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Thomas Sheehan
Thomas Sheehan

OUTLANDISH OUTLANDS

New York Times, Sunday, July 8, 1973

116-Across : Word with gab or slug

Author:
Thomas Sheehan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.07, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 552 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 113, Cheaters: 13, FITB: 18, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20
Thomas Sheehan has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,730
Across
1
Place for a sand wedge : TRAP
5
___ girls (Seoul libbers) : KOREA
10
Satchels : GRIPS
15
Balloon need : GAS
18
Biblical tongue: Abbr. : HEBR
19
Entomb : INURN
20
Incurred, as debts : RANUP
21
Unmask : BARE
22
What William Tell did : ASLOWBERNE
24
Pepys's remark in Lhasa : ANDSOTIBET
26
"___ Love You?" : WHYDOI
27
Shankar : RAVI
29
Frying pan : SKILLET
30
Kind of verb: Abbr. : INTR
32
Kind of grit : TRUE
33
Rome's Castel Sant'___ : ANGELO
34
George Cohan, Chinese style : YANGTZEDOODLEDANDY
41
Superman, e.g. : ALIAS
42
Like the fox's grapes : SOUR
43
Eur. capital : ROME
44
Swimsuit part : BRA
47
German port : KIEL
48
Big-business monogram : ITT
49
Igneous rock : SIMA
50
Baby carriage : PRAM
51
L. A. campus : USC
52
"South Pacific" words, in Africa : IMGHANAWASH
56
Belief : CREDO
57
Something to remember : THEMAINE
59
Descendant of Judah : OREN
60
___ on (get drunk with Chiang) : TAIWAN
61
Art medium : OIL
62
Beans : SOYAS
63
Measures: Abbr. : INS
64
French writer : RACINE
67
Glacial ridges : OSAR
68
German quips : BONNMOTS
73
Sluggish : INERT
74
Campaign in Tripoli : WOMENSLIBYA
77
Large tank : VAT
78
Kind of goose : GONE
79
Chem. suffixes : ENES
80
Approves : OKS
81
Nice, in Nice : JOLI
82
Insect : ANT
83
Money premium : AGIO
84
Foxy, in Scotland : SLEE
85
Pink or rose : COLOR
86
Sir Thomas More, in Jordan : AMMANFORALLSEASONS
91
Amelia Earhart ___ : PUTNAM
94
Tears : RIPS
95
Cruelty personified : SADE
96
Western gullies : ARROYOS
98
Opera girl : AIDA
99
A-one : TIPTOP
103
TV fare in Ohio : DAYTONGAME
105
Sherman dictum, south of the border : JUAREZHELL
109
Adenauer word : ALTE
110
"___ the bag" : ITSIN
111
Statuette : OSCAR
112
Spread : OLEO
113
___ Canals : SOO
114
Tact, for one : ASSET
115
Accord : UNITY
116
Word with gab or slug : FEST
Down
1
Melt : THAW
2
Hebrew letter : RESH
3
With finesse : ABLY
4
Biblical son : PRODIGAL
5
Chime in : KIBITZ
6
Wallet item : ONE
7
Capek drama : RUR
8
Marine bird : ERN
9
Make ___ (misplay) : ANERROR
10
Driveway décor : GRAVEL
11
Indian queen : RANI
12
State: Abbr. : IND
13
Sock in the ___ : PUSS
14
Expressed, out West : SPOKANE
15
"G.W.T.W." star : GABLE
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Spinning : AREEL
17
Brawl : SETTO
21
Like sea water : BILGY
23
Habits : WONTS
25
Ignite, in England : TIND
28
Ledger man: Abbr. : AUD
31
Yield, à la Spassky : RESIGN
32
___ fait (entirely) : TOUTA
34
Siberian native : YAKUT
35
Like a malt drink : ALISH
36
Relative : NIECE
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___ honors (treat) : DOTHE
38
Certain lake dwellers : ERIANS
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Monks' titles : DOMS
40
Asian nurse : AMAH
44
Prepare tea : BREW
45
Ukrainian body : RADA
46
Egyptian deity : AMON
49
Promises : SWEARS
50
Light refractor : PRISM
52
"___ Got Nobody" : IAINT
53
Track event : MILE
54
Ropes : NOOSES
55
Indo-European : ARYAN
56
Garden plant : CANNA
58
Watery silk : MOIRE
60
Albee's Alice : TINY
62
"___ These Days" : SOMEOF
64
___ mortis, Latvian style : RIGA
65
Familiar sig. : ANON
66
Lincoln showcase : CENT
68
Actor Theodore : BIKEL
69
Haunt : OBSESS
70
Molding : OVOLO
71
Stock, in cards : TALON
72
To-dos : STIRS
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Star in Lyra: Var. : WEGA
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Getting ___ years : ONIN
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Takes it easy : LOLLS
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___ Arimathea : JOSEPHOF
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Cleanser ingredient : AMMONIA
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S.A. monkey : SAPAJOU
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Spanish port : CADIZ
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Send ___ (write) : ANOTE
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Famous surgeon : MAYO
88
World area : ORIENT
89
Get ___ of : RID
90
Mulligan joint : EATERY
91
River of Borneo : PADAS
92
Word form for a Soviet area : URALO
93
Make an effort : TRYTO
97
York et al.: Abbr. : SGTS
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Friend: Fr. : AMIE
100
Distant: Prefix : TELE
101
Cheers : OLES
102
Novelist's concern : PLOT
104
Sancho Panza's steed : ASS
106
Sea initials : USN
107
Chem. prefix : ACI
108
Hole or race : RAT

Answer summary:
17 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 9 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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