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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Saturday, November 2, 1974

25-Down : Delibes opera

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,212
Across
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Stupor : COMA
5
Scout's reward : BADGE
10
Neighbor of Conn. : MASS
14
Winged deity : AMOR
15
Macaw : ARARA
16
Intoxicant, for short : ALKY
17
Makes mountain dew : MOONSHINES
19
Fastener : NAIL
20
___ boom : SONIC
21
Small sky bodies : ASTEROIDS
23
Tranquility, for one : SEA
24
Trencherman : EATER
25
W. W. II craft : LST
27
Literary initials : RLS
30
State official: Abbr. : GOV
31
Word in a Debussy title : MER
34
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
36
Large sea bird : SKUA
38
Join : UNITE
40
Landing a man on the moon, e.g. : KENNEDYPROPOSAL
43
Counting-out word : MEENY
44
Rum cake : BABA
45
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
46
Letter : ESS
47
Alcatraz, for one: Abbr. : ISL
49
Mine yield : ORE
51
Honshu bay : ISE
52
Early Peruvians : INCAS
54
Solidify : GEL
56
Emulates Galileo : STARGAZES
60
Gum resin : ELEMI
63
Around: Prefix : PERI
64
Crater-makers : METEORITES
66
Bar orders : ALES
67
Primp : PREEN
68
Legal wrong : TORT
69
Foolhardy : RASH
70
River of France : ISERE
71
Morays : EELS
Down
1
Machine parts : CAMS
2
Melville novel : OMOO
3
Certain Armstrong collections : MOONSTONES
4
First name in golf : ARNIE
5
Word of disgust : BAH
6
Melody : ARIA
7
Bal's relative : DANSE
8
Star discovered in the 1920's : GRETAGARBO
9
Nautical command : EASETO
10
Landed estate : MANOR
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Auto mishap : SKID
13
Word parts: Abbr. : SYLS
18
Mark : SCAR
22
Gun an engine : REVUP
25
Delibes opera : LAKME
26
Pintail ducks : SMEES
28
Psychedelic drug : LSD
29
Modern explorers : SKYBLAZERS
31
Part of an Xmas rocket, perhaps : MISSILETOE
32
French states : ETATS
33
Confederate signature : RELEE
35
Stopping place : INN
37
___ tree : UPA
39
Mind: Prefix : NOO
41
Looking at : EYING
42
Propel : OAR
48
Shrimp dish : SCAMPI
50
Bavarian river : EGER
52
Kind of coffee : IRISH
53
Medit. vessel: Var. : SETEE
55
Typewriter type : ELITE
56
Practice for a bout : SPAR
57
Tissue : TELA
58
Mars's counterpart : ARES
59
Prophet : SEER
61
Blackbird : MERL
62
Doers: Suffix : ISTS
65
Pronoun : ONE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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