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Sophie Fierman
Sophie Fierman

New York Times, Friday, August 27, 1976

41-Across : Hot diamonds

Author:
Sophie Fierman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { B J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Sophie Fierman has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,876
Across
1
Phony : SHAM
5
"___ were the days" : THOSE
10
Get along : FARE
14
Tourist spot in Italy : PISA
15
Actor Novarro : RAMON
16
Matured : AGED
17
Insist : AVER
18
Sluggish : INERT
19
Lie at anchor : RIDE
20
Attempt the unattainable : REACHFORTHEMOON
23
Wallach : ELI
24
Take advantage of : USE
25
Kind of highness : SERENE
29
Limit : RESTRICT
34
Advocate: Suffix : ARIAN
35
Biblical weed : TARE
36
Sweet girl : SUE
37
Do an exercise in futility : TILTATWINDMILLS
41
Hot diamonds : ICE
42
Russian hemp : RINE
43
Having two left feet : INEPT
44
Study of a face part : NASOLOGY
47
Spanish shawls : MANTAS
48
Like tartar steak : RAW
49
On the ___ (hiding) : LAM
50
Accomplish the impossible : SQUARETHECIRCLE
59
Relative : AUNT
60
Permission : LEAVE
61
"Habanera," for one : ARIA
62
"Open ___" (dentist's plea) : WIDE
63
Churchman : ELDER
64
Notable quotes : GEMS
65
Hied : SPED
66
Transactions : DEALS
67
Influence : SWAY
Down
1
Prepare for a bout : SPAR
2
Active place : HIVE
3
Befuddled : ASEA
4
Connelly : MARC
5
Fool around : TRIFLE
6
Asian capital : HANOI
7
Hebrew measure : OMER
8
Arrange : SORT
9
Really wowed : ENTHUSED
10
Dell tenant : FARMER
11
Money-exchange fee : AGIO
12
Doctor up : REDO
13
Apple-tree locale : EDEN
21
Hair rinse : HENNA
22
The most: Suffix : EST
25
Joined : SATIN
26
Heath shrub : ERICA
27
Rubs the wrong way : RILES
28
___ up (go for) : EAT
29
Like some April days : RAINY
30
Eagle : ERNE
31
Atoll unit : ISLET
32
Mea ___ : CULPA
33
Dry runs : TESTS
35
"Just as the ___ is bent ... " : TWIG
38
Used a garden tool : TROWELED
39
U.S. Indian : MIAMI
40
Stopover spot : INN
45
Sounded off : ORATED
46
Roman spirit : LAR
47
Scottish court officers : MACERS
49
Come clean : LEVEL
50
Maxims : SAWS
51
Witty remark : QUIP
52
Wavy, in heraldry : UNDE
53
Prefix for graph : TELE
54
"Mary ___ little ... " : HADA
55
Car-washers' aids : RAGS
56
Work force : CREW
57
S.A. city : LIMA
58
This does it : EASY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 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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