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James A. Brussel
James A. Brussel

New York Times, Tuesday, December 3, 1974

37-Down : Insect found near ponds or lakes

Author:
James A. Brussel
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
James A. Brussel has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,243
Across
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Kind of tennis : LAWN
5
Kind of skate : CHEAP
10
Marshes : FENS
14
Genus of olives : OLEA
15
Heart outlet : AORTA
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Medieval land holding : ODAL
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Norwegian prince, in "Hamlet" : FORTINBRAS
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Split : RIVE
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Driving area : TEE
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Beaks : NEBS
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Made edging : TATTED
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Vehemence : FURY
25
Roman historian : LIVY
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People in a cast : ACTORS
29
Monotony : SAMENESS
33
Solacing word : THERE
34
Demolish : RAZE
35
Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Ravelings : LINT
37
" ... amber ___ of grain" : WAVES
38
Calif. wine center : NAPA
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Baseball brother : ALOU
40
Hoary : AGED
41
Station : DEPOT
42
Plant derivatives : SENNITES
44
Works by painter Albrecht : DURERS
45
Land measures : ARES
46
Confines : PENS
47
___-day (modern) : LATTER
50
Lighten : EASE
51
Dandy : FOP
54
Miss Adams : EDIE
55
Notation in 1812 Overture : FORTISSIMO
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"The Decline and ___ of ... " : FALL
59
Hard baseball drive : LINER
60
Waterless : ARID
61
Deuce's follower : TREY
62
Chemical suffix : YLENE
63
Cats and dogs : PETS
Down
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Niblick stroke : LOFT
2
Century plant : ALOE
3
"If I ___ king" : WERE
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King Cole : NAT
5
Chair workers : CANERS
6
Stamp-collecting, e.g. : HOBBY
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Miscalculates : ERRS
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___ loss : ATA
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TV-watching, e.g. : PASTIMES
10
Rams' rivals : FORTYNINERS
11
Blue-pencil : EDIT
12
Church area : NAVE
13
Vehicle : SLED
18
Toughen : INURE
23
Salutation : AVE
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Luckily : FORTUNATELY
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Loafed : LAZED
26
Reference book : ATLAS
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Concepción's land : CHILE
28
Part of a joint : TENON
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Relief-pitchers' goals : SAVES
30
Storehouse : ETAPE
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Flavor : SAPOR
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Nickname of Cards' Marty Marion : SLATS
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Frenzies : RAGES
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Insect found near ponds or lakes : WATERFLY
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Beach hills : DUNES
43
Anger : IRE
44
Streetcar name : DESIRE
46
Eucharistic plate : PATEN
47
Kind of turn or over : LEFT
48
Hebrew month : ADAR
49
Mah-jongg piece : TILE
50
Aquatic bird : ERNE
51
___ sale : FIRE
52
Leave out : OMIT
53
Seal herds : PODS
56
Fuel : OIL
57
Weaken : SAP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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