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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Saturday, July 5, 1975

22-Across : He, in Italy

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
T
2
A
3
K
4
E
5
S
6
P
7
L
8
A
9
C
10
E
11
A
12
G
13
R
14
A
15
I
R
R
A
T
I
O
N
A
L
16
P
R
I
G
17
C
R
I
T
E
R
I
O
N
S
18
R
A
C
E
19
K
A
S
20
T
O
N
N
E
21
B
O
N
E
S
22
E
S
S
O
23
P
E
N
D
24
M
25
E
26
T
R
O
27
F
28
A
29
R
O
E
30
H
31
U
32
N
33
I
N
I
O
N
34
P
R
E
T
T
35
Y
O
N
E
36
F
A
D
S
37
O
O
S
38
A
T
L
E
39
F
R
E
E
40
V
41
E
R
S
E
42
T
W
E
E
D
43
S
E
W
44
A
I
K
E
N
45
W
E
L
T
Y
46
A
47
M
I
N
48
T
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R
O
D
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P
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A
T
E
N
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M
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E
M
O
S
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A
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D
56
M
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A
R
E
A
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P
A
R
E
N
T
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A
L
I
A
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L
O
R
N
61
R
A
I
N
D
A
N
C
E
S
62
L
A
S
S
63
S
T
A
T
E
R
O
O
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,457
Across
1
Occurs : TAKESPLACE
11
City of India : AGRA
15
Lacking mental clarity : IRRATIONAL
16
Pompous one : PRIG
17
Touchstones : CRITERIONS
18
Human or rat : RACE
19
Dutch cupboard : KAS
20
French weight : TONNE
21
Brom ___ : BONES
22
He, in Italy : ESSO
23
Hang fire : PEND
24
Paris subway : METRO
27
Atlantic island group : FAROE
30
Vandal : HUN
33
Skull protuberance : INION
34
"Sleep, my ___" : PRETTYONE
36
Some fashions : FADS
37
Extinct Hawaiian birds : OOS
38
Salt tree : ATLE
39
Poet's output : FREEVERSE
42
Suiting : TWEED
43
Join a quilting bee : SEW
44
Poet Conrad : AIKEN
45
Author Eudora : WELTY
46
Uganda's President : AMIN
48
Stepped : TROD
50
Church plate : PATEN
52
Reminders : MEMOS
54
Navy man: Abbr. : ADM
57
Kind of way or code : AREA
58
Roman festival of the dead : PARENTALIA
60
Forsaken : LORN
61
Certain American Indian rites : RAINDANCES
62
Maiden : LASS
63
Ship accommodations : STATEROOMS
Down
1
Watch sound : TICK
2
Irish exclamation : ARRA
3
Malay weapon : KRIS
4
"When do we ___?" : EAT
5
Hat : STETSON
6
Indians of New Mexico : PIROS
7
Meat order : LOINOFPORK
8
Shortly : ANON
9
Malacca : CANE
10
Letters : ELS
11
Airfield area : APRON
12
Vicki Baum novel : GRANDHOTEL
13
Pudding ingredient : RICE
14
Time periods : AGES
21
Vegetable : BEET
22
Uneven : EROSE
23
Kind of boiler : POT
24
Offends : MIFFS
25
Finnish lake, to Swedes : ENARE
26
Seacoasts : TIDEWATERS
28
Rebelled : AROSE
29
Umbrage : RESENTMENT
31
Not rented : UNLET
32
Indigent : NEEDY
35
Swerved : YAWED
40
Futile : VAIN
41
German article : EIN
42
Kind of general : TWOSTAR
47
By all ___ (surely) : MEANS
49
Angular script : RONDE
50
Weary : PALL
51
Venezuelan town : AROA
52
Egyptian goddess : MAAT
53
Silkworm : ERIA
54
Small tropical dog : ALCO
55
Per ___ : DIEM
56
Kind of media : MASS
58
Duos: Abbr. : PRS
59
Upper: Prefix : ANO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 11 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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