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Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg

New York Times, Monday, January 28, 1974

8-Down : Aim

Author:
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 13, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,934
Across
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U.S.M.A. man : CADET
6
Hope forte : GAGS
10
Tooted : BLEW
14
Put to shame : ABASH
15
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
16
Latvian city : RIGA
17
Island in the Pacific : LEYTE
18
Wild hog : BOAR
19
"___ and out" : OVER
20
Entangle : MESH
21
Smithereens : SPLINTERS
23
French season : ETE
26
Old exclamation : POH
27
Contending : STRIVING
32
Thaws : MELTS
36
Finial : EPI
37
One of the keys : MINOR
38
Macaw : ARARA
39
Fairy tale by 5, 10 and 31 Down : RUMPELSTILTSKIN
42
Slobber : DROOL
43
Recluse, cockney style : ERMIT
44
Kind of money : MAD
45
"___ whose hungry mouth is prest" : ATREE
46
Moderated : TEMPERED
48
Half a fly : TSE
50
Existing : ARE
51
Kind of fee : ADMISSION
57
Pouches : SACS
61
Secular : LAIC
62
Piano piece : NOLA
63
Simple ___ : SIMON
64
Early Peruvian : INCA
65
Tight and wide players : ENDS
66
Lizard : AGAMA
67
Duck : TEAL
68
Kind of weight : SASH
69
Successful : ONTOP
Down
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Serene : CALM
2
___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
3
___ of yore : DAYS
4
Biblical wife : ESTHER
5
See 39 across : THE
6
Talks on and on : GABS
7
Awry : ALOP
8
Aim : GOAL
9
Gaza ___ : STRIP
10
See 39 across : BROTHERS
11
Some TV shows : LIVE
12
Czech river : EGER
13
Crimean and Korean : WARS
22
"___ how you slice it ... " : NOMATTER
24
Eternal : TIMELESS
25
___ eye : EVIL
27
Shoot forth : SPURT
28
Pacific island : TIMOR
29
Magazine part : INSET
30
___ Dame : NOTRE
31
See 39 across : GRIMM
33
"Bell Song" opera : LAKME
34
Series of three : TRIAD
35
Spinach feature : SAND
36
"Rheingold" goddess : ERDA
40
Written in verse : POETICAL
41
Philippine city : LIPA
47
Concede defeat in chess : RESIGN
49
Early slaves : ESNES
51
Rested : ALIT
52
Great ___ : DANE
53
Mineral : MICA
54
College in N.Y. state : IONA
55
The "O" in Reo : OLDS
56
Name in humorous poetry : NASH
58
Word in Latin lesson : AMAT
59
Lake or Perry : COMO
60
Ginger ___ : SNAP
63
___ Paulo : SAO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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