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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Monday, November 22, 1976

38-Down : Tropical plants

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,963
Across
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Liability : DEBT
5
Spanish coins : DUROS
10
Short golf shot : CHIP
14
Pura or vitae : AQUA
15
Beethoven's "Für ___" : ELISE
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Mother of Apollo : LETO
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Valueless : NULL
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Child's noisemaker : BULLROARER
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Poet killed in W.W. I : KILMER
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Cozy sofa : LOVESEAT
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Goddesses of myth : FURIAE
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"___ your turn" : ITS
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Tiny insects : MIDGES
27
Distilling vessel: Var. : ALAMBIC
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Traipse : GAD
32
Filet ___ : OFSOLE
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French river : AUDE
35
Bit of gossip : ONDIT
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Jujube tree : ELB
38
Fiord : INLET
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Units of loudness : BELS
40
Summer or club : INDIAN
42
New Guinea port : LAE
43
Repeating : ITERANT
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Barrel and vital : ORGANS
47
Ovid's "___ Amatoria" : ARS
48
Put in a crate : ENCASE
49
Pretentious : AFFECTED
53
Waste receptacle : ASHCAN
56
Obstinate : BULLHEADED
58
Neighbor of Kan. : OKLA
59
Culture tissue : BREI
60
Parenthetical comment : ASIDE
61
Biblical ox : REEM
62
Too bad! : ALAS
63
Exploits : DEEDS
64
On ___ (tense) : EDGE
Down
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Humid : DANK
2
Prefix for poise or nox : EQUI
3
Violin's big brother : BULLFIDDLE
4
Body of Jewish law : TALMUD
5
Interrogate, as an astronaut : DEBRIEF
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Eskimo knife : ULU
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Moon valley : RILLE
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European capital : OSLO
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Obsequious : SERVILE
10
Upper-___ (junior or senior) : CLASSMAN
11
Roll-call answer : HERE
12
Willow : ITEA
13
Dessert wine : PORT
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Where Hercules died : OETA
21
Rye fungus : ERGOT
24
Concur : ASSENT
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Degas contemporary : MANET
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"Perfidious ___" : ALBION
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In need of an outsized collar : BULLNECKED
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Inventors' fortes : IDEAS
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Whale : CETE
31
Asian desert : GOBI
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Bailey or fogy : OLD
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Mideast people : ISRAELIS
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Tropical plants : INGAS
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Word of preference : INSTEAD
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Shopping centers : ARCADES
44
Roguish : ARCH
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Beached : ASHORE
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Very good character : EDDIE
49
Mr. Eban : ABBA
50
Wrap around : FURL
51
___ in one's ear : FLEA
52
Palliate : EASE
54
Shake ___ (hurry) : ALEG
55
Roster entry : NAME
57
TV actor Byrnes : EDD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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