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Lois Hillis
Lois Hillis

New York Times, Tuesday, October 1, 1974

53-Down : "I dreamt that I ___ in ... "

Author:
Lois Hillis
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { H Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 89, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Lois Hillis has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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M
2
A
3
A
4
S
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B
6
A
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N
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J
9
O
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D
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E
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C
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A
14
A
L
T
O
15
A
D
I
E
U
16
O
X
E
N
17
L
A
T
S
18
B
E
S
E
T
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S
A
N
T
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A
B
E
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D
E
S
I
R
E
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A
C
T
I
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B
A
M
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B
I
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R
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A
G
T
A
G
27
A
M
P
L
I
28
F
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I
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E
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R
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D
E
L
V
E
33
R
A
T
E
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E
N
L
A
35
C
E
36
Y
O
N
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W
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A
N
D
E
R
I
N
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G
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P
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T
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A
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E
D
U
C
E
D
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A
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S
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K
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A
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E
R
R
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O
R
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S
T
R
E
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E
T
C
A
R
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P
E
A
P
O
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D
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G
E
R
M
S
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P
A
R
E
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W
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I
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G
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W
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A
G
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A
P
E
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I
C
O
N
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E
D
W
I
N
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S
P
A
N
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E
L
B
E
66
L
I
E
N
S
67
T
E
L
A
68
R
E
A
R
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T
O
N
G
A
70
U
R
A
L
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,180
Across
1
River of Rotterdam : MAAS
5
" ... wid my ___ on my knee" : BANJO
10
Ten: Prefix : DECA
14
Voice range : ALTO
15
Parting word : ADIEU
16
Gertrude Atherton's were black : OXEN
17
Coins of Riga : LATS
18
Hem in : BESET
19
Old card game : SANT
20
Log-splitting name : ABE
21
One name for 50 Across : DESIRE
22
Play part : ACTI
23
Child's-story animal : BAMBI
25
Seedy crowd : RAGTAG
27
Guitar accessory : AMPLIFIER
32
Do research work : DELVE
33
Word with cut or first : RATE
34
Intertwine : ENLACE
36
Over there : YON
37
Cuckoo's voice, to Wordsworth : WANDERING
40
School org. : PTA
43
Brought out : EDUCED
44
___ silly question : ASKA
48
Mistake : ERROR
50
Transit facility : STREETCAR
52
Chinese-dinner vegetable : PEAPOD
54
Rudiments : GERMS
55
Diminish : PARE
56
Flag-signal motion : WIGWAG
61
Imitate : APE
62
Image : ICON
63
Theater's Booth : EDWIN
64
Horse unit : SPAN
65
German river : ELBE
66
Legal claims : LIENS
67
Brain tissue : TELA
68
Bring up : REAR
69
Polynesian kingdom : TONGA
70
River to the Caspian : URAL
Down
1
Coastal region of India : MALABAR
2
Yellowhammer state : ALABAMA
3
Undertake : ATTEMPT
4
Sea signal : SOS
5
Athletic nickname : BABE
6
Drinks : ADES
7
Unless: Lat. : NISI
8
Taunt : JEER
9
Space or Mongolia : OUTER
10
Prescribed amount : DOSAGE
11
No more, no less : EXACTLY
12
Spanish-American coin : CENTAVO
13
Substance used in immunology : ANTIGEN
21
Half of MIV : DII
24
Huffed and puffed : BLEW
26
Arabian area : ADEN
28
___ off (repel) : FEND
29
River rising in Tibet : INDUS
30
Choose : ELECT
31
Harder to find : RARER
35
Killing: Suffix : CIDE
38
Flying prefix : AERO
39
Kind of way or leg : GATE
40
More lively : PEPPIER
41
Molasses : TREACLE
42
Tree of Brazil : ARAROBA
45
Road machine : SCRAPER
46
Capital of Uganda : KAMPALA
47
Military building : ARSENAL
49
Poker player, at times : OPENER
51
Incite : EGG
53
"I dreamt that I ___ in ... " : DWELT
57
One's own: Prefix : IDIO
58
Verdon : GWEN
59
Fly : WING
60
Handle: Lat. : ANSA
64
Man's nickname : STU

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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