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Catharine Y. C. Probst
Catharine Y. C. Probst

New York Times, Tuesday, August 20, 1974

23-Across : Maid of ___

Author:
Catharine Y. C. Probst
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Catharine Y. C. Probst has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,138
Across
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French painter Raoul : DUFY
5
___ macabre : DANSE
10
Hiding place : LAIR
14
About : INRE
15
City in Portugal : EVORA
16
Bone: Prefix : OSSE
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Greek letters : ETAS
18
Attar-yielding flower : DAMASKROSE
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Dress up : TOG
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Bird of prey : KITE
22
Talking-to : EARFUL
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Maid of ___ : ORLEANS
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Estimates : RATES
27
Painter of horses : BONHEUR
29
Chevalier song : MIMI
31
Degrade : ABASE
32
Some Louvre works : CEZANNES
36
Sand or candy : BAR
37
Topsy's creator : STOWE
39
Before : ERE
40
Impressionists Monet ___ : ANDMANET
43
Ascended : AROSE
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Of an epoch : ERAL
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Lays waste to : RAVAGES
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Passé : DATED
51
Vespucci : AMERIGO
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Newsroom man : EDITOR
55
On ___ toes : ONES
56
Light color : TAN
59
The Lost ___ (post-W. W. I youths) : GENERATION
61
Van Gogh's brother : THEO
62
Winged : ALAR
63
Callas or Schell : MARIA
64
Employ : HIRE
65
Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
66
Trains for a bout : SPARS
67
Branch of biology: Abbr. : ECOL
Down
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Legislative body : DIET
2
"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
3
French painter : FRAGONARD
4
Word of agreement : YES
5
Avec l'aide ___ (God willing) : DEDIEU
6
Hindu incarnation : AVATAR
7
Name, in old Rome : NOMEN
8
Spanish Mrs. : SRA
9
Mitigate : EASE
10
French landscapist : LORRAIN
11
"___ answer turneth away wrath" : ASOFT
12
Publish : ISSUE
13
Lively dances : REELS
19
Force in Hinduism : KARMA
21
Swiss painter : KLEE
24
Football backs: Abbr. : RHS
25
Merganser : SMEW
27
Ali ___ : BABA
28
Old Japanese coin : OBAN
30
Become: Suffix : IZE
32
Camper's need : COT
33
Of an architectural style : NEOGOTHIC
34
Gaelic : ERSE
35
Receives : SEES
37
Scottish snow : SNA
38
Anatomical tissue : TELA
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Gregarious ones : MEETERS
42
Passion : ARDOR
43
Latin bird : AVIS
44
Kind of time or doll : RAG
46
Painter of flowers and bathers : RENOIR
47
Punta ___ : ARENAS
48
Painter of the ballet : DEGAS
49
Astaire : ADELE
50
Miss Louise et al. : TINAS
52
Miss Shearer : MOIRA
54
L. A. players : RAMS
57
Prefix for dynamics : AERO
58
Yuletide : NOEL
60
Beer faucet : TAP
61
Article : THE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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