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Marie West
Marie West

New York Times, Wednesday, November 3, 1976

33-Down : Indistinct

Author:
Marie West
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q Y }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Marie West has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,944
Across
1
Kind of poke or burn : SLOW
5
___-fly pie : SHOO
9
Impressive : NOBLE
14
City in Brazil : TUPA
15
Producer of magic : WAND
16
Benefit : AVAIL
17
Did push-ups : EXERCISED
19
Tin or titanium : METAL
20
Jewelry items : PENDANTS
21
Classes : GENERA
22
Hence : ERGO
23
Ship part : PROW
24
Rio ___ : GRANDE
27
Emerged from concealment : SURFACED
31
Partner of lat. : LON
32
Humorist Cobb : IRVIN
34
Vestige : TRACE
35
Keyboard instrument : ORGAN
37
Dexterity : ART
38
Wading bird : HERON
39
___ bill of goods to : SELLA
40
Beau ___ : GESTE
42
High in pitch : ALT
43
Detect : SMELLOUT
45
Marbles : AGATES
47
German admiral : SPEE
48
Kind of nail : SPAD
49
Spellbinder : ORATOR
52
Lists in detail : ITEMIZES
56
Porch : LANAI
57
Motorist's cache : SPARETIRE
58
Chipmunk's cache : ACORN
59
Man or Wight : ISLE
60
Fixed quantity : UNIT
61
Barmecide ___ : FEAST
62
Related : TOLD
63
Begone! : SCAT
Down
1
Footprint : STEP
2
De ___ (sumptuous) : LUXE
3
Accessible : OPEN
4
Caretaker : WARDEN
5
With-it one : SWINGER
6
Must : HASTO
7
Wallet items : ONES
8
Unmatching : ODD
9
Essential thing : NAMEOFTHEGAME
10
Casseroles, etc. : OVENWARE
11
Diminish : BATE
12
Ananias : LIAR
13
Raines : ELLA
18
Essential thing : CARDINALPOINT
21
Sound from Fido : GRR
23
Certain kicks : PUNTS
24
Sheen : GLOSS
25
Composer Ned : ROREM
26
Viewpoint : ANGLE
27
River to the Danube : SIRET
28
Gem weight : CARAT
29
Pierre's school : ECOLE
30
Fender flaws : DENTS
33
Indistinct : VAGUE
36
Participants in a July game : ALLSTARS
41
Decreased gradually : TAPERED
44
Poet's word : OER
46
Passage for entrance : ADITUS
48
___ for time : STALL
49
Norwegian king : OLAF
50
Human or mill : RACE
51
Wild ox : ANOA
52
___ facto : IPSO
53
Galvanizing agent : ZINC
54
Silkworm : ERIA
55
Paving stone : SETT
57
Pose : SIT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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