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Stanley A. Kurzban
Stanley A. Kurzban

New York Times, Friday, November 26, 1976

59-Down : Large bird

Author:
Stanley A. Kurzban
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 47, Avg Word Len: 4.56, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Stanley A. Kurzban has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
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A
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Y
4
O
5
A
6
F
7
J
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A
9
W
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S
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A
S
E
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A
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O
M
O
14
O
15
A
H
A
T
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R
I
L
L
17
P
O
R
T
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S
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R
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T
A
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S
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L
A
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D
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D
E
C
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O
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M
E
R
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M
E
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N
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D
E
L
R
I
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V
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R
S
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V
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E
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R
O
N
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C
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L
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K
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I
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A
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S
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L
D
O
M
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E
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B
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O
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N
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C
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N
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O
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G
R
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P
E
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E
M
I
L
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U
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N
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E
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A
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S
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M
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N
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I
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M
P
O
N
D
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R
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A
B
L
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B
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L
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O
O
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M
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R
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D
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S
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S
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P
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O
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R
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O
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I
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N
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T
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E
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R
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L
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C
H
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O
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L
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T
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E
68
D
O
T
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69
K
E
E
P
70
S
A
X
71
L
O
A
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,967
Across
1
Body of water : BAY
4
Fool : OAF
7
Benchley's annuity : JAWS
11
Cruising : ASEA
13
Melville sea story : OMOO
15
At the drop of ___ : AHAT
16
Streamlet : RILL
17
Sea gateways : PORTS
19
List : ROTA
20
Tuna or egg : SALAD
22
Art ___ : DECO
24
Sea, to the French : MER
25
Former House member from S.C. : MENDELRIVERS
29
Film star known for her hair : VERONICALAKE
32
Mount of Crete : IDA
33
Infrequently : SELDOM
34
Black : EBON
38
River craft : CANOE
40
Feel one's way : GROPE
41
Ludwig : EMIL
42
Tension : UNEASE
47
Isle of note : MAN
48
Beyond conceiving : IMPONDERABLE
51
Channels of life : BLOODSTREAMS
54
Sea of note : RED
55
Asian rice : SELA
56
Deep sleep : SOPOR
60
Norse god : ODIN
62
Zoo animal : TIGER
65
Scottish body of water : LOCH
66
Leer : OGLE
67
Prefix for graph : TELE
68
Love highly : DOTE
69
___ up on (be current) : KEEP
70
Tenor or alto : SAX
71
Mauna ___ : LOA
Down
1
Sand and candy : BARS
2
Continent : ASIA
3
Be noisy : YELL
4
Alley of comics : OOP
5
I love, to Cato : AMO
6
Left ___ (abandoned) : FORDEAD
7
Container : JAR
8
What a house is not : AHOME
9
Running or white : WATER
10
Navigational aids : STARS
12
Fort to remember : ALAMO
14
Verdi opera : OTELLO
18
"Beat it!" : SCRAM
21
Like some forests : DENSE
23
Lower-class Briton : OIK
26
Never, in Munich : NIE
27
Attorney's degree : DCL
28
Change direction : VEER
29
Kind of admiral : VICE
30
Cheese : EDAM
31
Indian princess : RANI
35
Flop on Broadway : BOMB
36
Gem : OPAL
37
Hawaiian bird : NENE
39
Medley : OLIO
40
Antiseptics' targets : GERMS
42
In a dither : UPSET
43
Dark : NOTLIT
44
Rouses to ire : ENRAGES
45
Drink : ADE
46
Aral or Black : SEA
49
A.M.A. members : MDS
50
___ as the hills : ASOLD
51
"Where ___ and river meet" : BROOK
52
Shelf : LEDGE
53
"Swan Lake" character : ODILE
57
Swimming or office : POOL
58
Numerical prefix : OCTO
59
Large bird : RHEA
61
Fiber knot : NEP
63
High note : ELA
64
Reed or Ingram : REX

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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