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Ruth N. Schultz
Ruth N. Schultz

New York Times, Thursday, October 7, 1976

46-Down : Wings

Author:
Ruth N. Schultz
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { C J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 54, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Ruth N. Schultz has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,917
Across
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Carney : ART
4
River near Paris : MARNE
9
Wall and Broad: Abbr. : STS
12
___ avis : RARA
14
Hire : TAKEON
15
Mauna ___ : LOA
16
Holds a press interview : FIELDSQUESTIONS
19
Louisiana town : LEBEAU
20
Landing lanes: Abbr. : RNWYS
21
Drunk, in Barcelona : EBRIO
23
Roman money : AES
24
Sprinters' concerns : STARTS
27
Displays one's cards : FANSOUT
31
Suffer : HURT
32
Like enero's climate : FRIO
33
Kipling boy : KIM
35
Words on making a comeback : ITSANEWBALLGAME
40
From ___ Z : ATO
41
Places for: Suffix : ORIA
42
Chemical suffixes : OSES
43
Chances to get going : INNINGS
45
Biased ones : HATERS
47
Wind direction : ESE
48
Roman priest : EPULO
50
Amour : FLAME
53
Lawrence's land : ARABIA
56
In strange surroundings : OUTOFONESLEAGUE
61
Yoko : ONO
62
Sea raiders : UBOATS
63
Franchot : TONE
64
Headwear : TAM
65
Tirra ___ : LIRRA
66
Map abbr. : RTE
Down
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Sandy language : ARF
2
Thin as a ___ : RAIL
3
Family or shoe : TREE
4
Western shrub : MAQUI
5
Hawaiian fish : AKU
6
Dakota Indian : REE
7
Votes : NOS
8
Mezzanine : ENTRESOL
9
___ but sure : SLOW
10
Theater award : TONY
11
Talk back : SASS
13
Banff's province : ALBERTA
14
Boris and Nicholas : TSARS
17
Item in the red : DEBT
18
___ many words : INSO
22
Mistaken : OFFBASE
23
Amine derivative : ANIL
24
Branch of Islam : SHIA
25
All, in music : TUTTI
26
Crime laid to Nero : ARSON
28
Macaw : ARA
29
Russian edict : UKASE
30
Race official : TIMER
34
G.I. refectory : MESS
36
Like a steam hammer : NOISEFUL
37
Sea bird : ERNE
38
Flip one's ___ : WIG
39
___ for (defend) : GOTOBAT
44
Nobody: Lat. : NEMO
45
Throws hard : HURLS
46
Wings : ALAE
49
Macaroni, e.g. : PASTA
50
Go to the ___ of the class : FOOT
51
Moth or park : LUNA
52
Kind of bomb : ATOM
54
Stravinsky : IGOR
55
Polly or Eller : AUNT
57
Yum Yum's sash : OBI
58
Conjunction : NOR
59
Hearing aid : EAR
60
Shoe size : EEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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