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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Saturday, February 16, 1974

15-Down : Track-meet official

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.35, Missing: { J K W Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 4 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,953
Across
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Mennonite : AMISH
6
Sudden effort : SPASM
11
Container : VAT
14
TV offering : SITUATIONCOMEDY
17
Shell-game operator, for one : PRESTIDIGITATOR
18
___-kiri : HARA
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___ en scène : MISE
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Kind of house : OPERA
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"Ten cents ___" : ADANCE
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Swan genus : OLOR
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Norse goddess : RAN
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Biblical character : LOT
27
W. W. II landing site : ORAN
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Obliquely : ASLANT
31
Entertain : TREAT
33
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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Certain workers : ANTS
36
Learn : HEAR
38
Common conjunction : THAN
40
Greenish blue : AQUA
43
Surrender : CEDE
45
Wrists : CARPI
49
Scottish poet : DUNBAR
51
___ dixit : IPSE
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Scottish alder : ARN
54
Completed : DID
55
Shows emotion : SOBS
57
Young bird : EAGLET
59
Familiar Latin phrase : IDEST
61
Killer whale : ORCA
63
Greek container : OLPE
64
Certain football lineup : SPREADFORMATION
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Mind: Prefix : NOO
69
English county : ESSEX
70
"We're off ___ the wizard ... " : TOSEE
Down
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"The ___ Jungle" : ASPHALT
2
Balcony affording a view : MIRADOR
3
Go over : ITERATE
4
Black-eyed or lazy : SUSAN
5
Old ___ : HAT
6
African title : SIDI
7
Corrupts : POISONS
8
Backer : ANGEL
9
___-fi (type of story) : SCI
10
Rides : MOTORS
11
Old-timer : VETERAN
12
Devoted : ADORANT
13
Oppressors : TYRANTS
15
Track-meet official : TIMER
16
Chart : MAP
22
___ d'Azur : COTE
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___ of office : OATH
28
Swiss river : AARE
30
Turner : LANA
32
Literary captain : AHAB
34
Out of ___ : STEP
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Height: Prefix : ACRO
39
Animal class: Suffix : ACEA
40
English essayist : ADDISON
41
___ quo (fair swap) : QUIDPRO
42
Cook rare : UNDERDO
44
Strip : DISROBE
46
Political events : RALLIES
47
Place before, grammatically : PREPOSE
48
Deep : INTENSE
50
Gaping : ASTARE
52
Dressmakers' concerns : SEAMS
56
Belly laughs : BOFFS
58
"___ mansions, ... " : GOTNO
60
Spot : SEE
62
Main point : CRUX
65
Notes : DOS
66
Islet : AIT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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