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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

New York Times, Friday, September 3, 1976

40-Across : Absolve

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q Y }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,883
Across
1
Novelist Pierre : LOTI
5
___ Shankar : RAVI
9
Start of a toast : HERES
14
Make ___ for it : ARUN
15
Utopia : EDEN
16
"___ for Adano" : ABELL
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Alou or Helm : MATT
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Skilled chef : CORDONBLEU
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Dog-show accolade : BLUERIBBON
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Ditto : SAME
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Altar activity : RITE
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Moon vehicle : LEM
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Before omicrons : XIS
27
One of the leagues : LITTLE
30
Vivien or Janet : LEIGH
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"Life is just ___ of ... " : ABOWL
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Centennial year : HUNDREDTH
37
Before vidi : VENI
38
Peach, in Rome : PESCA
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Learning : LORE
40
Absolve : EXONERATE
42
Track man : MILER
43
Top sheiks : EMIRS
44
Combined funds : POOLED
45
Krazy ___ : KAT
48
Tennis round : SET
49
Pub missile : DART
50
At the peak of : ATOP
52
Minimal nest egg : SHOESTRING
57
Aubusson products : TAPESTRIES
59
Draft rating : ONEA
60
Heighten : EXALT
61
West Point initials : USMA
62
Carillon sound : PEAL
63
Tag notations : SIZES
64
Exploit : GEST
65
Poet Pound : EZRA
Down
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Caracul or mouton : LAMB
2
Mr. Roberts : ORAL
3
Fonteyn garb : TUTU
4
Braid : INTERTWINE
5
Say one's piece : RECITE
6
Hacienda brick : ADOBE
7
Parser's concern : VERB
8
Laziness : INDOLENCE
9
Author Suyin : HAN
10
Tidal refluxes : EBBS
11
Take it easy : RELAX
12
Lacquer resin : ELEMI
13
Turns on a pivot : SLUES
19
Silverware city : ONEIDA
21
Streamlet : RILL
25
Supervisor: Abbr. : MGR
27
Do ablutions : LAVE
28
Wild goat : IBEX
29
___ avail (uselessly) : TONO
30
Yearns after : LUSTS
31
Garden flower : HELIOTROPE
33
Fireside décor : HEARTHRUG
34
Barbie or Raggedy Ann : DOLL
35
Teak, for one : TREE
36
Cowboy's concern : HERD
38
Clergyman : PRIEST
41
German spa : EMS
42
Comic Sahl : MORT
44
"___ Your Own Risk" : PASSAT
45
"Shrew" roles : KATES
46
"Down to get you in ___ ... " : ATAXI
47
Yellow gem : TOPAZ
49
Judges : DEEMS
51
Soccer V.I.P. : PELE
53
Seine tributary : OISE
54
Don Juan's mother : INEZ
55
At hand : NEAR
56
Festive : GALA
58
Blvds. : STS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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