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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Friday, January 17, 1975

5-Down : Thaws

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 82, Blocks: 51, Avg Word Len: 4.24, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 38, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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K
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O
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,288
Across
1
Light color : CREAM
6
Kind of pole : TAD
9
Saratoga, e.g. : SPA
12
"Ici on ___ français" : PARLE
13
Aria : SOLO
14
Round-Table knight : KAY
15
"There once was ___" (start of a limerick) : AFELLOWOFCLYDE
18
Toiletry kit : ETUI
19
Bleaching vat : KIER
20
Choose : OPT
23
Worshiper of a Hindu god : SIVAIST
26
W. W. II agency : OPA
29
Dread : FEAR
31
Paleozoic ___ : ERA
32
Arthurian lady : ENID
33
"Who went to a ___" : FUNERALANDCRIED
38
Pot-au-___ : FEU
39
Scoreboard listing : OOO
40
"When they ___" : ASKEDWHOWASDEAD
49
Max or Buddy : BAER
50
At all : ANY
51
French pronoun : ELLE
52
Store-package initials : COD
53
"He stammered ___" : ANDSAID
57
Distant : FAR
58
Prefix for god or john : DEMI
60
Rolled tea: Var. : TSIA
62
"I don't know; I just ___" : CAMEFORTHERIDE
68
Greek letter : CHI
69
Makes lace : TATS
70
Dovetail part : TENON
71
Midwest time initials : CST
72
Time periods: Abbr. : YRS
73
Good-children's friend : SANTA
Down
1
Auditor: Abbr. : CPA
2
British W. W. II group : RAF
3
Prior to : ERE
4
Auk genus : ALLE
5
Thaws : MELTS
6
Overly : TOO
7
Landon : ALF
8
Loading places : DOCKS
9
Scottish terrier : SKYE
10
Italian innkeepers : PADRONI
11
Certain vote : AYE
13
Kind of chair : SWIVEL
16
French assent : OUI
17
Reading course, for short : LIT
20
Kind of color : OFF
21
Little: Fr. : PEU
22
Work on leather : TAN
24
Goddess of vengeance : ARA
25
Fleming : IAN
27
Dessert : PIE
28
Find the total : ADD
30
Assign : REFER
32
Eat away : ERODE
34
Word with cap or coat : RED
35
College-graduate group: Abbr. : AUW
36
___ good deed : DOA
37
Romaine : COS
40
Alphabet starter : ABC
41
___ Paulo : SAO
42
Elephant traps : KEDDAHS
43
Contained : HAD
44
Cricket positions : ONS
45
Earp et al. : WYATTS
46
Sprite : ELF
47
King or mode : ALA
48
German article : DER
53
French soul : AME
54
Classy : NIFTY
55
Somewhat: Suffix : ISH
56
Watches calories : DIETS
59
Discharge : EMIT
61
Tract : AREA
62
Depression org. : CCC
63
Kind of lock : OAR
64
Football linemen: Abbr. : RTS
65
Wayside, e.g. : INN
66
Period : DOT
67
Spanish queen : ENA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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