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Steele
Steele

New York Times, Tuesday, December 2, 1975

43-Down : Stylish

Author:
Steele
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Steele has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,607
Across
1
Ginger or cold : SNAP
5
Kind of demon : SPEED
10
Rotunda feature : DOME
14
Sharpen : HONE
15
Earth: Fr. : TERRE
16
"Thanks ___ so much" : EVER
17
Wish ___ a star : UPON
18
Lake in Iran : URMIA
19
Tree for a Yule bird : PEAR
20
Mount Sinai heritage : TENCOMMANDMENTS
23
Rose or snakes' ___ : HIPS
24
Pallid : WAN
25
Fable endings : MORALS
28
Most vain : PROUDEST
33
Makes the first poker bet : OPENS
34
Sing to baby : CROON
35
"___ Rita" : RIO
36
Cozy spot : NEST
37
Genesis event : FLOOD
38
Jot : IOTA
39
Numerical prefix : TRI
40
Actor Warner : OLAND
41
Llama's habitat : ANDES
42
"Postage and ___" (mail-order extra) : HANDLING
44
Certify on oath : ATTEST
45
Wheel part : RIM
46
Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
47
Babylonian heritage : CODEOFHAMMURABI
55
Cuckoos : ANIS
56
Vichy leader : LAVAL
57
Time periods : ERAS
58
Fall-leaf colors : REDS
59
Get ___ out of (annoy) : ARISE
60
Threshold : SILL
61
Weight system : TROY
62
Interior : MIDST
63
Assume : TAKE
Down
1
Out of business : SHUT
2
Relative of nix : NOPE
3
Nameless: Abbr. : ANON
4
Inclination : PENCHANT
5
Baffles : STUMPS
6
Hair jobs, for short : PERMS
7
Miss Bombeck : ERMA
8
Place to come back to : ERIN
9
Useless personnel : DEADWOOD
10
Be undetermined : DEPEND
11
Part of a range : OVEN
12
Sweet ___ (candy) : MEAT
13
Sins : ERRS
21
Banana and machine : OILS
22
Must, in Scotland : MAUN
25
May, for one : MONTH
26
"Parsifal," e.g. : OPERA
27
Varnish ingredient : RESIN
28
Antler part : PRONG
29
Crucifix : ROOD
30
Wear away : ERODE
31
Locations : SITES
32
Prosit : TOAST
34
Tribe : CLAN
37
Humbug : FLIMFLAM
38
Borrower's burden : INTEREST
40
Mixture : OLIO
41
Aleutian island : ATTU
43
Stylish : DRESSY
44
Small sea extension : ARMLET
46
Heap up : AMASS
47
Go or dog : CART
48
Nonesuch : ONER
49
Queen of Carthage : DIDO
50
Mata ___ : HARI
51
Keen : AVID
52
Found in 26 Down : ARIA
53
Stop short : BALK
54
___ of Man : ISLE

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