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Rickert
Rickert

New York Times, Monday, November 14, 1977

34-Down : Head tops

Author:
Rickert
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Rickert has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
B
2
T
3
O
4
B
5
A
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T
7
H
8
P
9
R
10
O
11
D
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S
L
A
G
13
A
D
H
O
14
C
15
G
O
N
E
16
T
O
R
E
17
A
R
E
N
A
18
A
B
E
L
19
O
O
Z
E
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S
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O
M
E
N
22
S
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I
C
E
24
W
P
A
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O
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P
I
A
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S
I
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G
N
E
T
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E
E
N
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N
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T
R
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O
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P
R
O
N
E
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D
R
O
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P
I
N
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K
I
36
T
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E
F
T
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F
A
C
T
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O
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L
A
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C
E
S
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A
T
T
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S
R
44
O
45
L
A
T
H
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E
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R
48
A
S
H
E
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N
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O
F
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T
E
N
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E
V
A
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C
A
E
S
A
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R
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Z
E
S
T
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R
O
I
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I
R
A
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B
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S
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N
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Y
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O
W
L
S
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D
U
P
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E
64
C
O
R
A
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L
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C
O
V
E
67
I
L
E
X
68
H
O
R
N
E
69
T
O
E
S
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C
E
S
T
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N
O
T
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O
D
D
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,320
Across
1
Mil. wheeler-dealer : BTO
4
"Sore labour's ___" (Shakespearean sleep) : BATH
8
Cattleman's gear : PROD
12
Refuse material : SLAG
13
For this case only : ADHOC
15
No longer here : GONE
16
Went "lickety-split" : TORE
17
Sports palace : ARENA
18
Cain's victim : ABEL
19
Escapes imperceptibly : OOZES
21
Auguries : OMENS
23
Word with pick or pack : ICE
24
F.D.R. measure : WPA
25
Eye defect: Comb. form : OPIA
27
Official stamp : SIGNET
29
Diminutive suffix meaning "dear one" : EEN
30
Part of TNT : NITRO
32
Lying face down : PRONE
33
Visit unannounced : DROPIN
35
Pocket-sized violin : KIT
37
Triton : EFT
38
Ipso ___ : FACTO
40
Shoe ties : LACES
42
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
43
Theater sign : SRO
45
Froth : LATHER
48
Very pale : ASHEN
50
Frequently : OFTEN
52
Soprano Marton of the Met : EVA
53
Kind of salad : CAESAR
55
Gusto : ZEST
56
Capet was one : ROI
57
Novelist Levin : IRA
58
Nickel figure : BISON
60
Wails : YOWLS
62
Gull : DUPE
64
Reef material : CORAL
66
Secluded hollow : COVE
67
Holm oak : ILEX
68
Lena or Marilyn : HORNE
69
Halluces : TOES
70
___ à dire (that is to say): Fr. : CEST
71
Memo : NOTE
72
Queer : ODD
Down
1
Announcer's flub : BLOOPER
2
Burroughs book: 1914 : TARZANOFTHEAPES
3
Curved molding : OGEE
4
Flock sound : BAA
5
Dexterous : ADROIT
6
With 44 Down, Z : THEMARK
7
Sharpen : HONE
8
Golf org. : PGA
9
Old English hero : ROBINOFSHERWOOD
10
Words on a copper : ONECENT
11
Cross out : DELETE
12
Tucked away : STOWED
14
Supermarket lineup : CANS
20
Type of boom : SONIC
22
Drink slowly : SIP
26
Pub orders : PINTS
28
"___ the unseen with a cheer!": Browning : GREET
31
Arab commodity : OIL
34
Head tops : PATES
36
Supplementary jury group : TALES
39
Loot for Cortés : ORO
41
Pauper Tom, in a Twain tale : CANTY
42
For the most part : ASARULE
44
See 6 Down : OFZORRO
46
Developed gradually : EVOLVED
47
Brings up : RAISES
48
Forming a sour compound : ACIDIC
49
Catch : NAB
51
Renter : TENANT
54
Like Croesus : RICH
59
At any time now : SOON
61
Tetra doubled : OCTO
63
Second phone: Abbr. : EXT
65
D.S. Freeman subject : LEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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