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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

New York Times, Wednesday, January 22, 1975

4-Down : Participates

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,293
Across
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Anguished sound : SOB
4
Thurmond : STROM
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Genetic acid : DNA
12
Type of joint : CLIP
14
Swiss girl of fiction : HEIDI
15
Biblical king : SAUL
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Prefix for naut : AERO
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Potter's clay : ARGIL
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Wound : HURT
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Money plus brains : DOLLARSANDSENSE
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Quaker word : THEE
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Consumer : EATER
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Kind of chair or dance : MORRIS
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Read hastily : SKIM
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" ... told by an ___" : IDIOT
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Specialized diners : CANNIBALS
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Musical piece : SOLO
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Constellation : ORION
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Essayist : ELIA
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Incisive : TRENCHANT
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Speed-trap gear : RADAR
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Diplomats: Abbr. : AMBS
43
Delay : RETARD
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Bean : ORSON
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Mystical one : SEER
49
Chicken feed : NICKELSANDDIMES
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European basin : SAAR
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Miss Dickinson : ANGIE
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Relief org. : CARE
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Alcoholic heater : ETNA
60
Civil War general : MEADE
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"Come back to ___ ... " : ERIN
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Do lacework : TAT
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Pertinent : ADREM
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Tennis word : LET
Down
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Warm-water fish : SCAD
2
Shortening : OLEO
3
Compete at logrolling : BIRL
4
Participates : SHARES
5
Concentrated : TERSE
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Baltic gulf : RIGA
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Frigg's husband : ODIN
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Word for an oath such as "drat" : MILD
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Intimidate : DAUNT
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Take care of : NURSE
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___ ego : ALTER
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Coward : POLTROON
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Eastern stadium : SHEA
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Make ___ (go over well) : AHIT
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Truck, for short : SEMI
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Rain's relative : MIST
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Fragrance : ODOR
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Irritate : RILE
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Pitcher Johnny and family : SAINS
28
Bowline : KNOT
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Tavern : INN
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Complain : CRAB
32
Dante's friend : BEATRICE
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Alan or Robert : ALDA
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Tale-teller : LIAR
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Chalcedony : SARD
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Electrical unit : OHM
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Malacca : CANE
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Clarinet : REED
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Cash in, as trading stamps : REDEEM
44
Beginning : ONSET
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Cowboy gear : RIATA
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Meager : SCANT
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Soup ingredient : OKRA
48
Kind of remark : SNIDE
50
Asian priest : LAMA
51
Lop, in Scotland : SNED
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Culture base : AGAR
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Fertilizer : MARL
54
Penna. port : ERIE
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Dispatched : SENT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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