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Dorothy Cannan
Dorothy Cannan

New York Times, Tuesday, October 21, 1975

11-Down : Scent

Author:
Dorothy Cannan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Dorothy Cannan has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,565
Across
1
City of Okinawa : NAHA
5
Aftermath of a wound : SCAR
9
Plant shoot: Var. : CION
13
Chemical compound : ARYL
14
Beverage : COCOA
16
Destroy : UNDO
17
"___ a cock-horse ... " : RIDE
18
Garden cart : HANDBARROW
20
Covered cart : CARRIOLE
22
Miscalculation : ERROR
23
Holy Roman emperor et al. : OTTOS
24
African republic : MALI
25
Digestive aid : PEPSIN
27
Cocktails : SIDECARS
31
Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
32
Type of chair : SEDAN
34
Nap : SLEEP
35
Pronoun : THAT
37
Water-cooler offering : RUMOR
39
Penna. port : ERIE
40
"Assumes the god, affects ___" : TONOD
42
Ship's pole : SPRIT
44
___ at a time : ONE
45
Winter vehicles : ICEBOATS
47
Crinkly fabrics : CREPES
49
Paul Kruger et al. : OOMS
50
___ and crossbones : SKULL
51
Musical marks : SEGNI
53
Flight-passengers' place : FUSELAGE
56
Old-West mode of travel : STAGECOACH
58
Regarding : INRE
59
Bonheur : ROSA
60
Heath genus : ERICA
61
Overlay : CEIL
62
___ house : OPEN
63
Greek goddess : ERIS
64
Discover : ESPY
Down
1
Dope-squad detective : NARC
2
Opera offering : ARIA
3
Speedboat : HYDROPLANE
4
Warns : ALERTS
5
Sailing vessel : SCHOONER
6
Newcastle's non-need : COALS
7
Skin trouble : ACNE
8
Steiger : ROD
9
Two-wheeled carriage : CURRICLE
10
Japanese box : INRO
11
Scent : ODOR
12
Today : NOW
15
Draw ___ on (aim at) : ABEAD
19
French city : ARLES
21
Suffix for tonsil or bronch : ITIS
24
Kind of baseball league : MINOR
25
Singer Page : PATTI
26
___ genus omne : ETHOC
27
Coarse hominies : SAMPS
28
Jets, etc. : AEROPLANES
29
Roi's mate : REINE
30
German count and family : SPEES
33
Does a household chore : DUSTS
36
Sled : TOBOGGAN
38
Eastern vehicles : RICKSHAS
41
Lorna ___ : DOONE
43
Faithful : TRUE
46
Vestment : AMICE
48
Pacific island group : ELLICE
50
Medicinal juices : SUCCI
51
Kind of light : STOP
52
Comfort : EASE
53
Word for a maiden : FAIR
54
Suitcase : GRIP
55
Wriggling : EELY
56
Theater sign : SRO
57
Coin of Norway : ORE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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