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Ben Finn
Ben Finn

New York Times, Monday, January 20, 1975

44-Down : ___ stay (not temporary)

Author:
Ben Finn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Ben Finn has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,291
Across
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Large shark : MAKO
5
Boom of a sort : SONIC
10
Get rid of : SHED
14
Opposed, hillbilly style : AGIN
15
"Plain and Fancy" folk : AMISH
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Scarlett's home : TARA
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___ majesty : LESE
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Musical greeting : HELLODOLLY
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More irritable : TESTIER
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Excites : AROUSES
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Herbert's was red : MILL
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Emulated a knight : KNELT
25
Goblet parts : STEMS
27
El ___ : CID
28
Swamp, in Britain : LETCH
32
"As You ___ It" : LIKE
33
Seaver of baseball : TOM
34
No more than : BARELY
35
Mountain in Crete : IDA
36
"___ Girl" : BLOOMER
38
Rorem : NED
39
Grumble : NATTER
41
Born: Fr. : NEE
42
Jewish month : ADAR
43
Collect here and there : GLEAN
44
Go whole ___ : HOG
45
Spanish month : ENERO
46
French novelist and family : GIDES
48
Scent : ODOR
49
Whirling dervish, e.g. : ROTATOR
52
Extend beyond : OVERLAP
55
Daisy-petal verdict : SHELOVESME
57
Tops : AONE
58
Beverage in Milano : VINO
59
Allen : ETHAN
60
Predatory bird : KITE
61
Half a popular game : PONG
62
Rises : SOARS
63
Rude person : SNIP
Down
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Beer ingredient : MALT
2
U.S. author : AGEE
3
Romantic directive to Hepburn : KISSMEKATE
4
Former : ONETIME
5
Tunisian coastal strip : SAHEL
6
Hebrew measure : OMER
7
Zero : NIL
8
Fire or Staten : ISLAND
9
Routine task : CHORE
10
More robust : STOUTER
11
Dutch painter : HALS
12
Gardner : ERLE
13
Salad and red-letter : DAYS
19
Washington bill : DOLLAR
21
French pronoun : ILS
24
Loose robes : KIMONOS
25
Arm décor in a ski lodge : SLING
26
Kind of wave : TIDAL
27
Partner of bill : COO
29
Meat-cut for a vice squad : TENDERLOIN
30
Net : CLEAR
31
Prefix for foil or chloride : HYDRO
33
Bank employee: Abbr. : TLR
34
Spelling or knitting : BEE
36
Il Duce : BENITO
37
Little Woman : MEG
40
Philippine native : TAGALOG
42
Eskimo garments : ANORAKS
44
___ stay (not temporary) : HERETO
45
Dutch town : EDE
47
Peace and mourning : DOVES
48
Heating places : OVENS
49
Initials on an invitation : RSVP
50
Midwest river : OHIO
51
Davy Crockett's birthplace: Abbr. : TENN
52
Persian poet : OMAR
53
Opposed : ANTI
54
"Not a ___ out of you" : PEEP
56
Wild sheep : SHA

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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