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William D. Wilson
William D. Wilson

New York Times, Monday, January 13, 1975

1-Down : Opals and rubies

Author:
William D. Wilson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
William D. Wilson has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,284
Across
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Player or Cooper : GARY
5
Prepare lobsters : BOIL
9
Pass over : ELIDE
14
Essay name : ELIA
15
"The King ___" : ANDI
16
Disabled : LAMED
17
Land of the Twins: Abbr. : MINN
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Colorful song of 1939 : DEEPPURPLE
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Baranof Island town : SITKA
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Island in Oceania : RAPA
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Dizzy or Jimmy : DEAN
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Neck of land: Abbr. : ISTH
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Raced : TORE
28
Belgian river : LYS
29
Coal ___ : BIN
31
Former African area : TOGOLAND
34
Active : ONTHEGO
36
State of the Boilermakers : INDIANA
40
Physics or chemistry : SCIENCE
41
Popular pets : POODLES
42
Wild geese : CANADAS
43
Caribbean canoe : PIROGUE
44
Shoulder muscles : DELTOIDS
46
Out ___ limb : ONA
47
Opposite of neg. : POS
50
P.O. depts. : DLOS
51
Connery : SEAN
53
Indian meal : ATTA
55
Being: Lat. : ESSE
57
Type of croquet : ROQUE
60
Parts of harnesses : CHECKREINS
63
Least of the litter : RUNT
64
City in N. H. : KEENE
65
Small lizards : EFTS
66
Balkan name : TITO
67
Forest in "As You Like It" : ARDEN
68
Henna et al. : DYES
69
Oft-quoted author: Abbr. : ANON
Down
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Opals and rubies : GEMS
2
Others, to Caesar : ALII
3
Silent movie star : RINTINTIN
4
Pulls sharply : YANKS
5
___ Lands of South Dakota : BAD
6
Outstanding thing : ONER
7
Have an ___ (intend) : IDEATO
8
Florentine painter : LIPPOLIPPI
9
Chosen: Fr. : ELU
10
Shortening : LARD
11
Drive : IMPEL
12
Hold back : DELAY
13
Anthony et al. : EDENS
19
People with delusions : PARANOIDS
21
Listened to : ATTENDED
25
Farmer, at times : HOGCALLER
27
Check-signer : ENDORSER
29
Autumn pear : BOSC
30
Native of Peru : INCA
32
Deteriorates : GOESTOSEED
33
Caper : DIDO
35
Word with war or knuckle : HEAD
37
North American Indian : ALGONQUIN
38
Nine, in Bonn : NEUN
39
Cruising : ASEA
45
Become rigid : OSSIFY
47
___ wallop : PACKA
48
Different : OTHER
49
Mount : STEED
52
Vital body link : AORTA
54
Skin trouble : ACNE
56
Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
58
Biblical word : UNTO
59
Harrow's rival : ETON
61
Perception : KEN
62
Draft initials : SSS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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