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Martin Bryan
Martin Bryan

New York Times, Monday, November 10, 1975

27-Down : Very wet

Author:
Martin Bryan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Martin Bryan has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,585
Across
1
Fortune's partner : FAME
5
Chaps : LADS
9
Ancient marketplace : AGORA
14
Eskimo knives : ULUS
15
Grand Ole ___ : OPRY
16
Eva or Juan : PERON
17
Russian hemp : RINE
18
Benevolent : OPENHANDED
20
Eggs: Prefix : OVI
21
Emerald, for one : ISLE
22
Awaken : AROUSE
23
Legal mediator : REFEREE
25
Ionian Sea gulf : ARTA
26
Image : ICON
27
Chipper : SPRY
28
With it : HEP
31
Baron Francis or Friar Roger : BACON
33
Queens or Bklyn., e.g. : BORO
34
Pretense : POSE
35
F. A. ___, English chemist : ABEL
36
Chauncey ___ : DEPEW
37
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
38
Like the Texas star : LONE
39
Mont Blanc's locale : ALPS
40
Bring to perfection : RIPEN
41
Word of remonstrance : TUT
42
Paris airport : ORLY
43
"___ fan Tutte" : COSI
44
Fortas and Burrows : ABES
45
French novelist : COLETTE
48
Enterprise : ACTION
51
Platinum wire loop : OESE
52
"___ longa ... " : ARS
53
Benevolent : CHARITABLE
55
Down with!: Fr. : ABAS
56
"___ how!" : HERES
57
Small brook : RILL
58
Literary name : ELIA
59
Old Peppermint Lounge dance : TWIST
60
Earth sci. : GEOL
61
Depend, with "on" : RELY
Down
1
Fashionable craze : FUROR
2
Like Jacques Brel : ALIVE
3
Benevolent : MUNIFICENT
4
Compass point : ESE
5
Let go a bit : LOOSEN
6
Big fruit for N.Y.C. : APPLE
7
Endure in Scotland : DREE
8
Dict. entry : SYN
9
"Let's have ___!" : APARTY
10
Capital of Liguria : GENOA
11
Turkish military district : ORDU
12
Bucks' mates : ROES
13
Peruvian Indian tribe : ANDE
19
English school : HARROW
21
Press : IRON
24
French school : ECOLE
25
___ ski : APRES
27
Very wet : SOPPY
28
Benevolent : HOSPITABLE
29
Italian family : ESTE
30
Hammer part : PEEN
31
Northern European : BALT
32
___ ben Adhem : ABOU
33
Items for Christmas : BELLS
34
Composure : POISE
36
Wouldn't venture, for short : DARENT
40
Part : ROLE
42
Hautboy player : OBOIST
43
Howard of TV : COSELL
44
Buenos ___ : AIRES
45
Casals' forte : CELLO
46
Lonesome - pine area : TRAIL
47
Emerson work : ESSAY
48
Eight, in Munich : ACHT
49
___ the fat : CHEW
50
Old Sicilian coin : TARI
51
Theater award : OBIE
54
Knitting pattern: Abbr. : ARG
55
Chalice veil : AER

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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