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Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg

New York Times, Wednesday, August 20, 1975

39-Across : Big ___ of Calif.

Author:
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,503
Across
1
Hook material : BAIT
5
Wall and Broad: Abbr. : STS
8
___ Grande : CASA
12
Arm bone : ULNA
13
___ polloi : HOI
14
Shortens : ELIDES
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Promise's partner : LICK
18
Founders : ORGANIZERS
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Place for shenanigans : BEHINDTHESCENES
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Show approval : NOD
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Bemoans : RUES
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"___ is long ... " : ART
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Place for a workout : GYM
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Boundary: Prefix : ORI
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Costello : LOU
33
Sends : MAILS
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Naive : INGENUOUS
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___ fixe : IDEE
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Big ___ of Calif. : SUR
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Drowse : DOZE
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City in Spain : SARAGOSSA
44
Drug dispenser : DOSER
45
Relatives of mins. : HRS
46
Routine : RUT
47
Impair : MAR
49
Faded N.Y.C. lines : ELS
50
So long! : TATA
51
Be off guard : NAP
53
Contrarily : AGAINSTTHEGRAIN
61
Ignorant : UNLETTERED
62
Girl of musical : IRMA
63
Of prime quality : GRADEA
64
Work unit : ERG
65
Code and gun : ZIPS
66
Desert gully: Var. : WADY
67
Comprehend : SEE
68
Near or Far : EAST
Down
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Tulip source : BULB
2
"That's ___!" : ALIE
3
Part of a foot : INCH
4
Antelope of Tibet : TAKIN
5
Jerry-built : SHODDY
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Wrongful act, in law : TORT
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Sound of relief : SIGH
8
Condemn : CENSURE
9
"___ Wonderland" : ALICEIN
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Large and XL, e.g. : SIZES
11
Gulf of ___ : ADEN
15
Prior to : ERE
16
Sound of escaping steam : SSS
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Wireless message : AEROGRAM
21
Egg drinks : NOGS
24
Lancaster County settlers : AMISH
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Sergeant in "MASH" : RADAR
26
Rows : TIERS
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Say wrongly : MISSTATE
30
Like some change : LOOSE
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Thrush of Europe : OUZEL
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Consumers : USERS
34
Meadow : LEA
36
Greek letters : NUS
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Salad herb from Japan : UDO
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Accorded : GRANTED
43
Overdo one's welcome : OUTSTAY
44
Kind of net or strip : DRAG
48
Put ___ on (sharpen) : ANEDGE
50
___ record (equaled) : TIEDA
52
Kind of package : PRIZE
53
Summer month: Abbr. : AUG
54
Man in a warship turret: Abbr. : GNR
55
"There ought to be ___" : ALAW
56
___ bien : TRES
57
Soothing word : HERE
58
Diva's forte : ARIA
59
Brats : IMPS
60
Tweed's nemesis : NAST

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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