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Benson
Benson

New York Times, Thursday, October 30, 1980

5-Down : Region the Athenians dominated

Author:
Benson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { F J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Benson has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,314
Across
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Cries of discovery : AHAS
5
"Tree ___ Window," Frost poem : ATMY
9
"___ Day's Night," Beatles film : AHARD
14
Soda jerk's creation : MALT
15
Kojak : THEO
16
Book by D. S. Freeman : RELEE
17
Anent : ASTO
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___ bien : TRES
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Pain: Comb form : ALGIA
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She led over 300 slaves to freedom : HARRIETTUBMAN
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Timid ones : MICE
24
End of a Hemingway title : RISES
25
Type of room, for short : REC
28
Of the stomach : GASTRIC
31
"___ to be born ... " : ATIME
33
Greek letter : ETA
34
West Pt. : USMA
38
Journalist who integrated the U. of Ga.: 1961 : CHARLAYNEHUNTER
42
Cabell of baseball : ENOS
43
Caspian, e.g. : SEA
44
Not anybody : NOONE
45
Mail room worker : STAMPER
48
Political org. : ADA
49
Like a teetotaler : SOBER
52
"The jig ___!" : ISUP
54
Mary ___, famous educator: 1875-1955 : MCLEODBETHUNE
59
Indian symbol : TOTEM
60
Traditional kind of learning : ROTE
61
Not so much : LESS
63
Force a turnover at the Omni : STEAL
64
Winglike : ALAR
65
Glut : SATE
66
Niggling : PETTY
67
"The ___," Diana Ross hit : BOSS
68
School founded in 1440 : ETON
Down
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Group including G.P.'s : AMA
2
Potpourri : HASH
3
Canadian prov. : ALTA
4
Upheaval : STORM
5
Region the Athenians dominated : ATTICA
6
"___ Company," TV hit : THREES
7
Proper : MEET
8
Fielding (Hurry Up) ___, of football coaching fame : YOST
9
Type of numeral : ARABIC
10
Former C.I.A. head : HELMS
11
Plants containing chlorophyll : ALGAE
12
Kin of martingales : REINS
13
Venus, to Virgil : DEA
21
Star in Orion : RIGEL
22
Heep : URIAH
25
Feature of a field day : RACE
26
Cultural group: Comb. form : ETHN
27
Greeting for Gina : CIAO
29
Museum opening hour, commonly : TENAM
30
Hwy. : RTE
32
Robinson, e.g. : MRS
34
Número ___ : UNO
35
Promenade in 5 Down : STOA
36
Darn that sock : MEND
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Kind of code : AREA
39
Houston player : ASTRO
40
"___, though I walk ... " : YEA
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Reagan's opponent in 1970 : UNRUH
45
Correct : SEEMLY
46
Popular subjects in Renaissance art : PIETAS
47
Organic compounds : ESTERS
49
Struck, à la David : SMOTE
50
Musical group : OCTET
51
Pasture sound : BLEAT
53
Beat : PULSE
55
Dull : DRAB
56
Machete : BOLO
57
Free from admixture : NEAT
58
Start of the Gem State's motto : ESTO
59
Recipe abbr. : TSP
62
Brooke of Mass. was one : SEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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