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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Tuesday, February 21, 1978

53-Down : Prayer hour

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,419
Across
1
Lawyers' org. : ABA
4
Word with green or wise : ACRES
9
Cuyler of baseball's Hall of Fame : KIKI
13
Invasion city in 1942 : ORAN
14
Artless : NAIVE
15
"Whatever ___ right": Pope : ISIS
16
Dime-novel sleuth : NICKCARTER
18
Caliologist's topic : NEST
19
Werner of films : OSKAR
20
Historic period : DARKAGES
22
Disavow : RETRACT
24
Kind of worm or weed : SILK
25
Westerns : OATERS
27
Entrapped a dogie : NOOSED
31
Scarce item in 1932 : JOB
33
Blue-pencils : EDITS
35
Boredom : ENNUI
36
"___, Time stays, we go": Dobson : ALAS
38
Beige colors : ECRUS
40
___ du Nord, busy depot in Paris : GARE
41
Evil habits : VICES
43
European movie houses : KINOS
45
Author Kesey : KEN
46
Kind of gun : ACKACK
48
"___ Goes By," 1931 song : ASTIME
50
Horse's motion : GAIT
52
Becomes fond of : TAKESTO
55
Shake-up : TURNOVER
58
Glacial ridge : ESKER
59
Dinero or moola : KALE
60
Where Housman's lad lived : SHROPSHIRE
62
Cattle, to Cowper : KINE
63
Closely twisted : KINKY
64
Extra item in an env. : ENCL
65
Hooded hoods : KLAN
66
Use the rudder : STEER
67
Ocean-lane direction : SSE
Down
1
Originate : ARISE
2
Dos-à-dos : BACKTOBACK
3
Capital of Turkey : ANKARA
4
Table-talk collection : ANA
5
Sleight-of-hand feat : CARDTRICK
6
Hayworth : RITA
7
Between Tinker and Chance : EVERS
8
Pianist Rudolf : SERKIN
9
Wray's abductor : KINGKONG
10
What "video" means : ISEE
11
Post office get-together : KISS
12
Adherent : IST
13
___ about (date-setting phrase) : ONOR
17
Old aircraft : CRATE
21
Source of some medicines : ALOE
23
Give up : CEDE
26
Narrow channel : STRIA
28
Reptilian leathers : SNAKESKINS
29
Chartres's river : EURE
30
"___ dien," motto of the Prince of Wales : DIEN
31
Beanery beverage : JAVA
32
Suffix used in names of acids : OLIC
34
Beach danger : SUNSTROKE
37
Having the hue of the Mediterranean : SEAGREEN
39
Knave, at cards: Sp. : SOTA
42
Use a radar beam : SCAN
44
Dickens villain : SIKES
47
Newsstands : KIOSKS
49
Interlocks : MESHES
51
"Emmy" winner : TVHIT
53
Prayer hour : TERCE
54
U.S.S.R. grain market : OREL
55
Jet part, usually for smokers : TAIL
56
Arm bone : ULNA
57
Sea bird : ERNE
59
"___-Katy," 1918 song : KKK
61
Unit of light intensity : PYR

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

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