon shipment : TEA
23
Defeat decisively : DRUB
25
Creator of 64 Across : DEFOE
27
Sea bird : TERN
28
Table item : SYRUP
30
Cariocas' city : RIO
31
Ghastly : LURID
32
Claimable : DUE
34
Minor wound : FLEABITE
36
Blockhead : ASS
39
Ocean debris : FLOTSAM
41
Gas: Prefix : AER
42
Relax, in musicians' jargon : TAKEFIVE
44
File clerk's jargon : TAB
46
Drudges : TOILS
47
Beyond, to poets : OER
49
Prefix for iliac : SACRO
53
Residence units: Abbr. : APTS
54
Jazzdom's Fatha : HINES
56
Rainless : ARID
57
Observer of the king : CAT
58
Mobster's hardware : ROD
59
Headwear : CAP
61
River in Sweden : UME
62
Nazis' political claim : KULTUR
64
Famous castaway with 50 down : ROBINSON
66
Football team : ELEVEN
67
Plausible : SPECIOUS
68
Flower garden : ROSARY
69
Innsbruck citizen : TYROLESE
Down
1
See 1 Across : WORLDS
2
Zoo adjunct : AVIARY
3
Do a bartender's encore : REPOUR
4
Minnesota shipment : ORE
5
Bleacherites : FANS
6
Subject for Thomas Nast : TWEED
7
Miss Prynne : HESTER
8
Copy chiefs: Abbr. : EDS
9
"Tiny Alice" author : ALBEE
10
Pinball term : TILT
11
___ loss : ATA
12
Disease sources : BACTERIA
13
Iron mineral : ANKERITE
14
Spartan naval leader : LYSANDER
21
Drivers' and divers' facilities : POOLS
24
Item for a small vase : BUD
26
Football penalty yardage : FIFTEEN
27
Clumsy boat : TUB
29
Press-agents' items : PUFFS
31
Actor Fernando : LAMAS
33
Wallach : ELI
35
Consume : EAT
36
One on the offensive : ATTACKER
37
Metropolis in Brazil : SAOPAULO
38
Beer's companion : SKITTLES
40
Like an egg : OVOID
43
Vanishing street sights : ELS
45
Pasture sound : BAA
48
Make a new duplicate : RECOPY
50
See 64 Across : CRUSOE
51
Fissured : RIMOUS
52
Hans Andersen's birthplace : ODENSE
54
Callous : HORNY
55
Scimitar's relative : SABER
58
Penitent one : RUER
60
Beak: Sp. : PICO
63
New Deal initials : TVA
64
After O, P, Q : RST
65
Zero : NIL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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