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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Wednesday, December 31, 1975

27-Down : In a class by itself

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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O
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B
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B
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C
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O
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L
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R
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A
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K
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U
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B
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D
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I
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Q
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R
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E
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S
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L
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J
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R
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E
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O
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H
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A
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B
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E
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P
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A
L
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Y
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F
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N
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C
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O
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M
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P
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C
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Y
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B
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,636
Across
1
Baseball Hall of Famer : COBB
5
Kind of guard or TV : COLOR
10
Asian tree : ASAK
14
Russian river : URAL
15
Connect : UNITE
16
Liturgy : RITE
17
Item on a French coat of arms : FLEURDELIS
19
Word with bellum or meridiem : ANTE
20
Unfamiliar : FOREIGN
21
Produce in a pinch : SCAREUP
23
Sapped : BLED
24
Mesopotamia's land : IRAQ
25
Market second-hand : RESELL
28
Turning point : JUNCTURE
32
Germ cell : OVULE
33
Eye of a lariat : HONDA
34
___ La-Chapelle : AIX
35
"___ ever so humble ... " : BEIT
36
Desolate tract : WILDS
37
Easy job : SNAP
38
Work unit : ERG
39
Philadelphia player : EAGLE
40
Album offering : PHOTO
41
Clandestine : STEALTHY
43
Animal classifications : FAUNAS
44
Cyrano's trademark : NOSE
45
U. S. suffragist : CATT
46
Pitching motion : OVERARM
49
Vinegary : ACETOUS
53
Impudent : PERT
54
Nomadic instinct : WANDERLUST
56
Counterpart of Boz : ELIA
57
"Forever ___" : AMBER
58
Jacob's dupe : ESAU
59
"Trent's Last ___" : CASE
60
Irish poet : YEATS
61
Balkan native : SERB
Down
1
French or hand : CUFF
2
Flat plinth : ORLO
3
Boxer Max : BAER
4
Third-year judo award : BLUEBELT
5
Shillelagh : CUDGEL
6
Upright : ONEND
7
Gypsy book : LIL
8
Skinner of stage : OTIS
9
Abrogates : RESCINDS
10
Biblical mount : ARARAT
11
Indispensable condition : SINEQUANON
12
Alaskan island : ATTU
13
Exclude, with "out" : KEEP
18
Moon valley : RILLE
22
Old alms box : ARCA
25
Vestments of authority : ROBES
26
Tennis star : EVERT
27
In a class by itself : SUIGENERIS
28
Like a certain Roger : JOLLY
29
Wavy, in heraldry : UNDE
30
Gaucho gear : RIATA
31
National League team : EXPOS
33
Costly : HIGH
36
Canal, e.g. : WATERWAY
37
Kissinger trips in Mideast : SHUTTLES
39
Lohengrin's bride : ELSA
40
___ Noster : PATER
42
Blood carriers : AORTAE
43
Stunning defeats : FACERS
45
Youngest son : CADET
46
Mideast oil org. : OPEC
47
Southern constellation : VELA
48
Broadway musical : MAME
50
English river : OUSE
51
Asian grass : USAR
52
Rain check : STUB
55
Pro sports league : NBA

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

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