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Will Shortz
Will Shortz

New York Times, Wednesday, December 24, 1975

14-Down : Harsh-sounding

Author:
Will Shortz
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Will Shortz has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,629
Across
1
___ crossing : RAILROAD
9
Embodiment : AVATAR
15
Write fuller explanations : ANNOTATE
16
Fellini's medium : CINEMA
17
Famous sci-fi film : PLANETOFTHEAPES
19
Sharpens : HONES
20
Recent: Prefix : NEO
21
Like palisades : STEEP
22
Card : ACE
23
French parents : MERES
25
State of: Suffix : ERY
26
Greek letters : PSIS
28
Metrical foot : IAMB
31
Listen to : ATTEND
34
Amorphous : UNFORMED
38
40
Like "avaunt" and "prithee" : OBSOLETE
41
Some bridge bids : RAISES
42
King of Israel : ELAH
43
Cosby or Tilden : BILL
44
Once around the track : LAP
47
Plant branch : RAMUS
49
Turf : SOD
52
Hello, in Waikiki : ALOHA
55
Ill-mannered one : CAD
56
English novelist : READE
58
Noted historian of the Roman Empire : SIREDWARDGIBBON
61
Menu category : ENTREE
62
Knight's stock in trade : CHIVALRY
63
Feel indignation : RESENT
64
Wisdom : SAGENESS
Down
1
Descendant of Saul : RAPHA
2
Vietnam battle site : ANLOC
3
Foolish : INANE
4
Solitary : LONE
5
Rds. and hwys. : RTES
6
Type of meal : OAT
7
Makes up for : ATONES
8
Put off : DEFER
9
Berliner's exclamation : ACH
10
Contends : VIES
11
Med. course : ANAT
12
Plains home : TEPEE
13
Moslem prince : AMEER
14
Harsh-sounding : RASPY
18
___ the line (obeying) : TOEING
23
Exam time, often : MIDYEAR
24
Kenya expeditions : SAFARIS
26
Black tea : PEKOE
27
Short length of gut : SNELL
29
Fable's punch line : MORAL
30
Cook : BROIL
31
___, amas, amat : AMO
32
Biblical kingdom : TOB
33
Weights: Abbr. : TNS
34
French article : UNE
35
Rodent genus : MUS
36
Chemical suffix : ENE
37
Dental degree : DDS
39
Cornell's home : ITHACA
43
Eastern deity : BUDDHA
44
High-energy beam : LASER
45
Put in order : ALINE
46
Liners' destinations : PORTS
48
Connelly and others : MARCS
49
Fur-bearing animal : SABLE
50
Perfumes : ODORS
51
French saint: Var. : DENYS
53
"___ goes!" : HERE
54
Mideast gulf : ADEN
56
Split : RIVE
57
Abba ___ : EBAN
59
Soaked : WET
60
Light carriage : GIG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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