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Bill Hartman
Bill Hartman

LITERAL APPROACH

New York Times, Sunday, September 21, 1975

73-Across : Oil plant

Author:
Bill Hartman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 108, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 648 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 110, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Bill Hartman has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original solution grid had ULM and ASARMM at 126-Across and 103-Down, respectively; corrected to ULU and ASARUM.

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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,535
Across
1
Loiter : LOAF
5
It's usually four : PAR
8
Jack of clubs : PAM
11
Quick : APT
14
Soft drink : POP
17
Bullets, etc. : AMMO
18
Eastern V.I.P. : AGA
19
Bean, to Vergil : FABA
20
___ the piper : PAY
21
Musical passage : CODA
22
Disapproved : TABU
23
Parrot, e.g. : REPEATER
25
Undo one's sewing : RIP
26
Chick and fire : SALES
27
Portions : SHARES
29
Inbred entry : TWENTYNINEACROSS
32
Prefix for naut : ASTRO
33
Pitching stat : ERA
34
Sharp blow : JOLT
35
Dull surface : MAT
36
Climb in a way : SHIN
37
Ring champ : ALI
38
Insult, in England : CAG
39
Takes in : EMBRACES
44
Rock-vein angle : HADE
45
Bulrush : TULE
46
Coat part: Abbr. : LNG
47
Miss ___ Rio of films : DEL
48
Chem. prefix : OXA
49
Out-of-date one : DODO
50
Myra or Rudolf : HESS
51
Colors : HUES
52
Signal : CUE
53
Smart sayings : MOTS
54
Gaylord Ravenal's milieu : SHOWBOAT
56
Letters : CEES
57
Mount, out West : HOSS
58
Drinks : ALES
59
Things often cut : CORNERS
60
Dove or cotton : TAIL
61
Function : ROLE
62
Blazing : AFIRE
63
"Guys and Dolls" doll : ADELAIDE
65
Large bird : EMU
66
___ Fein : SINN
67
Observation on the ad era : THEMEDIUMISTHEMESSAGE
73
Oil plant : RAPE
74
Thai isthmus : KRA
75
Singer's lapse : SOURNOTE
76
Prepared fruit : CORED
77
Berlin number : NEUN
78
Sea birds : ERNS
79
Rhine menace : LORELEI
84
Impolite : RUDE
85
Barnyard sounds : BAAS
86
Boating hazard : SNAG
87
Most sullied : DIRTIEST
88
Banking abbrs. : INTS
89
Stupid one : ASS
90
English city : BATH
91
Ship wood : TEAK
92
Gang weapons : GATS
93
Environment: Prefix : ECO
94
While, for short : THO
95
Scottish county : AYR
96
Parlor plant : FERN
97
Graduate degrees : PHDS
98
Sinner-no-more : REPENTER
101
Bashful : COY
102
Branch : ARM
103
Can. province : ALTA
104
___ pros : NOL
105
Kind of collar : ETON
107
Taconite, e.g. : ORE
108
Dictum : SAYSO
110
Literal entry : HUNDREDTENACROSS
116
"___ band played on" : ANDTHE
118
Incas' home : ANDES
119
Physicist of note : OHM
120
Nullifying law : REPEALER
122
Mr. Roberts : ORAL
123
Beer foam : HEAD
124
Dine : SUP
125
George et al. : ADES
126
Eskimo knife : ULU
127
Friendly : WARM
128
Solicit : ASK
129
German spa : EMS
130
D.C. title : SEN
131
Tire part : RIM
132
Humorist Bill and others : NYES
Down
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Old Baltic coins : LATS
2
U.S. city : OMAHA
3
High-level agent : AMBASSADOR
4
Last chance for the Jets : FOURTHDOWN
5
Weems or bird : PARSON
6
Stone, e.g. : AGE
7
Enthralled : RAPT
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Ganges city : PATNA
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Give backing to : ABET
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Girls' shoes : MARYJANES
11
Kind of fool : APRIL
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Totem pole, e.g. : PAINTEDCOLUMN
13
Roman or italic : TYPE
14
Sport : POLO
15
Keats works : ODES
16
Soldier's want : PASS
19
Spenser's Queen : FAERIE
21
Magna ___ : CARTA
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Actor Tom et al. : EWELLS
26
Blemish : SCAR
28
Niagara Falls feeder : ERIE
30
Egg drinks: Var. : NOGGS
31
Saunters : AMBLES
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Eur. country : AUST
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French river : MEUSE
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Like an iced drink : COOLING
42
Nonresident hospital worker : EXTERNE
43
Bailer: Fr. : SASSE
44
Jolly sound : HOHO
45
Annoyed : TEASED
49
Mil. award : DSC
50
Tatar group : HORDE
51
Girl of fiction : HEIDI
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"Godfather" group : MAFIA
55
Showed joy : BEAMED
56
Alligator : CAIMAN
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Round-trippers : HOMERS
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Zodiac sign : TAURUS
61
Moved, as a painting : REHUNG
62
Declare : ASSERT
64
Conspicuous : LIKEASORETHUMB
67
Defeat solidly : TROUNCE
68
Type of auto : HARDTOP
69
Fencing pieces : EPEES
70
Pentateuch : TORAH
71
Windborne : EOLIAN
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Baby bird : STORK
76
Town herald of old : CRIER
77
English satirist : NASHE
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Result of eight bowlers' strikes : EIGHTYDOWN
81
Influence badly : LEADASTRAY
82
Superlative endings : ESTS
83
"___ your move" : ITS
85
Bull Run or Hastings : BATTLE
86
Certain good-byes : SAYONARAS
87
Skin: Suffix : DERM
90
Essayist Francis : BACON
91
Spanish saint : TERESA
96
Danish islands : FAROES
97
Design : PLAN
99
"The song is ___" : ENDED
100
Connectives : NORS
103
Wild ginger : ASARUM
106
Time, in France : TEMPS
107
British painter : ORPEN
109
Midwest airport : OHARE
110
Sunk fence : HAHA
111
French numbers : UNES
112
State: Abbr. : NDAK
113
Measure : DOSE
114
Grant : CEDE
115
Insult : SLUR
117
Trees : ELMS
121
Whitney : ELI

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 11 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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