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Manny Miller
Manny Miller

New York Times, Tuesday, September 7, 1976

15-Across : Stem joints

Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B Q }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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J
2
I
3
N
4
X
5
A
6
C
7
A
8
S
9
E
10
S
11
I
12
G
13
H
14
O
D
E
R
15
N
O
D
E
S
16
H
A
L
O
17
L
E
V
A
18
D
R
O
P
T
19
H
E
G
U
N
20
T
E
E
T
21
H
I
N
G
22
H
E
L
O
T
23
R
E
A
R
S
24
S
E
A
L
25
H
26
A
N
D
T
O
27
C
O
R
D
O
28
N
29
E
30
D
31
A
C
E
32
E
N
33
D
O
F
34
S
U
E
D
E
35
L
A
V
36
A
37
S
U
M
A
38
C
39
T
W
I
N
40
E
R
E
C
41
T
42
S
O
R
A
43
S
44
O
C
T
45
D
E
R
R
I
46
C
K
S
47
S
T
48
A
R
T
S
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O
N
L
Y
50
S
H
I
L
L
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M
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A
N
G
O
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P
E
E
R
L
E
54
S
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S
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L
A
Z
Y
S
U
57
S
A
N
S
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O
A
T
H
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A
D
A
M
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D
O
R
S
I
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U
N
A
U
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P
E
N
S
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S
I
R
E
N
64
T
S
G
T
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,887
Across
1
Bring bad luck to : JINX
5
Have ___ on : ACASE
10
Yearn : SIGH
14
Stettin's river : ODER
15
Stem joints : NODES
16
ID for an angel : HALO
17
Bulgarian coins : LEVA
18
Cop's order to holdup man : DROPTHEGUN
20
Ring for infants : TEETHING
22
Slave : HELOT
23
Raises : REARS
24
Water-circus principal : SEAL
25
___-mouth : HANDTO
27
Formed a protective line around : CORDONED
31
One-stroke score : ACE
32
___ the line (last stop) : ENDOF
34
Jacket material : SUEDE
35
Fluid rock : LAVA
37
Common shrub : SUMAC
39
Remus, to Romulus : TWIN
40
Upright : ERECT
42
Marsh birds : SORAS
44
Eight: Prefix : OCT
45
Oil-well equipment : DERRICKS
47
Pitching assignments : STARTS
49
Partner of one : ONLY
50
Con-artist's aide : SHILL
51
Tropical fruit : MANGO
53
Without equal : PEERLESS
56
Food trays : LAZYSUSANS
58
Egad, for example : OATH
59
First father : ADAM
60
Back: Prefix : DORSI
61
Two-toed sloth : UNAU
62
Writes : PENS
63
Warning whistle : SIREN
64
N.C.O. : TSGT
Down
1
Sudden shock : JOLT
2
___ fixe : IDEE
3
Peter's land : NEVERNEVER
4
Like a porn film : XRATED
5
Fireplace pieces : ANDIRONS
6
Foot woes : CORNS
7
"It shouldn't happen to ___" : ADOG
8
End of summer: Abbr. : SEP
9
Williams : ESTHER
10
Hand over money : SHELLOUT
11
"Othello" character : IAGO
12
Satiate : GLUT
13
Affectionate term : HON
19
Coin-toss call : HEADS
21
Loathing : HATE
24
Until now : SOFAR
25
Forced, as into court : HALED
26
"Not ___ in the world" : ACARE
27
Perry and others : COMOS
28
City way down yonder : NEWORLEANS
29
Proclamation : EDICT
30
Auto-body shop concerns : DENTS
33
Shadowy : DUSKY
36
NATO and AWOL, e.g. : ACRONYMS
38
Returns the chips : CASHESIN
41
High-pitched sounds : TINGS
43
Move : STIR
46
Silver-lining items : CLOUDS
48
Total : ALLOUT
50
Certain organs : SENSE
51
Assured of success : MADE
52
Muezzin's prayer call : AZAN
53
Young salmon : PARR
54
Kind of party : STAG
55
Kind of eye : SHUT
56
Once around : LAP
57
French pronoun : SOI

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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