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George Madrid
George Madrid

New York Times, Monday, October 21, 1974

4-Down : Hit for money

Author:
George Madrid
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
George Madrid has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
B
2
O
3
O
4
P
5
T
6
A
7
P
8
I
9
R
10
S
11
H
12
O
13
W
14
B
L
A
U
15
A
G
O
N
Y
16
A
E
T
A
17
B
E
S
T
18
F
O
O
T
F
O
19
R
W
A
R
D
20
O
T
T
O
I
21
B
O
T
H
22
D
A
S
23
H
E
S
24
S
E
25
E
26
E
C
27
G
28
I
29
B
E
30
M
I
L
31
M
A
Y
H
32
A
33
P
34
I
R
R
A
35
E
L
36
M
O
37
E
E
R
O
38
L
E
A
R
39
A
V
I
A
N
40
F
E
E
L
41
A
N
I
M
42
B
E
E
N
43
O
S
T
E
44
S
E
N
O
45
R
A
46
D
I
47
G
48
R
E
E
D
49
T
N
T
50
S
C
A
51
L
A
52
E
53
R
R
54
E
55
A
56
S
T
57
L
A
N
58
C
59
E
60
C
A
U
61
L
I
F
L
O
62
W
E
R
E
A
R
63
S
64
O
S
S
A
65
R
A
V
E
N
66
Y
E
A
R
67
N
E
T
S
68
O
M
E
G
A
69
E
N
T
O
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,200
Across
1
Betty of cartoons : BOOP
5
Piglike animal : TAPIR
10
Tell's partner : SHOW
14
Sky's color, in Bonn : BLAU
15
Torment : AGONY
16
P. I. native : AETA
17
Recommended stance : BESTFOOTFORWARD
20
Holy Roman emperor : OTTOI
21
Alike : BOTH
22
German article : DAS
23
Writer Hermann : HESSE
25
Common Market initials : EEC
27
Scoff : GIBE
30
Wire measure : MIL
31
Possibly : MAYHAP
34
Akkadian god : IRRA
35
Saint for seamen : ELMO
37
Saarinen : EERO
38
King or Edward : LEAR
39
Of birds : AVIAN
40
Native ability : FEEL
41
Biblical locality : ANIM
42
Form of Hamlet's verb : BEEN
43
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
44
Madame's neighbor : SENORA
46
Cutting remark : DIG
48
English horn, e.g. : REED
49
Explosive : TNT
50
La ___, Milan : SCALA
52
Misdo : ERR
54
China, Japan et al. : EAST
57
Kind of corporal : LANCE
60
Arena vet's badge : CAULIFLOWEREARS
64
Peak in Greece : OSSA
65
Corvine bird : RAVEN
66
___ of grace : YEAR
67
Clears : NETS
68
Greek letter : OMEGA
69
Within: Prefix : ENTO
Down
1
Musical trio: Abbr. : BBB
2
Spread : OLEO
3
Hops dryer : OAST
4
Hit for money : PUTTHEARMON
5
Religion of China : TAOISM
6
Gone : AGO
7
Log-cabin heater : POTBELLIEDSTOVE
8
News, for short : INFO
9
Indian peasant : RYOT
10
Carpentry tool : SAW
11
Mr. Big : HEADCHEESE
12
Other, in Lima : OTRA
13
Bankrolls : WADS
18
Opponent : FOE
19
Ostrich's look-alike : RHEA
24
Strainer : SIEVE
26
Get-even policy : EYEFORANEYE
27
Bend and monster : GILAS
28
Musical of 1919 and 1973 : IRENE
29
Think-tank's kin : BRAINTRUST
31
Calendar abbr. : MON
32
Mountain ridge : ARETE
33
Pushed, as a raft : POLED
36
Crazed : MANIC
39
Org. for cagers : ABA
45
Rural address abbr. : RTEI
47
City in Kansas : GALENA
51
Home protector, in old Rome : LAR
52
Coll. subject : ECON
53
Level: Var. : RASE
55
Hair style : AFRO
56
Little or grand : SLAM
58
City in France : CAEN
59
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
61
___ Cruces : LAS
62
Path: Ger. : WEG
63
Sign at a hit : SRO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 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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