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Allan Blackman
Allan Blackman

New York Times, Wednesday, February 2, 1977

45-Down : Daunted

Author:
Allan Blackman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Allan Blackman has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,035
Across
1
Tortoise's rival : HARE
5
Feeling regret : RUING
10
Arab ruler : EMIR
14
Khayyám : OMAR
15
"It's ___!" : ADEAL
16
Javanese carriage : SADO
17
King John's cross to bear : MAGNACARTA
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"The ___ the limit" : SKYS
20
After printemps : ETE
21
Dumas ___ : FILS
22
Addison's friend : STEELE
24
Defective: Prefix : ATEL
25
Yoga posture : ASANA
26
Annoy : BOTHER
29
French premier in the 1800's : GAMBETTA
32
Heavens : ETHER
33
Theda et al. : BARAS
34
___ up (accelerate) : REV
35
Skin: Prefix : DERM
36
Pretend : PUTON
37
Hari : MATA
38
Norse coin : ORE
39
Dress material : ORLON
40
Writer André et al. : GIDES
41
Nazi leader : GOEBBELS
43
Author Poole : ERNEST
44
Homeless ones : WAIFS
45
Kind of press or verse : FREE
46
Potemkin's port : ODESSA
48
Bern's river : AARE
49
Racquet material : GUT
52
Dakota Indians : REES
53
Boundary imposed on Poland in 1944 : CURZONLINE
56
Erie or Mead : LAKE
57
Chemical compound : ESTER
58
Heron's relative : IBIS
59
Formerly, old style : ERST
60
Mr. of film : DEEDS
61
Girl or seller : BEST
Down
1
" ... no place like ___" : HOME
2
Before amamus : AMAT
3
Vogue : RAGE
4
Sea bird : ERN
5
More risqué : RACIER
6
Mo of Arizona : UDALL
7
Suffixes for cash and cloth : IERS
8
Musical King Cole : NAT
9
Maker of bottles : GLASSMAN
10
Jewish mystic : ESSENE
11
Barter : MAKEATRADE
12
Pastoral poem : IDYL
13
Flower with hips : ROSE
18
"___ the Fall" : AFTER
23
Designates : TABS
24
Attention-getter : AHEM
25
Slugger Hank : AARON
26
Follow relentlessly : BEDOG
27
White Sands' county : OTERO
28
Elinor Glyn novel : THREEWEEKS
29
Spanish cats : GATOS
30
French heads : TETES
31
Nautical cry : AVAST
33
John and Brahman : BULLS
36
Wrote an introduction : PREFACED
37
Magnetic or land : MINE
39
Sashes : OBIS
40
Go-ahead color : GREEN
42
Variety of hound : BASSET
43
Wild throws, e.g. : ERRORS
45
Daunted : FAZED
46
Heraldic border : ORLE
47
Kind of sir : DEAR
48
Comedian Johnson : ARTE
49
Scoff : GIBE
50
Les Etats-___ : UNIS
51
Tube or case : TEST
54
Treat : USE
55
Women's ___ : LIB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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