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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Wednesday, October 20, 1976

41-Down : Food: Prefix

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,930
Across
1
Certain collector's item : FARE
5
Member of an Asian horde : TATAR
10
Pop painting by 17 Across : FIII
14
Religious image : ICON
15
Sun-dried brick : ADOBE
16
Face parts : LIPS
17
Celebrated pop artist : JAMESROSENQUIST
20
Full version of i.e. : IDEST
21
Wild plum : SLOE
22
Plural endings : IES
23
Gael or Breton : CELT
26
Shamrock land : EIRE
28
Celebrated in legend : STORIED
31
Work on manuscripts : REDACT
35
Panay native : ATI
36
Ostrichlike birds : EMEUS
38
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
39
Sculpture by Claes Oldenburg : BEDROOMENSEMBLE
43
Irish cry : ARAH
44
Dye : STAIN
45
"___ had my fill" : IVE
46
Exclusive : SELECT
49
Locate : SITUATE
51
Jazz-pianist Hines : EARL
53
Monk parrot : LORO
54
Neighbor of Ga. : FLA
57
"Mon ___!" : DIEU
59
Sea eagles : ERNES
63
Celebrated pop artist : ROYLICHTENSTEIN
67
Miss Arden et al. : EVES
68
___ Lumpur : KUALA
69
Miss Bancroft : ANNE
70
Try : TEST
71
Pert : SASSY
72
Origin : SEED
Down
1
South Pacific islands : FIJI
2
Place of learning: Abbr. : ACAD
3
Hilly city : ROME
4
Composer Georges : ENESCO
5
Road material : TAR
6
Fuss : ADO
7
Throw : TOSS
8
White poplar : ABELE
9
French impressionist : RENOIR
10
Asian ___ : FLU
11
Clock-dial reading : IIII
12
___ dixit : IPSE
13
Adherents : ISTS
18
Sound system : STEREO
19
Hebrew reading : QERE
24
Transit to airport, for short : LIMO
25
Pours : TEEMS
27
Biblical land : EDOM
28
Cubic meter : STERE
29
Kind of basin or flow : TIDAL
30
Twosomes : DUETS
32
Boundary : AMBIT
33
Soprano Emma : CALVE
34
Elm or spruce : TREE
35
Camel-hair robes : ABAS
37
Slow one : SNAIL
40
Syngman ___ : RHEE
41
Food: Prefix : SITO
42
Toughens : ENURES
47
Moslem judge : CADI
48
Dupes : TRICKS
50
Main arteries : AORTAS
52
Hawaii's state flower : LEHUA
54
Worry : FRET
55
Word on Robert Indiana's postage stamp : LOVE
56
Votes for : AYES
58
Miss Hagen et al. : UTAS
60
Hawaiian goose : NENE
61
German pronoun : EINE
62
Prune, in Scotland : SNED
64
W.W. II craft : LST
65
Vanishing street sights : ELS
66
Vote against : NAY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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