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Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston

New York Times, Monday, January 6, 1975

12-Down : Sign gas

Author:
Jay Livingston
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jay Livingston has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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L
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H
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,277
Across
1
Clark : GABLE
6
Official records : ACTA
10
Nota ___ : BENE
14
"Do ___ a Waltz?" : IHEAR
15
Author Anita : LOOS
16
Tools : AXES
17
Relative of Handy Andy : JOHNNYONTHESPOT
20
Palm leaves: Var. : OLAS
21
French handle : ANSE
22
Pooh's creator : MILNE
23
Poetic contraction : EEN
24
Family ___ : TREE
25
Andes tableland : PUNO
26
"One spade," e.g. : BID
27
Greek letters : RHOS
29
Ways: Abbr. : RDS
32
Like Adeline or Sue : SWEET
35
Explorer Hedin : SVEN
36
Main dish, often : MEAT
37
Nonentities : TOMDICKANDHARRY
40
Surprised cry : OOPS
41
Producers' goals : HITS
42
Auto of yore : ESSEX
43
Boxing name : ALI
44
Portrayer of Mr. Hulot : TATI
45
One way to stand : PAT
46
Picnic postponer : RAIN
48
Aroma : ODOR
50
Controlling group: Abbr. : MGT
53
Heeling over : ALIST
55
Antelopes : GNUS
56
Israeli dance : HORA
57
Non-master : JACKOFALLTRADES
60
Son of Shem : ARAM
61
Gemstone : OPAL
62
Deal with : TREAT
63
Anger : RILE
64
Certain seats : PEWS
65
Like pretzels : SALTY
Down
1
W.W. II dogface : GIJOE
2
Score ___ in one : AHOLE
3
Brendan : BEHAN
4
Swedish districts : LANS
5
Sea bird : ERN
6
"___ at last!" : ALONE
7
Ecologists' concern : CONSERVATIONLAW
8
Haul : TOTE
9
Can or Wednesday : ASH
10
Saar or wash : BASIN
11
Lewis and Clark, e.g. : EXPLORERS
12
Sign gas : NEON
13
Villa d'___ : ESTE
18
Football unit : YARD
19
Large birds : EMUS
24
Small monkey : TITI
25
Thoreau milieu : POND
26
Bunks : BEDS
28
Roost dwellers : HENS
30
Challenge : DARE
31
River of myth : STYX
32
Portico : STOA
33
Source of lanolin : WOOL
34
Derived from experience : EMPIRICAL
35
Revue staple : SKIT
36
Spar : MAST
38
Oriental detective : CHAN
39
Get wind of : HEAR
44
Balkan name : TITO
45
British mail : POST
47
"___ no questions, I ... " : ASKME
49
With ville, a complete bore : DULLS
50
Prototype : MODEL
51
Gatsby, for one : GREAT
52
Flavorful : TASTY
53
Like heavenly gates : AJAR
54
Order of gulls : LARI
55
Yawn : GAPE
56
___-kiri : HARA
58
Dandy : FOP
59
Football linemen: Abbr. : RTS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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