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Norton Rhoades
Norton Rhoades

New York Times, Friday, October 3, 1975

1-Down : Occult

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.67, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,547
Across
1
Jumble : MESS
5
Tennis strokes : CHOP
9
Well-known : FAMED
14
Dog sound : YIPE
15
"The ___ of the crowd" : ROAR
16
Adult insect : IMAGO
17
Portico : STOA
18
Monster : OGRE
19
"___ is an island" : NOMAN
20
Kind of screw : THUMB
22
Lower in dignity : DEGRADE
24
Plural ending : IES
25
Carry on : OPERATE
29
Flesh: Prefix : CRE
30
Unlikely feud among landlords : RENTWAR
31
Vampire : BAT
34
Portrayer of chilling roles : VINCENTPRICE
36
Others, in Spain : OTROS
39
Wiped out : RAZED
40
Monster's creator : FRANKENSTEIN
46
Upset : TIP
47
Southern Italian : APULIAN
48
___ Vegas : LAS
51
Cook again : REROAST
52
Last: Abbr. : ULT
53
Talks idly : BABBLES
57
Kind of daddy or maple : SUGAR
59
Spanish month : ENERO
60
Paragraph : ITEM
64
Ripped : TORE
65
Letter marking : SERIF
66
Average : NORM
67
Mongols' area : ASIA
68
___ tools : SETOF
69
Garment insert : GORE
70
Rube : HICK
Down
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Occult : MYSTIC
2
Word of choice : EITHER
3
Mate : SPOUSE
4
Coal deposit : SEAM
5
___-Magnon : CRO
6
Road or wart : HOG
7
Crew member : OAR
8
Early time of day : PREDAWN
9
Certain clues : FINGERPRINTS
10
Eros : AMOR
11
Family member : MAMA
12
Mild oath : EGAD
13
Finished : DONE
21
Sometime monster : BORISKARLOFF
23
French political unit : ETAT
26
"I take ___ in hand" : PEN
27
Something inside: Abbr. : ENC
28
Way: Abbr. : RTE
31
Show ___ : BIZ
32
Honor card : ACE
33
Kennedy : TED
34
___ Stroheim : VON
35
Took off : RAN
36
"___ in the stilly night" : OFT
37
Numerical prefix : TRI
38
Door sound : RAP
41
Dueling sword : EPEE
42
Taking care of : NURSING
43
Traffic sign : SLO
44
Spanish aunt : TIA
45
Rivers, in England : EAS
48
Bela of monster roles : LUGOSI
49
Visigoth king : ALARIC
50
Flash : STREAK
53
Good Queen ___ : BESS
54
Donkey-load, in France : ANEE
55
Lahr : BERT
56
Con ___ (with vivacity) : BRIO
58
State : UTAH
61
"Me ___!" : TOO
62
Go wrong : ERR
63
French title : MME

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

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