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Catharine Y. C. Probst
Catharine Y. C. Probst

New York Times, Friday, February 15, 1974

52-Down : Woody root of Africa

Author:
Catharine Y. C. Probst
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { H J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Catharine Y. C. Probst has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,952
Across
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Sitting ___ : DUCK
5
Comb: Prefix : CTENO
10
Clear the blackboard : WIPE
14
Wings : ALAE
15
Court decree : ARRET
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Spanish queen et al. : ENAS
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"Zhivago" heroine : LARA
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Songbird : MEADOWLARK
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Gary's state: Abbr. : IND
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Hot Springs and Baden-Baden : SPAS
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Holy: Fr. : SACREE
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Hindered : IMPEDED
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Pack horse, old style : SOMER
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Ella of comics : CINDERS
29
Moslem scholar : ALIM
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Prepare chestnuts : ROAST
32
Marsh herons : BITTERNS
36
Bird for Minerva : OWL
37
Wading birds : RAILS
39
Yes, in Menton : OUI
40
Toasts in old England : WASSAILS
43
Furious : RABID
45
Titmouse feature : TUFT
46
Tartness : ACIDITY
48
Afghan noble : AMEER
51
Birds' best friend : AUDUBON
53
Handsome, in Scotland : BONNIE
55
Hurting : SORE
56
Rachel Carson subject : SEA
59
Bird-watcher's need : BINOCULARS
61
Small duck : TEAL
62
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
63
Peep show : RAREE
64
Dreaded figure : OGRE
65
Hardy heroine : TESS
66
Bradley and others : OMARS
67
Give the eye : OGLE
Down
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Surrealist painter : DALI
2
___ Bator : ULAN
3
Missouri birds : CARDINALS
4
N. Z. parrot : KEA
5
Vacation vehicle : CAMPER
6
Stairway parts : TREADS
7
Remove : ERASE
8
Composer Rorem : NED
9
Siouans : OTOS
10
Word on a doormat : WELCOME
11
Embrace : INARM
12
Gay city : PAREE
13
Glacial ridge : ESKER
19
"___ a cat I saw?" (palindrome) : WASIT
21
Barracuda : SPET
24
Doctors' degrees : MDS
25
Irish lower house : DAIL
27
Bird for a loser : CROW
28
Hawkeye state : IOWA
30
Mil. officers : LTS
32
Twice : BIS
33
Yardstick for a blue shade : ROBINSEGG
34
French night : NUIT
35
Pretentious, old style : SIDY
37
Govt. dismissal notice : RIF
38
Can. province : ALTA
41
Office workers : STENOGS
42
Like gold : AURIC
43
Scrawny critter : RIBE
44
Confusion : ADO
46
Devoted one : ADORER
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"___, foiled again" : CURSES
48
Monastery head : ABBOT
49
Watery fabric : MOIRE
50
Capital of County Clare : ENNIS
52
Woody root of Africa : USARA
54
Large kangaroo : EURO
57
Fatha Hines : EARL
58
On the sheltered side : ALEE
60
Take it on the ___ : LAM
61
Moreover : TOO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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