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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Saturday, January 22, 1977

42-Down : Mo of Arizona

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,024
Across
1
Snakes : ASPS
5
Oaf : LOUT
9
Metrical foot : IAMB
13
Old gray animal : MARE
14
Buffalo : ARNA
15
Doubleday : ABNER
16
Kind of school: Abbr. : ELEM
17
Problem for A.A. : DIPSOMANIA
19
Get-together : SOCIALGATHERING
21
For the ___ : NONCE
22
Former Brazilian coins : REIS
23
Combed : CARDED
25
Hawk : OSPREY
30
French river : LOIRE
32
Garment : TOGA
34
Steeps : RETS
35
C'est ___ : AMOI
36
Church law : CANON
37
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
38
Grimace : MOUE
39
King : ALAN
40
Fur : OTTER
41
Play ___ : POSSUM
43
Safari employee : BEATER
45
Nursery-rhyme locale : DELL
47
Clergyman : VICAR
49
Politician's concern : PRIMARYELECTION
55
Beats decisively : OUTCLASSES
56
Asian country: Prefix : INDO
57
Slow one : SNAIL
58
Examine carefully : SIFT
59
Mask : VEIL
60
Sun: Prefix : HELI
61
Pilaster : ANTA
62
Ferber : EDNA
Down
1
Singer Ed : AMES
2
Drawing room : SALON
3
Like a smart child : PRECOCIOUS
4
Schools : SEMINARIES
5
Spooned : LADLED
6
First: Abbr. : ORIG
7
Outrage : UNPARDONABLESIN
8
Sip : TASTE
9
Construction piece : IBAR
10
Roman years : ANNI
11
Chow ___ : MEIN
12
Blow one's horn : BRAG
15
In ___ (confused) : AMESS
18
Cleveland native : OHIOAN
20
Israeli city : ACRE
24
Common Latin abbr. : ETAL
26
Kind of custody : PROTECTIVE
27
Moderate : RESTRAINED
28
Little: Suffix : ETTE
29
Belgian river : YSER
30
Light : LAMP
31
Melville opus : OMOO
33
Vanished : GONE
36
"I Am a ___" : CAMERA
40
Of the ear : OTIC
42
Mo of Arizona : UDALL
44
Sacred religious writings : AVESTA
46
Rabies : LYSSA
48
Noted sculptor : RODIN
49
Luxurious : POSH
50
Finnish poem : RUNE
51
Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
52
Twelfth-century date : MCII
53
Kind of wing : LEFT
54
Big-band theme song : NOLA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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