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Federing
Federing

New York Times, Tuesday, September 11, 1979

40-Across : Cuckoo

Author:
Federing
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Federing has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,899
Across
1
"Hair" and "Grease" : HITS
5
Piece fastened by a padlock : HASP
9
Dilute : THIN
13
Sorghum product : SYRUP
14
Jai ___ : ALAI
15
Heed the emendator : REDO
16
Turkish cotton capital : ADANA
17
Chinese dynasty : MING
18
Greek love god : EROS
19
"Town Meeting of the World" : GENERALASSEMBLY
22
Call on : SEE
23
Ziegfeld, for short : FLO
24
Informal union after the Holy Alliance : CONCERTOFEUROPE
33
Burden : ONUS
34
Coward : NOEL
35
100 stotinki in Bulgaria : LEV
36
Preston or Frost: abbr. : ROBT
37
Glaze : SLEET
39
Muck's partner : MIRE
40
Cuckoo : ANI
41
Bread spread : OLEO
42
"Prince ___," Borodin opera : IGOR
43
This followed 24 Across : LEAGUEOFNATIONS
48
Partook : ATE
49
Tarbell : IDA
50
Event during the Vietnam War: 1968 : PARISPEACETALKS
59
"Bide ___" (Scottish host's invitation) : AWEE
60
Lake in Ireland : ERNE
61
Lopez from Dallas : TRINI
62
Whine or beg : CANT
63
Bombast : RANT
64
Over : ENDED
65
Schliemann discovery : TROY
66
Postponement : STAY
67
"Audrey ___," recent best seller : ROSE
Down
1
Part for Londoners or F.D.R. : HYDE
2
OPEC member : IRAN
3
Adjust an upright : TUNE
4
Meager : SPARSE
5
Village : HAMLET
6
Late Queen of Jordan : ALIA
7
"La Belle Dame ___ Merci": Keats : SANS
8
Pickled items : PIGSFEET
9
Seismograph recording : TREMOR
10
Dill, e.g. : HERB
11
Graven image : IDOL
12
___ Parker : NOSY
13
Droop : SAG
20
Gas: Comb. form : AER
21
Hebrew month : ELUL
24
Word with Gables or Sea : CORAL
25
Two ___ (double-team strategy) : ONONE
26
Nile valley region : NUBIA
27
Chi. time : CST
28
" ... ___ you shall betray me": Matt. : ONEOF
29
Adversary : FOE
30
Few: Comb. form : OLIGO
31
Juan of Argentina : PERON
32
Player with Chance and Tinker : EVERS
37
Pullman and Van Winkle : SLEEPERS
38
M-G-M trademark : LEO
39
DI doubled : MII
41
Pop-ups, usually : OUTS
44
Merriment : GAIETY
45
Precision : NICETY
46
Summer quaff : ADE
47
Shred : TATTER
50
Covenant : PACT
51
"We've ___, an' a debt ... ": J. R. Lowell : AWAR
52
"Splitsville" : RENO
53
Q.E.D. part : ERAT
54
O'Neill's Christie : ANNA
55
It bisects Pisa : ARNO
56
Parts of scuttles : LIDS
57
Patella site : KNEE
58
Luckman of gridiron fame : SID

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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