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Barbara Lunder Gillis
Barbara Lunder Gillis

New York Times, Thursday, August 4, 1977

14-Across : Clear from blame

Author:
Barbara Lunder Gillis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Barbara Lunder Gillis has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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E
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L
4
I
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A
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J
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A
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R
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A
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D
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O
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B
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E
14
E
X
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N
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E
R
A
T
E
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H
O
V
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R
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S
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N
C
E
R
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Y
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A
N
E
L
E
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T
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A
R
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A
N
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A
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E
R
I
C
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I
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T
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E
R
A
T
26
E
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P
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T
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M
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O
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D
E
R
N
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U
T
T
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E
R
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C
O
V
E
R
E
D
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D
A
H
L
I
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A
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S
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A
V
E
R
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A
C
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D
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T
E
R
R
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A
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C
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E
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R
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O
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S
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R
S
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S
Y
R
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C
R
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D
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A
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R
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C
O
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D
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T
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Y
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N
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M
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G
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A
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I
D
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T
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E
B
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U
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L
L
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T
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M
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C
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S
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L
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Y
R
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D
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E
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T
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R
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T
R
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D
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E
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,218
Across
1
Place to buy cold cuts : DELI
5
Slightly open : AJAR
9
House of clay : ADOBE
14
Clear from blame : EXONERATE
16
Stay suspended : HOVER
17
What hypocrites lack : SINCERITY
18
Anoint, old style : ANELE
19
Briny droplet : TEAR
20
Literary collection : ANA
22
Sevareid : ERIC
23
Battologize : ITERATE
27
Fondle : PET
28
Neoteric : MODERN
31
Absolute : UTTER
33
Like a Conestoga wagon : COVERED
34
Flowers or purple shades : DAHLIAS
37
Avouch : AVER
38
Sour; biting : ACID
39
Balcony : TERRACE
43
Lists, as of teams : ROSTERS
46
Neighbor of Lebanon : SYRIA
47
Beliefs : CREEDS
48
Talent : ART
50
Wood measure : CORDAGE
52
Conservative : TORY
54
Wind dir. : NNE
55
Prefix for cycle : MEGA
59
Foolish person : IDIOT
61
Overflowing with fervor : EBULLIENT
65
Opposite of 55 Across : MICRO
66
Dancer who has very few fans : SALLYRAND
67
Penetrate : ENTER
68
Trample : TROD
69
Topic of Plato's "Symposium" : EROS
Down
1
___ Moines, Iowa : DES
2
Sign in a theater : EXIT
3
Isolated : LONE
4
Andean sun-worshiper : INCA
5
Timetable abbr. : ARR
6
___ alai : JAI
7
Perfume from flowers : ATTAR
8
French Premier in 1940 : REYNAUD
9
Villain's cry : AHA
10
Finished : DONE
11
Too costly : OVERPRICED
12
Prove false : BELIE
13
Build : ERECT
15
More phantasmal : EERIER
21
"___ boy!" : ATTA
24
Three, in Torino : TRE
25
Remnant : END
26
Numerical suffix : ETH
28
Stir : MOVE
29
Too rigorous : OVERSTRICT
30
Irish county, for short : DERRY
32
Lift up one's spirits : ELATE
33
Japanese bobtail : CAT
35
Ventilates : AIRS
36
Campus militants: Abbr. : SDS
40
Parabola : ARC
41
Shoot cut for grafting : CION
42
Far from flippant : EARNEST
43
Letters on N.Y.C. skyline : RCA
44
OPEC is one: Abbr. : ORG
45
Becoming : SEEMLY
48
One at ___ (singly) : ATIME
49
Sculptor of "Le Penseur" : RODIN
51
Exclude : DEBAR
53
Long ago : YORE
56
Republic since 1949 : EIRE
57
Equipment : GEAR
58
Part of A.D. : ANNO
60
Rocky hill : TOR
62
Relating to gums: Comb. form : ULO
63
Law degree : LLD
64
Football scores: Abbr. : TDS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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