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Sinnreich
Sinnreich

New York Times, Friday, January 2, 1976

53-Down : African tree

Author:
Sinnreich
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Sinnreich has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Constructor's name was hard to read; this is the best guess.

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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,638
Across
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Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
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Shows wear, as a chair cushion : SAGS
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Progeny of an old block : CHIP
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Yugoslav native : CROAT
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Guy Fawkes's forte : PLOT
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Window part : PANE
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Well-known drudge : CINDERELLA
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Status quo ___ bellum : ANTE
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Clocked : TIMED
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Bedroom piece : DRESSER
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Bull-rider of myth : EUROPA
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Thus, to Caesar : ITA
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Prior to : ERE
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Roman 1501 : MDI
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Harvest goddess : OPS
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Haul : LUG
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Hallucinogen : LSD
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Word with after or new : MATH
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Condescended : STOOPED
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Alaskan native : ALEUT
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Common-Market initials : EEC
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Kind of transit : RAPID
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Custom-made in London : BESPOKE
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___ chance (no way) : NOTA
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Mil. man : SGT
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Turntable abbr. : RPM
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Holy day: Abbr. : SAB
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Handed or headed : RED
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Kind of text or cursor : PRE
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Bill's partner : COO
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Stomach: Prefix : GASTRO
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Composer Victor : HERBERT
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"Thar she ___!" : BLOWS
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Heating vessel : ETNA
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Victims of 8 Down : THREEBEARS
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Estate or life : REAL
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Poetic times : EENS
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Good-by : ADIOS
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She, in Paris : ELLE
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Mild oath : DRAT
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Moisten : BEDEW
Down
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Grammar case: Abbr. : ACC
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Dernier ___ : CRI
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Penitent : CONTRITE
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TV's brother : RADIO
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Musical direction : ATEMPO
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Rushed : SPED
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Still and ___ : ALL
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Well-known intruder : GOLDILOCKS
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Turn on, as an engine : STARTUP
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Auditors: Abbr. : CPAS
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Well-known oven user : HANSEL
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Buries : INTERS
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Looked closely : PEERED
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Gathers : REAPS
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Rarin' to go : EAGER
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Anarchist Goldman : EMMA
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System of land tenure : UDAL
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Exploiter of 17 Across : STEPMOTHER
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Center of activity : HUB
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Fed. aid agency : OEO
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Mr. Beard : DAN
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Canonical hour : TERCE
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Mideast city : PORTSAID
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Passage, in anatomy : ITER
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Pedestal part : DADO
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Displayed : SPORTED
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National emblem : EAGLE
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Celestial music maker : SPHERE
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Co-conspirator of 11 Down : GRETEL
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Threefold : TERNAL
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African tree : BAOBAB
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Bergman, e.g. : SWEDE
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Poetic misery : BALE
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Overcome : BEST
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Nucleic-acid initials : RNA
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Small deer : ROE
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Compass point : SSW

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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