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Norton Rhoades
Norton Rhoades

New York Times, Thursday, July 8, 1976

14-Across : Hercules's captive

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,826
Across
1
Foundation : BASE
5
Kind of burn : SLOW
9
Symbol of Ireland : HARP
13
Writer Michael : ARLEN
14
Hercules's captive : IOLE
15
Spread : OLEO
16
Change the price : RETAG
17
Where Etah is : GREENLAND
19
One of the Chinas : MAINLAND
21
Check cashers : PAYEES
22
Peggy of TV : CASS
23
Salome accessory : VEIL
24
Shaking trees : ASPENS
27
Leis : GARLANDS
31
Punjab caste member : MEO
32
Exits : DOORS
34
Keep people awake : SNORE
35
Fussy : PRIM
37
Suffix for demo or pluto : CRACY
39
Faucet problem : DRIP
40
Whitman flower : LILAC
42
Celebes oxen : ANOAS
44
Sluggard's model : ANT
45
"This land is ___" : YOURLAND
47
Uses a certain broom : WHISKS
49
Yin's partner : YANG
50
City light : NEON
51
Be beyond : OUTLIE
54
Kind of cement : PORTLAND
58
Where to "meet me tonight" : DREAMLAND
60
East Indian tree : GAROO
61
Garden : EDEN
62
Dueling sword : EPEE
63
Soviet or Western : UNION
64
Voiceless, in phonetics : SURD
65
Seven ___ : SEAS
66
Minot's state: Abbr. : NDAK
Down
1
La ___ tar pits : BREA
2
High: Prefix : ALTI
3
Spiritualist affair : SEANCE
4
Elizabeth's home : ENGLAND
5
Highway reading matter : SIGNS
6
"___ of the Flies" : LORD
7
Rah! : OLE
8
Lachrymose one : WEEPER
9
Palestine : HOLYLAND
10
Wings : ALAE
11
Lacoste of tennis : RENE
12
Whale groups : PODS
13
Straight or fire : ARM
18
Hard as ___ : NAILS
20
Relative of an org. : ASSOC
23
___ de Gama : VASCO
24
To an adequate extent : AMPLY
25
___-comic : SERIO
26
French soldier : POILU
27
Kind of stand : GRAND
28
Bayes and Helmer : NORAS
29
Consummate a toast : DRINK
30
Clans : SEPTS
33
Zoo animal : ORANG
36
Where Elkton is : MARYLAND
38
Swerving boat : YAWER
41
Requisition : CLAIM
43
Kind of wedding : SHOTGUN
46
Anoints, old style : ANELES
48
Away from the coast : INLAND
50
Stem joints : NODES
51
Keats works : ODES
52
Indic language : URDU
53
Starting golfer : TEER
54
Breath: Suffix : PNEA
55
Song : ARIA
56
Corner : NOOK
57
Put on : DON
59
Imitate : APE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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