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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Saturday, July 6, 1974

43-Across : Impair

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,093
Across
1
Jazz : BOP
4
Zoo animal : HIPPO
9
Sand and candy : BARS
13
U. S. agency of '40's : OPA
14
Not fixed : UNLAID
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Pernicious : EVIL
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Plan out : MAP
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Rice, for instance : STAPLE
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Professorial gown : TOGA
20
Bad reputation : BLACKEYE
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Haphazardly : ANYWAY
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Walking on ___ : AIR
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Talk-show medium : RADIO
27
Violent storm : TEMPEST
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Overwhelms : DELUGES
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"Golden Boy" playwright : ODETS
36
Horse : ROAN
38
Annual-meeting feature: Abbr. : REPT
39
Lansing, ___ : MICH
40
First-course items : SOUPS
41
Aquamarine : BLUE
42
___ homo : ECCE
43
Impair : HURT
44
Sheer cotton : TOILE
45
___ against (compare) : STACKUP
47
Held to a course : STOODON
49
Metric unit : LITER
51
Groove : RUT
52
Parris Island recruit : MARINE
55
Go beyond : OVERSTEP
60
Calla lily : ARUM
61
Woman who practices a discipline : YOGINI
63
Money of Macao : AVO
64
Showy : GALA
65
Builds : ERECTS
66
One of the "Little Women" : MEG
67
Asian goat : IBEX
68
Hail : GREET
69
Expert : PRO
Down
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Flop on Broadway : BOMB
2
October stone : OPAL
3
Family member : PAPA
4
Sled dogs : HUSKIES
5
Entombs : INTERS
6
Kind of bill or boy : PLAY
7
Essay : PAPER
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Lubricate : OIL
9
"You ___!" (indeed) : BETYOURBOOTS
10
Admit : AVOW
11
Baltic port : RIGA
12
Annihilate : SLAY
15
Weakens : DEADENS
21
Exceed expectations : CAPTHECLIMAX
23
Zero : NIL
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Conforms : ADAPTS
27
Volumes : TOMES
28
Decree : EDICT
29
Place of great attraction : MECCA
30
Barnstorm : TROUPE
32
Icy : GELID
33
Ancient Roman priest : EPULO
34
Dutch painter : STEEN
37
Possessive pronoun : OUR
40
Bit of sleep : SHUTEYE
44
Guide-book user : TOURIST
46
Relatives : KIN
48
Thirty, in France : TRENTE
50
O.K. : ROGER
52
Wise men : MAGI
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Part of U.A.R. : ARAB
54
As a ___ (usually) : RULE
56
Bad habit : VICE
57
Force down : TAMP
58
Constantly : EVER
59
Comic-strip character : POGO
62
Group: Abbr. : ORG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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