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Manny Miller
New York Times, Saturday, October 7, 1967
39-Down : Ethiopian prince.
Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J V Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Grid has duplicate clues.
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 A | 4 M | 5 S | 6 P | 7 O | 8 T | 9 S | 10 S | 11 M | 12 U | 13 T |
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14 A | C | R | E | 15 Q | U | A | R | T | 16 C | E | R | O |
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17 C | E | I | L | 18 U | P | F | O | R | 19 G | R | A | B | S |
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20 A | R | A | L | 21 S | E | A | 22 P | I | R | A | T | E | S |
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23 O | B | S | O | L | E | T | 24 E | 25 P | A | T | H | |||
26 W | A | G | E | R | 27 S | 28 S | C | O | 29 L | 30 D |
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31 C | 32 H | 33 A | S | T | E | 34 R | U | 35 T | 36 H | O | U | R |
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37 L | O | X | 38 S | E | 39 R | A | P | E | 40 S | 41 K | A | Y |
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42 E | L | M | 43 S | 44 S | A | T | 45 N | E | 46 S | S | U | S |
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47 F | O | I | L | 48 S | 49 S | I | 50 G | N | E | T | ||||
51 N | A | H | 52 A | 53 C | R | E | P | E | 54 S | 55 D | 56 E |
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57 P | 58 A | S | S | O | U | 59 T | 60 A | S | S | U | M | E | S |
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61 I | N | T | H | E | D | U | 62 M | P | S | 63 B | I | N | S |
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64 K | N | E | E | 65 I | N | T | H | E | 66 E | L | I | E |
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67 E | A | R | S | 68 T | A | S | S | E | 69 N | E | S | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,629
Across
1
Term of polite address. : MAAM
5
Ocelot's feature. : SPOTS
10
Sooty matter. : SMUT
14
Israeli port. : ACRE
15
Measure of capacity. : QUART
16
Food fish. : CERO
17
Treat an upper surface. : CEIL
18
There for the taking: Slang. : UPFORGRABS
20
Asian body of water. : ARALSEA
22
Clemente, Law, Veale, etc. : PIRATES
23
Descriptive of bustles, high-button shoes, etc. : OBSOLETE
25
Way. : PATH
26
Puts up. : WAGERS
28
Take to task. : SCOLD
31
Pure. : CHASTE
34
Furrow. : RUT
36
Noon. : HOUR
37
Smoked salmon. : LOX
38
Mexican garments. : SERAPES
41
Letter. : KAY
42
Trees. : ELMS
44
Reposed. : SAT
45
Greek centaur. : NESSUS
47
Sports gear. : FOILS
49
Seal. : SIGNET
51
City of Okinawa. : NAHA
53
___ Chine. : CREPESDE
57
Distribute. : PASSOUT
60
Takes for granted. : ASSUMES
61
Depressed. : INTHEDUMPS
63
Storage places. : BINS
64
Joint. : KNEE
65
___ main. : INTHE
66
Gallic name. : ELIE
67
Projecting parts. : EARS
68
Cup: Fr. : TASSE
69
Suffix with low or high. : NESS
Down
1
Portuguese colony. : MACAO
2
Sharp. : ACERB
3
Airs. : ARIAS
4
Softens. : MELLOWS
5
Window-washing devices. : SQUEEGEES
6
Develop, as an insect. : PUPATE
7
Blockhead. : OAF
8
Too much, in Toulon. : TROP
9
Narrow piece of land. : STRIP
10
Racetrack term. : SCRATCH
11
Butcher's fixtures. : MEATHOOKS
12
Rus in ___ (country in town): Lat. : URBE
13
Pitch. : TOSS
19
Mardi ___. : GRAS
21
Crate pieces. : SLATS
24
Wandering. : ERRATIC
27
Have a meal. : SUP
29
Feast of a kind. : LUAU
30
Backers of the Volstead Act. : DRYS
31
Term in music. : CLEF
32
Whole: Prefix. : HOLO
33
Carpet. : AXMINSTER
35
1796 Union entry. : TENNESSEE
39
Ethiopian prince. : RAS
40
Percolates. : SEEPS
43
Reduces prices sharply. : SLASHES
46
German general in American Revolution. : STEUBEN
48
Leather covering. : SHOE
50
Maps. : GRAPHS
52
Financial routine. : AUDIT
54
Pleasant expression. : SMILE
55
French saint. : DENIS
56
Letters. : ESSES
57
Food fish. : PIKE
58
Teacher of fiction. : ANNA
59
Food fish. : TUNA
62
Washington and Adams: Abbr. : MTS
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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