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Jim Plackner
Jim Plackner

New York Times, Tuesday, August 3, 1976

60-Across : ___ in the face

Author:
Jim Plackner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Jim Plackner has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,852
Across
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Confound : AMAZE
6
Kind of action : MOB
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Gave chapter and verse : CITED
14
Poison : TOXIN
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Tokyo's old name : EDO
16
Be grandiloquent : ORATE
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Jackets : ETONS
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Insect egg : NIT
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South African leader : MALAN
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Insincere : TONGUEINCHEEK
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Before : ERE
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Sought election : RAN
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The ___ (Boston) : HUB
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Dander : IRE
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Release : LETGO
31
Lodestone, to Cicero : MAGNES
33
Gluck : ALMA
36
Imperfect goods: Abbr. : IRRS
38
Bandman Xavier : CUGAT
39
Skimpy biography : THUMBNAILSKETCH
42
Light beam : LASER
43
Affirmative of a sort : YEAH
44
Drunkards : SOTS
45
Makes a request : ASKSOF
47
Pacific feasts : LUAUS
49
___ Hill : SAM
50
Long-tailed ape : KRA
52
Economic indicator: Abbr. : GNP
53
Hoo's partner : BOO
56
Weather phenomenon : EYEOFTHESTORM
60
___ in the face : ASLAP
62
Add up : TOT
63
Man's nickname : HOWIE
64
Spondulix : MOOLA
65
Western state: Abbr. : ORE
66
Spanish, for one : ONION
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Home ___ : OWNER
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Scand. country : NOR
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Certain ages : TEENS
Down
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Tête-___ : ATETE
2
Drive : MOTOR
3
Nerve-cell process : AXONE
4
Vitality : ZING
5
Guarantee : ENSURE
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Confederate soldiers : MENINGRAY
7
Norse god : ODIN
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Mess up : BOTCH
9
Request to Little Sheba : COMEBACK
10
Dies ___ : IRAE
11
Reprimand : TALKINGTO
12
Air-board initials : ETA
13
Room : DEN
21
Let Mother do the cooking : EATIN
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Drone : HUM
27
Respond : REACT
28
Northern Europeans : ESTHS
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Metallic fabrics : LAMES
30
Projecting window : ORIEL
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Educated ___ : GUESS
33
Strong man of myth : ATLAS
34
Asian capital : LHASA
35
Fruit-store purchase : MUSKMELON
37
Ex-Cardinal star : SLAUGHTER
40
Did well at golf : BROKEPAR
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Famous Western film : SHANE
46
To's partner : FRO
48
Result : UPSHOT
51
River for Burns : AFTON
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Heavy knife : BOWIE
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Constellation : ORION
55
Signs : OMENS
57
Shade of blue : YALE
58
Arena animal : TORO
59
Shade : TONE
60
Latin verb : AMO
61
Plant : SOW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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