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Louis C. Mandes, Jr.
Louis C. Mandes, Jr.

New York Times, Thursday, January 9, 1975

8-Down : Fleet

Author:
Louis C. Mandes, Jr.
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Louis C. Mandes, Jr. has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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M
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O
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L
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T
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I
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S
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T
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S
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A
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B
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B
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E
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A
H
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R
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O
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P
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L
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R
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M
Y
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S
C
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O
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C
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C
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C
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M
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Y
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T
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R
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S
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D
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F
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A
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S
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P
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B
I
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C
Y
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N
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E
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A
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N
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C
H
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B
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S
I
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V
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R
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R
O
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R
O
Y
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L
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V
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S
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A
S
H
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I
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U
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E
T
H
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S
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S
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D
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P
R
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S
S
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P
I
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N
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C
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T
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I
C
H
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A
R
G
O
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T
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T
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H
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E
C
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N
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R
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O
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O
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M
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A
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R
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S
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U
N
D
O
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C
L
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D
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T
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L
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S
T
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W
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K
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L
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A
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T
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,280
Across
1
Cast off : MOLT
5
Doers: Suffix : ISTS
9
Monastery man : ABBE
13
Hindu caste : AHIR
14
Ready : ONTAP
15
Enrich : LARD
16
Frosted : RIMY
17
Norm, as in wages : SCALE
18
Toward the mouth : ORAD
19
Occasional I.R.S. windfall : CONSCIENCEMONEY
22
Short walks : TURNS
23
Dictionary entry: Abbr. : DEF
24
Killer of a queen : ASP
27
Used Ford's bullet : BIT
28
Deep blue : CYANEAN
32
Woodpecker : CHAB
34
Hindu deity : SIVA
36
Word with rocket or active : RETRO
37
Stately : ROYAL
39
Duct, in anatomy : VAS
40
Pallid : ASHEN
41
Accustom : INURE
42
Anglo-Saxon letters : ETHS
44
Math ratio : SINE
45
Discourage : DEPRESS
47
Need in a donkey-tail game : PIN
49
Kind of boat or burglar : CAT
50
German pronoun : ICH
51
Cant : ARGOT
53
Drama critics' choice in 1973 : THECHANGINGROOM
60
Atmosphere : AURA
61
Take hold of : SEIZE
62
Loosen : UNDO
63
Wearing : CLAD
64
Like some roofs : TILED
65
Put away : STOW
66
Vegetable : KALE
67
Drinks : ALES
68
Split : TORN
Down
1
Writer Connelly : MARC
2
One of Pittsburgh's rivers : OHIO
3
Portray : LIMN
4
Appointment : TRYST
5
Stimuli : INCENTIVES
6
Swiss town : STANS
7
Soft mineral : TALC
8
Fleet : SPEEDY
9
Reserve : ALOOFNESS
10
Storage place : BARN
11
Highlands hill : BRAE
12
Whirl : EDDY
14
Egyptian god : OSIRIS
20
Whelp : CUB
21
Comedienne Anne : MEARA
24
Sharp : ACRID
25
Glistened : SHONE
26
Settle in full : PAYUP
28
What some award winners get : CASHPRIZES
29
Moral code : ETHIC
30
Field of action : ARENA
31
Musical composition : NONET
33
Parade-route fixture : BARRICADE
35
Large tub : VAT
38
Hanger-on : LEECH
43
Kind of confession : SIGNED
46
Calif. peak : SHASTA
48
Holiday beverage : NOG
51
Brisk : AGILE
52
Confidence : TRUST
53
Fasten temporarily : TACK
54
Dance : HULA
55
Of a time : ERAL
56
Armstrong : NEIL
57
Wise : ONTO
58
Smell : ODOR
59
New-___ hay : MOWN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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