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Sophie Fierman
Sophie Fierman

New York Times, Friday, September 19, 1975

44-Across : Does a double-take

Author:
Sophie Fierman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Sophie Fierman has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,533
Across
1
Food for a mill : GRIST
6
Traffic sign : SLOW
10
Part of a hat : BRIM
14
Remainder: Fr. : RESTE
15
Marco ___ : POLO
16
Mother of Castor : LEDA
17
Dine, in Germany : ESSEN
18
Maple genus : ACER
19
Sacred image : ICON
20
Cocky answer to a threat : YOUANDWHOELSE
23
Simple: Abbr. : ELEM
24
Letters : ENS
25
Native of Caucasia : OSSET
28
Blush : REDDEN
30
Overly : TOO
32
Cho-Cho-___ : SAN
33
Footstool : OTTOMAN
36
Dry run : TEST
37
Challenging words : COMEONOUTSIDE
40
Fingal's ___ : CAVE
41
Go over again : ITERATE
42
Pindar forte : ODE
43
Fuss : ADO
44
Does a double-take : REACTS
48
Menaces of Hitchcock film : BIRDS
50
Merry, in Paris : GAI
52
Okinawa city : NAHA
53
Impertinent retort : SOSYOUROLDMAN
57
Famed waterway : SUEZ
59
Spoken : ORAL
60
Fred's sister : ADELE
61
Kind of club : GLEE
62
Relinquished : GAVE
63
Auto parts, in London : TYRES
64
Water bird : TERN
65
Collections of sayings : ANAS
66
Sleeve wear for some : HEART
Down
1
More hoary : GREYER
2
Do shoe repairing : RESOLE
3
Emerged : ISSUED
4
Boiler chamber : STEAMDOME
5
Neighbor of Miss. : TENN
6
Give rise to : SPAWN
7
Ness, etc. : LOCHS
8
Table item : OLEO
9
Weakened : WORE
10
Ecstasy : BLISS
11
Like a niche : RECESSED
12
Nuptial words : IDO
13
Irving Wallace's "The ___" : MAN
21
Toothlike : DENTOID
22
Card game : LOO
26
Lessen : EASE
27
Explosive : TNT
29
French season : ETE
30
Bull: Prefix : TAUR
31
Toronto's lake : ONTARIO
34
Aware of : ONTO
35
One of the Stooges : MOE
36
Method of spot staining : TIEANDDYE
37
Moslem judge : CADI
38
Foreman : OVERSEER
39
___ Marie : STE
40
Male swan : COB
43
Fool : ASS
45
Tourist's neckwear : CAMERA
46
Old German coin : THALER
47
Most reasonable : SANEST
49
"The Dirty ___" : DOZEN
50
Jelly fruit : GUAVA
51
City on the Rhone : ARLES
54
Mystic exercise : YOGA
55
Medit. port : ORAN
56
Strip of wood : LATH
57
Noncom : SGT
58
Diminutive suffix : ULE

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

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