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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Wednesday, January 9, 1974

31-Down : Badgerlike animal

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,915
Across
1
Old English bard : SCOP
5
Cowboy wear : CHAPS
10
Movie dog : ASTA
14
Siberian river : LENA
15
Wreath or tree : HOLLY
16
Coarse tobacco : SHAG
17
Mental lapse : ABERRATION
19
Pacific cloth : TAPA
20
Actor from Wales : BURTON
21
Devotee : IDOLATER
23
Desserts : ICES
25
Gush : SPURT
26
Bonfire sounds : CRACKLES
30
Derisive looks : SNEERS
33
Stockmarket activity : RALLY
34
Bookkeeper's entry : DEBIT
36
"Brother ___" : RAT
37
Villa d'___ : ESTE
38
Delicacies, old style : CATES
39
Quickly: Lat. : CITO
40
This way, in Spain : ASI
41
Lucia or Maria : SANTA
42
Kind of TV show : PANEL
43
Recollective piece : MEMOIR
45
Confuse : ENTANGLE
47
Dame Edith : EVANS
49
Wit : SALT
50
Certain Bounty crewman : MUTINEER
53
Stable sounds : NEIGHS
57
Kitchen unit : OVEN
58
Airport workers : GROUNDCREW
60
Withered : SERE
61
Incensed : IRATE
62
Actress Lee : LILA
63
Back talk : SASS
64
Auriculate : EARED
65
Duchin : EDDY
Down
1
Thick slice : SLAB
2
Philippine island : CEBU
3
Unique thing : ONER
4
Speck : PARTICLE
5
Coco : CHANEL
6
Kind of dog : HOT
7
Et ___ : ALII
8
Trudges : PLODS
9
Summary : SYNOPSIS
10
Gaping : ASTARE
11
Destructive : SHATTERING
12
TV standby : TAPE
13
Thickening agent : AGAR
18
Marciano : ROCKY
22
Actor Alfred : LUNT
24
City on the Meuse : SEDAN
26
Give a shellacking to : CREAM
27
Small civet : RASSE
28
Plane instruments : ALTIMETERS
29
Italian seven : SETTE
31
Badgerlike animal : RATEL
32
Vestment : STOLE
35
Contents of some bags : BEANS
38
Hall or Tech : CARNEGIE
39
Liturgical song : CANTICLE
41
Chinese city : SIAN
42
Faded : PALED
44
Sheep : OVINES
46
Brown : TANNED
48
Sawlike organ : SERRA
50
Hart : MOSS
51
Eye part : UVEA
52
Surf sound : ROAR
54
Grating : GRID
55
Actress Anna : HELD
56
Influence : SWAY
59
Shoshonean : UTE

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

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