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New York Times, Wednesday, October 17, 1973

44-Down : Wodehouse character

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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O
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B
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O
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L
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S
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A
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M
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B
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A
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W
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N
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D
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O
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M
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B
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B
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C
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S
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P
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L
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F
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N
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N
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G
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B
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L
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E
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R
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R
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H
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T
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K
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O
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R
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M
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J
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M
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K
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G
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M
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N
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G
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B
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,831
Across
1
Old Greek coin : OBOL
5
Latin dance : SAMBA
10
Make one's way : WEND
14
Spanish pot : OLLA
15
Archangel : URIEL
16
Indeed, in Ireland : AROO
17
Humor : MOOD
18
Port of Brazil : BELEM
19
Green pigment : BICE
20
Feature of London's Great Exhibition, 1851 : CRYSTALPALACE
23
One of the Dumas family : FILS
24
Denials : NOS
25
Nullify : NEGATE
28
Speaks foolishly : BLATHERS
33
"___ do is dream ... " : ALLI
34
Betel palm : ARECA
35
Cheer : RAH
36
G. B. Shaw drama : HEARTBREAKHOUSE
40
Prefix for form or cycle : UNI
41
Summary, for short : RECAP
42
Bishop's seat : APSE
43
Mint plant : MARJORAM
45
Fur animal : MARTEN
47
Spanish queen : ENA
48
Marx : KARL
49
Hudson romance : GREENMANSIONS
55
Croat, for one : SLAV
56
Entire range : GAMUT
57
Toilet article : COMB
59
Kind of rule or run : HOME
60
Make happy : ELATE
61
German port : KIEL
62
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
63
Stairway part : RISER
64
Weaver's reed : SLEY
Down
1
Dutch uncle : OOM
2
Political group : BLOC
3
Swan genus : OLOR
4
Adored one, poetic style : LADYFAIR
5
Crafty : SUBTLE
6
Spheres : AREAS
7
Sutter's, for one : MILL
8
Traffic sound : BEEP
9
Poor Richard's output : ALMANACK
10
River of blues : WABASH
11
Writer Hoffer : ERIC
12
Paris wedding : NOCE
13
Female animal : DOE
21
Convene : SIT
22
Indian water vessel : LOTAH
25
O. T. book : NAHUM
26
Turgenev heroine : ELENA
27
Egg white : GLAIR
28
Sunfish : BREAM
29
Bound : LEAP
30
Burst forth : ERUPT
31
Small civet : RASSE
32
Writer Fulton J. : SHEEN
34
Alms box : ARCA
37
Weighing machine, in Scotland : TRONE
38
French lyric poet : BERANGER
39
Gunwale fixtures : OARLOCKS
44
Wodehouse character : JEEVES
45
Subdue : MASTER
46
Onassis : ARI
48
Rockne : KNUTE
49
Mass : GLOB
50
Central American Indian : RAMA
51
African republic : MALI
52
Candlenut trees : AMAS
53
Waste fiber : NOIL
54
Widgeon : SMEE
55
Asian sheep : SHA
58
World-traveler Nellie : BLY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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