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Will Shortz
Will Shortz

New York Times, Friday, September 26, 1975

37-Across : Hindu legendary hero

Author:
Will Shortz
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Will Shortz has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,540
Across
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Femur, tibia, etc. : OSSA
5
Author of "La Peste" : CAMUS
10
Site in Sicily : ETNA
14
Fuel : PEAT
15
Take effect : INURE
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Charlie ___ : CHAN
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Not slack : TAUT
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Word to a sneezer : GESUNDHEIT
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Star-shaped : STELLATE
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Food, shelter, etc. : NEEDS
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Bring up : REAR
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Circus animal : SEAL
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Crooked : ASKEW
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___ and so : THUS
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Captains, majors, etc.: Abbr. : OFFS
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Child's card game : WAR
35
Do the 100-yard dash : SPRINT
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Hindu legendary hero : NALA
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"Woe is me" : ALAS
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Cotton thread : LISLE
41
Hypocrisy : SHAM
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Disorderly flight : ROUT
43
Clothes : ATTIRE
45
Part of a glass : RIM
46
Being, in Spain : ENTE
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Piquancy : ZEST
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Maudlin : BEERY
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Way off : AFAR
52
Beethoven's birthplace : BONN
53
Passageway : AISLE
56
Kidnap : SHANGHAI
60
All-out attack : BLITZKRIEG
63
Fish : EELS
64
Vietnam's ___ Dinh : BINH
65
Score for Nicklaus : EAGLE
66
M.G.M. symbol : LION
67
"___ does it" : EASY
68
Corrupt : VENAL
69
Editor's mark : STET
Down
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Chooses : OPTS
2
Do ushering : SEAT
3
Friend of pigs' knuckles : SAUERKRAUT
4
Former British P.M. : ATTLEE
5
Havana : CIGAR
6
Dill herb : ANET
7
Clio, Erato or Urania : MUSE
8
S.A. country : URU
9
Japanese coin : SEN
10
Plane formations : ECHELONS
11
"Of ___ I sing" : THEE
12
Freshwater worm : NAID
13
Aardvark's fare : ANTS
19
Nucleic-acid initials : DNA
21
Capitol products : LAWS
24
Like a solarium : SUNLIT
25
Lab compound : ESTER
26
Cognizant : AWARE
27
Beauty ___ : SALON
28
More hackneyed : TRITER
29
Calls for quiet : HISTS
31
Counterpart of Celsius : FAHRENHEIT
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Knack : FLAIR
33
Mr. Davis : SAMMY
36
Public square : PLAZA
39
Furtive : STEALTHY
44
Black : EBON
49
Famous German socialist : ENGELS
51
Cap : FEZ
52
Bread roll : BAGEL
53
French cleric : ABBE
54
Pelvic bones : ILIA
55
Does wrong : SINS
56
"Stop," for one : SIGN
57
Loki's daughter : HELA
58
Bitter drug : ALOE
59
Common contraction : ISNT
61
Electrical abbr. : KEV
62
Arctic explorer : RAE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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