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Marie West
Marie West

New York Times, Thursday, February 14, 1974

5-Down : Evangelist Billy

Author:
Marie West
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Marie West has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,951
Across
1
Watermelon feature : RIND
5
Exhausts : SAPS
9
French wine valley : RHONE
14
Quadrennial address : INAUGURAL
16
Expectant person : HOPER
17
In a cautious way : PRUDENTLY
18
With full force : AMAIN
19
Coterie : SET
20
Pindar's forte : ODES
21
Weather periods : SPELLS
22
Sea in U.S.S.R. : ARAL
23
Prying : NOSY
24
Tightfisted : STINGY
27
Part of a pedestal : DADO
28
Spanish article : LAS
31
Treasure ___ : TROVE
32
English River : CAM
33
The theater : DRAMA
35
Err at bridge: Var. : RENIG
36
Individual : ONE
37
Sing falsetto : YODEL
38
Old-womanish : ANILE
39
Eccentric : ODD
40
Small land mass : ISLET
41
School org. : PTA
42
Glutinous : ROPY
44
Shows scorn : SNEERS
45
Cobras : ASPS
46
Small bits : DABS
47
Purchased : BOUGHT
50
Part of the Minotaur : BULL
51
Candlenut tree : AMA
54
Map indicator : ARROW
55
One who abdicates : RENOUNCER
57
Pola : NEGRI
58
Affectation : MANNERISM
59
Gather grain : GLEAN
60
Goes to court : SUES
61
Call it ___ : ADAY
Down
1
Torn and Van Winkle : RIPS
2
Concerning : INRE
3
Australian sea mile : NAUT
4
Flop : DUD
5
Evangelist Billy : SUNDAY
6
Soviet group : ARTEL
7
Buddies : PALS
8
Crafty : SLY
9
Work by 15 Down : RHAPSODYINBLUE
10
Comfortable : HOMEY
11
Gem : OPAL
12
Armstrong : NEIL
13
Sea eagles : ERNS
15
Brother of Ira : GEORGEGERSHWIN
21
Turf : SOD
22
Smithy equipment : ANVIL
23
Identified : NAMED
24
Purse part : STRAP
25
English River : TRENT
26
City near Grand Rapids : IONIA
27
Fop : DANDY
28
Soup spoon : LADLE
29
Moslem prince : AMEER
30
Seasons : SALTS
32
Communal stores : COOPS
34
American Beauties : ROSES
43
Choose : OPT
44
Reception halls : SALONS
45
Greek marketplace : AGORA
46
Mr. Dooley's creator : DUNNE
47
Explosive sound : BANG
48
City of Russia : OREL
49
Yen : URGE
50
Ideal or monde : BEAU
51
One kind of test : ACID
52
Tableland : MESA
53
Arnie's group : ARMY
55
Lodgings: Abbr. : RMS
56
F.D.R. agency : NRA

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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