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Maurice J. Teitelbaum
Maurice J. Teitelbaum

New York Times, Wednesday, October 29, 1975

41-Down : North Atlantic country: Abbr.

Author:
Maurice J. Teitelbaum
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Maurice J. Teitelbaum has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,573
Across
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Chekhov's bird : SEAGULL
8
Bereaved in a way : WIDOWED
15
Tirana's land : ALBANIA
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Queued up : INALINE
17
Dutch republic's founder : WILLIAMOFORANGE
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Philippine skirt : SAYA
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Descartes : RENE
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Recipe measure: Abbr. : TSP
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Milan attraction : SCALA
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Keenness : EDGE
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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Levy ___ (penalize) : AFINE
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Scottish alders : ARNS
36
Cry of disgust : PAH
37
Electronic music-makers : MOOGS
38
Neckpiece : ASCOT
39
Compass-needle attractor : THEMAGNETICPOLE
42
Theater seats : LOGES
43
Drive out : EJECT
44
Cakes' companion : ALE
45
Cries of approval : YEAS
46
Spinners, e.g. : LURES
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Honor card : TEN
48
Brood : MOPE
51
Cuba, etc., to Spaniards : ISLAS
53
Diplomat: Abbr. : AMB
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Guinness : ALEC
57
In addition : ALSO
61
Judy Holliday musical : BELLSARERINGING
66
They're often bated : BREATHS
67
Sugar's companion : CREAMER
68
Put in the oven again : REROAST
69
Youth period : TEENAGE
Down
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Magicians' equipment : SAWS
2
Essayist : ELIA
3
Skillfully : ABLY
4
Opening nights, e.g. : GALAS
5
Numerical prefix : UNI
6
___ Fail, Irish stone : LIA
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Take it on the ___ : LAM
8
Fish or mid : WIFE
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"___ ear and out ... " : INONE
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Challenged : DARED
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Spanish wave : OLA
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Snow, in a way : WINTERCOAT
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Certain drawings: Abbr. : ENGS
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River or South : DEEP
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Breakfast item : ORANGEJUICE
23
Western plant : CAMAS
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In ___ (bewildered) : AFOG
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Hampton : LIONEL
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Reaction of surprise : GASP
28
In a fitting way : APTLY
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Lake resort : TAHOE
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Dostoevsky title : THEGAMBLER
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Chemical compounds : ESTERS
34
___ prosequi : NOLLE
35
Painter Jan : STEEN
38
___ part (performs) : ACTSA
40
Prefix for potamia : MESO
41
North Atlantic country: Abbr. : ICEL
49
Italian dinner course : PASTA
50
Biblical family : ELAHS
52
French novelist : SAGAN
53
Dict. entry : ABBR
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___ bagatelle : MERE
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Formerly, old style : ERST
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Kidney's relative : LIMA
59
Cut, in Scotland : SNEG
60
Fairy-tale heavy : OGRE
62
Thai language : LAO
63
New soldier: Abbr. : RCT
64
Dudgeon : IRE
65
Formerly named : NEE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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