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Mary Harris
Mary Harris

New York Times, Thursday, September 12, 1974

17-Across : Moving furtively

Author:
Mary Harris
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Mary Harris has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,161
Across
1
Deli offering : PASTRAMI
9
Rascal : SCAMP
14
Under criticism : ONTHEPAN
15
Secret doctrine : CABALA
17
Moving furtively : STEALING
18
Asian oil port : ABADAN
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Like a honky-tonk piano : TINNY
20
Before Atlantic or Pacific : TRANS
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Eur. country : ENG
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Easter ___ : EGG
24
Belgian city : GHENT
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Tick, for one : MITE
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Regretted : RUED
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Take time out : REST
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Mushroom delicacy : MOREL
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Honor : SALUTE
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Cocktail : SIDECAR
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Caterpillar's meal : LEAF
36
Stopper : CORK
37
Type of desk : ROLLTOP
40
Take the ___ : PLUNGE
44
Chairman's need : GAVEL
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Merriment : GLEE
47
Ring : PEAL
48
Declare : AVER
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Campus cap: Var. : BEANY
50
Bathing-suit part : BRA
51
Ford ex-aide J. F. ___ Horst : TER
52
Rendezvous : TRYST
53
Eat noisily : SLURP
55
Corrida victim : ELTORO
57
Works by an Italian master : TIEPOLOS
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Ski race : SLALOM
60
Restore dry farmland : IRRIGATE
61
Daisy : OXEYE
62
Clustered : CENTERED
Down
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Toulouse-Lautrec specialties : POSTERS
2
Leeward island : ANTIGUA
3
Famous Yankee-Met : STENGEL
4
Comparative word : THAN
5
Trust, with "on" : RELY
6
Bee: Prefix : API
7
"___ lifeboats!" : MANTHE
8
Entrance : INGRESS
9
Meager : SCANT
10
Taxis : CABS
11
Arabian garment : ABA
12
Sweet wine : MADEIRA
13
Container for ferns, etc. : PLANTER
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Backer : ANGEL
21
Frolicsome : ANTIC
24
Word for Peter or Alexander : GREAT
25
Scale model : MOCKUP
27
More boring : DULLER
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Blackbird : MERL
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Show and ___ : TELL
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Disney dwarf : DOPEY
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Stuffed shirt : FOGEY
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Resort near Amalfi : RAVELLO
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Burden excessively : OVERTAX
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Impressionable : PLASTIC
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Of a galaxy : NEBULAR
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Strangle : GARROTE
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Went by : ELAPSED
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Pearly ___ : GATES
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All : ENTIRE
49
Pasture grass : BROME
52
New York city : TROY
53
Point of land : SPIT
54
Theater part : LOGE
56
Rah! : OLE
58
Sea eagle : ERN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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