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New York Times, Tuesday, January 18, 1972

36-Down : Confuses

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
David Steinberg notes:

Original 15-Across clue had "Roger's"; corrected this to "Rogers's."

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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,193
Across
1
Beckoning call : COME
5
Chatter : PRATE
10
Encourages : AIDS
14
Part of an angle : APEX
15
Will Rogers's forte : HUMOR
16
Combo : TRIO
17
Heaven-___ : SENT
18
Concerned with nutrition : ALIMENTARY
20
Supports : ENDORSES
22
Riding horses : MOUNTS
23
Certain look : LEER
24
Daniel's associate : LION
25
Cheats in a way : SCALPS
28
Does better at the cash register : OUTSELLS
32
Hoffmann's output : TALES
33
Thick soup : PUREE
34
Tulsa's product : OIL
35
Lifeless : ARID
36
Parts of a diamond : BASES
37
Prefix for saur : DINO
38
Meadow : LEA
39
Factions : SECTS
40
Proof mark : CARET
41
Basic parts : ESSENCES
43
Mistakes : BONERS
44
Forty-niners' interest : GOLD
45
Seagoers' drink : GROG
46
Ravel composition : BOLERO
49
Britisher's pocket money : SHILLING
53
Upset : OVERTURNED
55
Inkling : IDEA
56
Indian title : RANI
57
Early U.S. jurist : DUANE
58
Model : NORM
59
Lanchester : ELSA
60
Fall months: Abbr. : SEPTS
61
Rounded lump : GLOB
Down
1
Inspect, as a joint : CASE
2
Above-board : OPEN
3
Recover : MEND
4
Praised : EXTOLLED
5
Moon stages : PHASES
6
Pencil-box item : RULER
7
Writer Kingsley : AMIS
8
One of the Jones boys : TOM
9
Loners : EREMITES
10
Bring into agreement : ATTUNE
11
Meshed's country : IRAN
12
Gossip : DIRT
13
Bean sauces : SOYS
19
Snare : NOOSE
21
Party men: Abbr. : REPS
24
Beguiles : LURES
25
Like some jokes : STALE
26
Concerns : CARES
27
Police-blotter word : ALIAS
28
Gives the gate : OUSTS
29
River of France : LOIRE
30
Baseball hit : LINER
31
Deer tracks : SLOTS
33
Walked : PACED
36
Confuses : BECLOUDS
37
Hanging loosely : DANGLING
39
Straight drink : SNORT
40
Dispassionate : COOL
42
Woman adviser : EGERIA
43
Wedding participants : BRIDES
45
Treaty city : GHENT
46
Dull fellow : BORE
47
Face shape : OVAL
48
Optical piece : LENS
49
Something easy : SNAP
50
Admired one : IDOL
51
Rex Stout character : NERO
52
Shank, in heraldry : GAMB
54
Regret : RUE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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