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Pollard
Pollard

New York Times, Saturday, December 9, 1978

9-Down : Prof's boss

Author:
Pollard
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F K Q U W Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Pollard has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,623
Across
1
S. A. rodent : PACA
5
Rascal : SCAMP
10
Home of government : SEAT
14
"One small step for ___" : AMAN
15
Slip : ERROR
16
Cartoonist who wrote "Man in the Shower" : ARNO
17
Tweed's nemesis : NAST
18
Basket weave : NATTE
19
Word with Kansas or Oklahoma : CITY
20
Relay system: 1860-61 : THEPONYEXPRESS
23
Son of Gad : ERI
24
Affirmative vote : YEA
25
Indiscretion : LAPSE
29
Beame or Vigoda : ABE
32
Collect : AMASS
36
"___ santé!" (French toast) : AVOTRE
38
Trading center : ENTREPOT
40
Signature shortcut for Franklin : BENJ
41
Load : CARGO
43
Archibald of the N.B.A. : NATE
44
Study of being : ONTOLOGY
46
Ostrich or emu : RATITE
48
Poker ploy : RAISE
49
"___ Cape Cod," Patti Page hit : OLD
51
A terminus of 56 Across : COLON
52
Transportation abbr. : ETA
54
Nark : RAT
56
Goethals's achievement : THEPANAMACANAL
64
Imprecation : OATH
65
Adult insect : IMAGO
66
Where the ginkgo grows : ASIA
68
Jack ___ of films : ELAM
69
Runner like Ryun : MILER
70
Conceal in the hand : PALM
71
London district : SOHO
72
"Stormy Weather" composer : ARLEN
73
B'way group : ANTA
Down
1
Criticize : PAN
2
She loves: Lat. : AMAT
3
Wherewithal : CASH
4
Prefix with date : ANTE
5
___ Wences, puppeteer : SENOR
6
Phrenologists' interests : CRANIA
7
Ostentatious : ARTY
8
Speck : MOTE
9
Prof's boss : PREXY
10
A terminus of 20 Across : SACRAMENTO
11
Lake city : ERIE
12
Aardvark's diet : ANTS
13
Hellman's "___ in the Attic" : TOYS
21
Earl or duke : PEER
22
Bosc or Bartlett : PEAR
25
Cabinet post : LABOR
26
Oats, in Oaxaca : AVENA
27
Loren's husband : PONTI
28
A terminus of 20 Across : STJOSEPHMO
30
One of October's birthstones : BERYL
31
Character in Wallace's "The Two" : ENG
33
"To fetch ___ ... " : APAIL
34
___ voce : SOTTO
35
Dutch genre painter : STEEN
37
Bionomics: Comb. form : ECO
39
Maxwell Anderson's "High ___" : TOR
42
Past : AGO
45
"___ Smile Be Your Umbrella" : LETA
47
Official minutes : ACTA
50
Medicated candy : DRAGEE
53
Soul : ANIMA
55
Squirrel's morsel : ACORN
56
Digits : TOES
57
Angel's gear : HALO
58
Greenland settlement : ETAH
59
Eastern bigwig : AMIR
60
Shopper's paradise : MALL
61
Wine valley : NAPA
62
Wise ___ owl : ASAN
63
Speak rhythmically : LILT
67
G.P.'s group : AMA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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