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Thomas W. Schier
Thomas W. Schier

New York Times, Monday, October 23, 1967

53-Down : House pest.

Author:
Thomas W. Schier
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { B J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Thomas W. Schier has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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O
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H
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G
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L
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O
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A
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C
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O
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G
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R
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R
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N
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C
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R
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A
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O
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O
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S
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S
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H
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O
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F
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A
S
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S
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N
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C
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R
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T
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E
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I
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C
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O
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O
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L
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P
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A
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L
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O
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P
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Y
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S
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M
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A
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C
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H
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L
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G
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V
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O
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R
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M
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C
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R
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D
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P
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O
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S
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S
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L
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Y
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,645
Across
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Exclamations. : OHOS
5
Game appurtenance. : GLOVE
10
Slip ___ (make an error). : ACOG
14
Cleave. : RIVE
15
Freebooter. : ROVER
16
Type of star. : NOVA
17
Well-known Charlie. : CHAN
18
Exhausted. : OVERDRIVEN
20
Retain, as a nightclub act. : HOLDOVER
22
Passionate. : ARDENT
23
Exaggerate. : OVERDO
25
Sequence: Abbr. : SER
26
Push along. : SHOVE
29
Scene of popular sport. : SURF
31
64 Down, for one. : ASSN
34
Secret. : COVERT
36
Norse name. : ERIC
38
Ear: Prefix. : OTO
39
Extend upon. : OVERLAP
41
Everywhere. : ALLOVER
43
For every. : PER
44
Votes for. : YEAS
46
Men in the van. : MOVERS
47
Roguish. : ARCH
49
Suffix with duck or dump. : LING
51
Famous French writer. : VERNE
52
Completed: Poet. : OER
54
Lodger. : ROOMER
56
Fish dish. : CAVIAR
59
Business expense. : OVERHEAD
63
Excelled and surpassed. : OVERTOPPED
65
Completed. : OVER
66
Evening, in Roma. : SERA
67
Cubic meter. : STERE
68
Dodecanese island. : LERO
69
Sibilant sound. : TSST
70
Strands of wool. : YARNS
71
Kind of coffee. : DRIP
Down
1
Mus. troupe. : ORCH
2
Sound of surprise. : HIHO
3
Elliptical. : OVAL
4
Dispatch across the sea. : SENDOVER
5
Cluster of trees. : GROVE
6
Amorists. : LOVERS
7
Delayed. : OVERDUE
8
Poetic composition: Abbr. : VER
9
Earth goddess. : ERDA
10
Have ___ (surmise). : ANIDEA
11
Carpets. : COVERSOVER
12
Baker. : OVEN
13
Hero of Thomas Wolfe novels. : GANT
19
Means of transportation: Abbr. : RRS
21
Too much. : OVERLY
24
Occasional: Scot. : ORRA
26
Bee's pollen brush: Zool. : SCOPA
27
Wait close by. : HOVER
28
Protects completely. : OVERCOVERS
30
Patina. : FILM
32
Inexorable. : STERN
33
Scandinavian. : NORSE
35
Chinese coin. : TAEL
37
Forage plant. : CLOVER
40
Poker holding. : PAIR
42
Value too highly, old style. : OVERHOLD
45
Busybody. : SNOOPER
48
___ law (legatee): Scot. : HEIRAT
50
Administer laws. : GOVERN
53
House pest. : RAT
55
Ancient Asians. : MEDES
56
Charge. : COST
57
Prayers. : AVES
58
Blushing. : ROSY
60
By any chance. : EVER
61
Flying prefix. : AERI
62
Gutta. : DROP
64
School group. : PTA

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

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