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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

New York Times, Friday, December 20, 1974

40-Down : Defoe heroine

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,260
Across
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Counterfeit : SHAM
5
Turkish title : PASHA
10
Emulates McGee : FIBS
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Man, to Cicero : HOMO
15
Negative atom : ANION
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Height: Prefix : ACRO
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Make a poker move : OPEN
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Games: Var. : TITTATTOES
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Game : PINOCHLE
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Investigate : GOINTO
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Game instructors : PROS
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Beat a tattoo : DRUM
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Wall décors : DADOES
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Game : CHARADES
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Adept at musical chairs : AGILE
33
Economic spurts : BOOMS
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Gobble : EAT
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Condition: Suffix : MONY
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Birds' crops : CRAWS
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Prefix for chute or phrase : PARA
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Actress Mary : URE
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Converses : CHATS
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Like beer or ale : MALTY
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Game : PARCHESI
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Games : LOTTOS
44
Throaty sounds : HICS
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Courteous: Fr. : POLI
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As smooth ___ : ASSILK
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Game : ROULETTE
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Game : BATTLESHIP
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Not a one : NARY
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Wine-bottle word : BRUT
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Up the ante : RAISE
58
Sherlock's quest : CLUE
59
Mary Baker or Nelson : EDDY
60
Math ratios : SINES
61
Scraped by, with "out" : EKED
Down
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Go bargain-hunting : SHOP
2
Arizona Indian : HOPI
3
Worshiper's word : AMEN
4
Game : MONOPOLY
5
Tragic quality : PATHOS
6
Indigo sources : ANILS
7
Locale : SITE
8
___ potato : HOT
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Game : ANAGRAMS
10
Mohammed's daughter : FATIMA
11
Holy portrait : ICON
12
Harte : BRET
13
Mediocre : SOSO
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Sightseers' jaunts : TOURS
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Algonquian : CREE
24
Arabian sailing ships : DHOWS
25
Make a barrier : DAMUP
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Athenian hub : AGORA
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Railroad car : DINER
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Raccoon's cousin : COATI
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Gave out the cards : DEALT
30
Give ___ (heed) : EARTO
31
Meets the bet, in poker : STAYS
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Military V.I.P.'s : BRASS
36
Game : CHECKERS
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Game : PATIENCE
39
Recipe word for gelatin : CHILL
40
Defoe heroine : MOLL
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" ... ___-Bang-Bang" : CHITTY
43
Jewelers' glasses : LOUPES
45
Ease of manner : POISE
46
Singer Lane : ABBE
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Agate's relative : SARD
48
___ poker : STUD
49
Nasal prefix : RHIN
50
Kind of TV show : TALK
51
Quiz answer : TRUE
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One-___ jacks : EYED
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Capuchin monkey : SAI

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

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