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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Wednesday, January 8, 1975

47-Down : European capital

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,279
Across
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Haze : MIST
5
Mail drop : CHUTE
10
Bumpkin : CLOD
14
Hindu fire god : AGNI
15
Gobi stopovers : OASES
16
Optimistic : ROSY
17
Word with bang : SLAM
18
Escape : BREAKLOOSE
20
Corroborate : SUPPORT
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U.S. observatory : PALOMAR
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Art genre : DADA
24
Moslem scripture : KORAN
25
Chili ingredient : CARNE
27
___ crow : EAT
28
Hostess of note : MESTA
32
Russian range : ALAI
33
Presidential monogram : FDR
34
Man known for his ferry : HARPER
35
Shot or Bertha : BIG
36
Lockjaw : TETANUS
38
Trevino : LEE
39
Professed : AVOWED
41
Ring results : KOS
42
Gear for Johnny Bench : MITT
43
Well-known tomb occupant : LENIN
44
South, in France : SUD
45
Shaping machine : LATHE
46
Twangy : NASAL
48
Writer Sholem : ASCH
49
Property transferrer : ALIENOR
52
Set in motion : ACTUATE
55
Erupt : BURSTFORTH
57
Italian coins : LIRE
58
Island near Corsica : ELBA
59
Hole ___ : INONE
60
Seed part : ARIL
61
Like it or ___ it : LUMP
62
Money premiums : AGIOS
63
Detect : ESPY
Down
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Large amount : MASS
2
Nose-rubbing quarters : IGLU
3
Garden flower : SNAPDRAGON
4
Kettledrums : TIMPANI
5
Snake : COBRA
6
Red deer : HART
7
"It's no ___" : USE
8
Notorious Dome : TEAPOT
9
Glacier ridge: Var. : ESKAR
10
Bing Crosby or Rudy Vallee : CROONER
11
Impend : LOOM
12
Bones : OSSA
13
Staining agent : DYER
19
Andean livestock : LLAMAS
21
Keatsian form : ODE
24
Kind of fur : KARAKUL
25
Conspiracy : CABAL
26
Extant : ALIVE
27
Air-board letters : EDT
29
Quibble : SPLITHAIRS
30
Wisdom and milk : TEETH
31
Rugged crest : ARETE
33
Bored, with "up" : FED
34
Czech reformer : HUS
36
Dweller : TENANT
37
Show assent : NOD
40
Kind of apple : WINESAP
42
Blotches : MACULAE
44
Lamour outfit : SARONG
45
Military vessel : LST
47
European capital : SOFIA
48
Has a yen for : ACHES
49
Fratricide victim : ABEL
50
Humdinger : LULU
51
Supersonic rocket : IRBM
52
"___ extra cost" (sales plug) : ATNO
53
Stumble : TRIP
54
Wriggling : EELY
56
"Vive le ___" : ROI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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