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Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg

New York Times, Wednesday, February 11, 1976

15-Down : "The ___ is silence"

Author:
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 54, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,678
Across
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Down with, in France : ABAS
5
Closemouthed one : CLAM
9
Word of contempt : PAH
12
Lively party : BASH
13
Terza ___ : RIMA
14
Dressing-room aide : ROBER
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Alpine sound : ECHO
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Word of agreement : AMEN
18
Lyric verse : EPODE
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Words for Jimmy the Greek : THEWIZARDOFODDS
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"___ will be done ... " : THY
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Telling a lie, e.g. : SIN
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Fuel : PEAT
25
Sound of laughter : HAHA
27
Disclose : BARE
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Proofreading signs : CARETS
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Make hostile : ALIENATE
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Sugar: Suffix : OSE
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Certain artists : ETCHERS
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Charged particle : ION
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Demolishes : SHATTERS
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Bee mementos : STINGS
43
Israeli dance : HORA
44
Army units: Abbr. : RGTS
45
Kind of god : DEMI
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Kind of witness : EYE
50
Bakery item : BUN
51
Tom Seaver, so to speak : ANACEOFDIAMONDS
57
Punctuation and birth : MARKS
58
Lupino and Cantor : IDAS
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Sweetheart : BEAU
60
Barnyard units : STIES
61
Igneous rock : SIMA
62
Use a dipper : LADE
63
Poetic word : EEN
64
Reconcile : HEAL
65
Aphrodite's son : EROS
Down
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Support : ABET
2
Maestro of the clavier : BACH
3
High-ranked netman : ASHE
4
___ way (lead) : SHOWTHE
5
Kind of guilt : CRAZY
6
City in Ohio : LIMA
7
North and South: Abbr. : AMERS
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Lower jaw : MANDIBLE
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Burst, in a way : POPOPEN
10
Dwelling : ABODE
11
Miss Hopper : HEDDA
14
Ump's relative : REF
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"The ___ is silence" : REST
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"___ see the evening sun ... " : IHATETO
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Put ___ (pontificate) : ONAIRS
25
Kind of slinger : HASH
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Vicinity : AREA
28
Play the uke again : RESTRUM
29
Romaine : COS
30
Word with type or phonic : STEREO
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Contented sounds : AHS
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"___ it the truth!" : AINT
33
Clothing : TOGS
34
Navy officer: Abbr. : ENS
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Lobster's small relative : CRAYFISH
40
Get complicated, as a plot : THICKEN
42
Lowly : IGNOBLE
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Beavers' works : DAMS
46
Growing out : ENATE
47
Miss Dressler : MARIE
49
Arcaro : EDDIE
50
Kind of metabolism : BASAL
52
Letter : ESS
53
"___ Camera" : IAMA
54
Close : NEAR
55
Wall base : DADO
56
___ for divorce : SUES

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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