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Jim Plackner
Jim Plackner

New York Times, Friday, October 15, 1976

19-Down : Rock coverer

Author:
Jim Plackner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jim Plackner has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,925
Across
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Shows disapproval : FROWNS
7
Fish : GAR
10
N.C.O.'s : SGTS
14
Remove by force : RIPOUT
15
Marriage, in Bonn : EHE
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Kind of hog : WART
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Carry things too far : OVERDO
18
Blacks : TOPMARIA
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Appomattox name : LEE
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Joins : ENTERS
24
Mild oath : DRAT
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African fly : TSETSE
31
Fuss : ADO
34
Hatred : ODIUM
37
Festive : GALA
38
Red hots : MAMATEMPERPOKER
42
Russian city : OREL
43
Devour : EATUP
44
Mss. people : EDS
45
Stabs : KNIFES
48
Skiers' challenge : ALPS
50
Indulge in horseplay : RASSLE
53
Fire stair: Abbr. : ESC
56
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Greens : ROOMEYED
63
Clothe : ENROBE
64
"Your time ___" : ISUP
65
Slum pest : RAT
66
Antarctic penguin : ADELIE
67
Quilting events : BEES
68
Hit-show sign : SRO
69
Animal food : FODDER
Down
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Pond creature : FROG
2
Opponent : RIVAL
3
Part of op. cit. : OPERE
4
Phrased : WORDED
5
Certain painting : NUDE
6
Limes : STONEADE
7
Reach : GETAT
8
"A House Is Not ___" : AHOME
9
Do newspaper work : REPORT
10
___ song : SWAN
11
Attire : GARB
12
Tom, Dick and Harry : TRIO
13
Restrain : STAY
19
Rock coverer : MOSS
21
Eventually : INTIME
25
Decay : ROT
27
Vanity : EGO
28
Film-shooting unit : TAKE
29
Vehicle : SLED
30
Clark Gable trademark : EARS
31
Run ___ (go wild) : AMOK
32
Do mending : DARN
33
Buddhist mountain : OMEI
35
___ tree : UPA
36
Silver and gold, e.g. : METALS
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Landon : ALF
40
Goldens : RULELEAF
41
Very soft, in music: Abbr. : PPP
46
Gaelic : ERSE
47
Woodland deities : SATYRS
49
Become angry : SEERED
51
Daub : SMEAR
52
___ say (unfortunate) : SADTO
54
Berate : SCOLD
55
Eastern tunic: Var. : CABIE
56
Place for corn : CRIB
57
Firefighting gear : HOSE
58
Dissolute one : ROUE
59
Little devils : IMPS
60
___-China : INDO
61
Titled one : PEER

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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