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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Tuesday, January 20, 1976

10-Down : Piece

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,656
Across
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___ ground (regress) : LOSE
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Big success : SMASH
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Blue or poker : CHIP
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To ___ : AMAN
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Put aside : PIGEONHOLE
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Proceeds steadily : HOLDSONESCOURSE
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Seafood delicacy : ROE
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Greek goddess : ERIS
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Kind of tube : INNER
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Barracudas : SPETS
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___ out (spend) : FORK
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Network : LACIS
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"___ were the days" : THOSE
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Greek letter : CHI
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Key : ISLET
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Fatha Hines : EARL
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Hangar : SHED
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In ___ (eventually) : THECOURSEOFTIME
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Present : HERE
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Jets : SSTS
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Where strikes are appreciated : LANES
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Arctic native: Abbr. : ESK
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Influence : GETAT
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Abounding in: Suffix : ULENT
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Foot: Prefix : PEDO
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Arctic sights : FLOES
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Nora's creator : IBSEN
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Tale-teller : LIAR
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___ up (delight in) : EAT
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Let things ___ (leave alone) : TAKETHEIRCOURSE
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One shifted to a new post : TRANSFEREE
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___-do-well : NEER
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Stable-owner's purchase : OATS
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Kind of conscious : CLASS
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Cheese : EDAM
Down
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Memorable comic : LAHR
2
Melville creation : OMOO
3
Store employee : SALESCLERK
4
Result : END
5
Kind of shirt : SPORT
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Cares for : MINISTERSTO
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Stone et al. : AGES
8
His, in Le Mans : SES
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Ad ___ : HOC
10
Piece : CHUNK
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___ in (interfere) : HORN
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Girl's name in Bonn : ILSE
13
Titled one : PEER
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Black, in France : NOIRE
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Looks after : SEESTO
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Word with work or meal : PIECE
24
Rangers' concerns : FORESTFIRES
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European capital : OSLO
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Supple : LITHE
27
Residue : ASHES
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___ luego (good-by) : HASTA
30
Color : CHINESERED
31
Virile ones : HEMEN
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Common Latin phrase : IDEST
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Like some jokes : STALE
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Put into practice : USED
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Chemical prefix : FLUORO
43
Chaps : GENTS
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Hammer parts : PEENS
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Spikes the punch : LACES
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"Tell ___ the Marines" : ITTO
49
Theda : BARA
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Card game : SKAT
51
European money : LIRA
53
Bewildered : ASEA
54
Duration : TERM
56
Electrical abbr. : HFC
57
Slippery one : EEL
58
French article : UNE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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