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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Wednesday, January 26, 1977

19-Down : Tool handles

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,028
Across
1
Malay prince : RAJAH
6
Ocean fish : OPAH
10
Mop : SWAB
14
In the bag : ONICE
15
Depend : RELY
16
Mexican fare : TACO
17
Like a librarian's job : BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
20
Master : LEARN
21
Capt. Corcoran's command : PINAFORE
22
Left Bank's river : SEINE
24
Balance : OFFSET
25
"For he heard the loud ___" : BASSOON
27
___ Anne de Beaupré : STE
28
Johnny of 1860's : REB
29
Nasty : SNIDE
31
Entangle : SNARE
35
Keats works : ODES
37
Reading course, for short : LIT
38
Mark : SCAR
39
Indian city : DELHI
41
Oodles : SCADS
44
Power agency : TVA
45
Pier org. : ILA
47
Elevate : UPRAISE
49
Universal : COSMIC
52
Trotsky and Errol : LEONS
53
Schubert work : AVEMARIA
55
Suffix for Dem or plut : OCRAT
58
Like Webster's work : LEXICOGRAPHICAL
61
Algonquian : CREE
62
Arias : SOLI
63
Earthy clay : OCHRE
64
Insubordination : SASS
65
Charon's river : STYX
66
Luster : SHEEN
Down
1
___ Roy : ROB
2
Indigo : ANIL
3
Agree : JIBE
4
In ___ by itself : ACLASS
5
Barbara Hutton for one : HEIRESS
6
Assn. : ORG
7
How this word fits in : PERPENDICULARLY
8
Kirghiz range : ALAI
9
God of sleep : HYPNOS
10
Sets : STIFFENS
11
Indians of Southwest : WACOS
12
Not ___ in this world : ACARE
13
Pianist Jorge : BOLET
18
Spanish or Bermuda : ONION
19
Tool handles : HAFTS
23
Short fibers : NOILS
25
The Venerable ___ : BEDE
26
Spy of post-W.W. II era : ABEL
28
Hot or divining : ROD
30
Storehouse : ETAPE
32
Takes steps : ACTS
33
Kind of review : RAVE
34
Time period : ERA
36
Emulates Sister Kate : SHIMMIES
40
Of the pelvis : ILIAC
42
Hang down : DROOP
43
Panza and others : SANCHOS
46
Come ___ (happen onto) : ACROSS
48
Has wealth : ISRICH
49
Prefixes for limestones : CALCS
50
___ barrel : OVERA
51
Male and female : SEXES
54
"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
56
Yearn : ACHE
57
Biblical weed : TARE
59
___-la-Chapelle : AIX
60
Bernstein, to friends : LEN

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

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