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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Thursday, January 2, 1975

18-Down : Ill-defined

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F J W X Y }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,273
Across
1
City of Italia : ROMA
5
Kind of hand : GLAD
9
Agreements : PACTS
14
"My Name Is ___" : ARAM
15
Finnish poem : RUNE
16
___-ease : ILLAT
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Well-known cape : CANAVERAL
19
Where Greeks gathered : AGORA
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New Jersey city : ELIZABETH
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Pries : NOSES
22
Make a bridge error : RENEGE
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Hole ___ : INONE
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U.N. member : USSR
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Crouching : ASQUAT
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Fur item : STOLE
35
Foot: Prefix : PEDI
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Capable of : UPTO
38
Nose: Prefix : NASO
39
Vichy Premier : LAVAL
40
Particle : IOTA
41
Musical part : ALTO
42
Girl from Madrid : INEZ
43
Year, for Caesar : ANNUS
44
Refresh : PERKUP
46
Shakespearean parent : LEAR
48
Like ___ (probably) : ASNOT
50
Fix potholes : REPAVE
55
Ornamentation : DECOR
57
Range near 1 Across : APENNINES
60
Kicking's partner : ALIVE
61
Fifths at bridge : KIBITZERS
62
Takes it easy : LAZES
63
Power source: Abbr. : ELEC
64
Grey : ZANE
65
Like some gases : INERT
66
Antitoxins : SERA
67
Greek god : ARES
Down
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Certain horse : RACER
2
Pontiff's cape : ORALE
3
___ the street : MANIN
4
Dumfound : AMAZE
5
Diving birds : GREBES
6
Angler's need : LURE
7
Medical study: Abbr. : ANAT
8
India's Old or New : DELHI
9
Instruments : PIANOS
10
Indian of Canada : ALGONQUIN
11
Approach : CLOSEUPON
12
Weight allowance : TARE
13
Train stops: Abbr. : STAS
18
Ill-defined : VAGUE
24
Fasten : NAIL
26
Bridge : SPAN
27
Frolic : REVEL
29
Aleutian island : ATTU
30
Pacific trees : TOAS
31
Kind of judgment : SNAP
32
___ of woe : TALE
33
Banish : OSTRACIZE
34
Examines : LOOKSOVER
36
Confuse : DAZE
39
Chinese poet : LIPO
43
Common contraction : ARENT
45
Ferment : UNREST
47
Trainer's aid : ARNICA
49
Movie units : TAKES
51
Popular snack : PIZZA
52
Close, in poems : ANEAR
53
Nemo's creator : VERNE
54
Letters : ESSES
55
Spanish artist : DALI
56
Dash : ELAN
58
Atomic ___ : PILE
59
Boar: Ger. : EBER

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

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