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Stephen Rosskamm Shalom
Stephen Rosskamm Shalom

New York Times, Friday, September 2, 1977

34-Across : "Seldom comes ___ laughing home"

Author:
Stephen Rosskamm Shalom
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Stephen Rosskamm Shalom has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,247
Across
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Harsh; surly : GRUFF
6
Put into type : SET
9
Rover's offering : PAW
12
Mrs. Abzug : BELLA
13
State : UTTER
15
___ carte : ALA
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Slowpoke : SNAIL
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Likely to fall : SHAKY
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Mythical bird : ROC
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Henny Youngman gag : ONELINER
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Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
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"Tusitala" : RLS
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Truth, to Keats : BEAUTY
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Atrocious : BAD
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"Tell ___ the Marines!" : ITTO
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Not so new or fresh : STALER
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"Seldom comes ___ laughing home" : ALOAN
36
Bryce Canyon is here : UTAH
38
Reside : LIVE
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Where to find hidden meanings : BETWEENTHELINES
42
Broadway group : ANTA
43
Hupmobile contemporaries : REOS
44
Lifeless : INERT
45
Emitted smoke or fumes : REEKED
47
Lament : MOAN
49
Wall and Main: Abbr. : STS
50
Sabotage a train : DERAIL
52
Blind ___, of "Treasure Island" : PEW
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Pooh's creator : MILNE
56
Hits a drive that is caught : LINESOUT
60
Here, in Le Havre : ICI
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Wouk ship : CAINE
63
Oligophrenic : MORON
65
Against : CON
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Aligned : TRUED
67
Hersey town : ADANO
68
Compass direction : ENE
69
Maker of extra-long trousers : SAM
70
Drip-dry material : NYLON
Down
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Famed literary initials : GBS
2
Nevada separation center : RENO
3
___ Ude, U.S.S.R. city : ULAN
4
Risky venture : FLIER
5
Designer's autumn offerings : FALLLINE
6
Gaze : STARE
7
Comic-strip exclamation : EEK
8
Test : TRYOUT
9
Some dogmas or phones : PARTYLINES
10
Relative of a yucca : ALOE
11
Site of Baylor University : WACO
13
Seabees' outfit : USN
14
Corporation's ultimate concern : THEBOTTOMLINE
20
Adherent : IST
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Former "Pravda" editor : STALIN
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Tennis star : ASHE
26
Storied pachyderm : BABAR
27
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
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Place to sign on : DOTTEDLINE
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Air : TUNE
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Tennis star : EVERT
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Takes a breather : RESTS
35
Rouse : AWAKEN
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Charlie Chan words : AHSO
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Earth goddess : ERDA
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Football official : LINESMAN
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Builds : ERECTS
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Zoo attraction : APE
51
Pelvic bone : ILIUM
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Herman or Allen : WOODY
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Mickey and Minnie : MICE
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Byzantine image : ICON
57
Composer Rorem : NED
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Chkalov's river : URAL
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Up ___ good : TONO
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Parseghian : ARA
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___ sequitur : NON

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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