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Norton Rhoades
Norton Rhoades

New York Times, Thursday, October 10, 1974

12-Down : Ready, as an actor

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,189
Across
1
Socials : TEAS
5
O. T. book : MICAH
10
Lady Macbeth's bane : SPOT
14
Part of a French play : ACTE
15
City of Turkey : ADANA
16
Sea bird : ERNE
17
"I am rich beyond the ___" (E. Moore) : DREAMSOFAVARICE
20
"___ and evening star ... " : SUNSET
21
Seasons in Nantes : ETES
22
Kind of buoy : NUN
23
Concepts : IDEAS
25
Relatives : NIECES
27
Painters' needs : LADDERS
30
New Delhi wear : SARI
31
Friend, in Quebec : AMIE
32
Environmental unit : ECAD
35
Katmandu's land : NEPAL
38
Spoil : MAR
39
Crane : DAVIT
41
Kind of detector : LIE
42
Piled up : AHEAP
45
Milne's Winnie : POOH
46
Marshy areas : FENS
47
U. S. Indian : CREE
49
Sits for a new camera shot : REPOSES
51
Climbing peppers : BETELS
53
"___ me, give me ... " : ASFOR
54
Panay native : ATI
55
College study: Abbr. : ECON
57
Turned toward the center : INGREW
61
These are "long, long" to Longfellow : THOUGHTSOFYOUTH
64
Cacklers : HENS
65
Posture for the proud : ERECT
66
Italian family : ESTE
67
Gaelic : ERSE
68
Fort in Texas : WORTH
69
"We have ___ better days" : SEEN
Down
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Little ones : TADS
2
Pale shade : ECRU
3
Sun disk : ATEN
4
Resort area : SEASIDE
5
Learned fully : MASTERED
6
Swearing-in words : IDO
7
Truck-drivers' stops : CAFES
8
Medical study: Abbr. : ANAT
9
Safe places : HAVENS
10
Indian weight : SER
11
Yin and Yang, e.g. : PRINCIPLES
12
Ready, as an actor : ONCUE
13
Certain years : TEENS
18
Early Mideasterner : MEDE
19
___ flu : ASIAN
24
Composers' org. : ASCAP
26
Prior to : ERE
27
Tibetan title : LAMA
28
Nurse, in Shanghai : AMAH
29
Game-box reading matter : DIRECTIONS
33
Coin of Macao : AVO
34
Fashion man and family : DIORS
36
Senior, in France : AINE
37
More or ___ : LESS
40
Take ___ (refuse to testify) : THEFIFTH
43
Common verb : ARE
44
Biblical son of Eber : PELEG
46
Abstains from : FORGOES
48
Avoid : ESCHEW
50
Cheater's helper : PONY
51
Enjoy the surf : BATHE
52
Clear sky : ETHER
53
Genus of geese : ANSER
56
Other, in Granada : OTRO
58
Bit of trickery : RUSE
59
Feminine suffix : ETTE
60
"___ lilacs last in the ... " : WHEN
62
Employ : USE
63
Month: Abbr. : OCT

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

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