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Mary M. Murdoch
Mary M. Murdoch

New York Times, Tuesday, August 5, 1986

27-Across : Nonsulfurous fire starters

Author:
Mary M. Murdoch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Mary M. Murdoch has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,419
Across
1
Fastened : SHUT
5
Words from Scrooge : BAHS
9
Run on : PRATE
14
Aroma of flowers, e.g. : AURA
15
Blind as ___ : ABAT
16
King of Tyre : HIRAM
17
Do in : SLAY
18
Word with star or stone : LODE
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Dogpatch name : YOKUM
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Words of joy : HALLELUJAHS
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Unkempt place : STY
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Poetic contraction : OER
25
Secular : LAIC
27
Nonsulfurous fire starters : PARLORMATCHES
33
Grampus : ORC
34
Dress part : YOKE
35
Glossy fabric : SATIN
37
Roman statesman : CATO
39
Tooth : MOLAR
42
Friends' word : THEE
43
One of the Santas : ANITA
45
Sequel to "Typee" : OMOO
47
Kind of league : IVY
48
Army group assisting the cook : KITCHENPOLICE
52
W. German state : SAAR
53
Raincoat, for short : MAC
54
Something to pay : TAB
57
Novel windups : DENOUEMENTS
63
Small size of type : AGATE
65
Once, once : ERST
66
Mint : COIN
67
Elite : CREAM
68
Forwarded : SENT
69
Opposed : ANTI
70
Stay awhile : TARRY
71
Shredded : TORE
72
Kind of deck : POOP
Down
1
Window part : SASH
2
Hoop type : HULA
3
Russian river : URAL
4
President after Polk : TAYLOR
5
Kind of dance : BALLROOM
6
___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
7
Meccan pilgrimage : HADJ
8
___ march on (slyly gain advantage) : STEALA
9
Forte of Niels Bohr : PHYSICS
10
"___ Rita" : RIO
11
Clumsy boats : ARKS
12
Tense : TAUT
13
TV award : EMMY
21
Hard to hold : EELY
22
Derby, e.g. : HAT
26
Tête-à-tête : CHAT
27
Trick : PRANK
28
In which the Balcony Scene takes place : ACTII
29
Inits. in movie lore : RKO
30
Yellowish pink : MELON
31
Moral : ETHIC
32
Strain : SIEVE
33
Wood sorrel : OCA
36
French marshal: 1804 : NEY
38
Mel and Ed of baseball : OTTS
40
Elec. unit : AMP
41
Pullman accommodation : ROOMETTE
44
Part of U.S.M.A. : ACADEMY
46
Hebrew universe : OLAM
49
Own, to Burns : HAE
50
One of the Setons : ERNEST
51
Alpine topping : ICECAP
54
Diplomacy : TACT
55
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
56
Max or Buddy : BAER
58
Mountain: Comb. form : OREO
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Reserve inits. : USNR
60
Words to Nanette : NONO
61
Broz : TITO
62
Lop : SNIP
64
Salt : TAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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