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Stanley A. Kurzban
Stanley A. Kurzban

New York Times, Friday, February 4, 1977

33-Down : Naval initials

Author:
Stanley A. Kurzban
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Stanley A. Kurzban has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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J
2
A
3
Y
4
S
5
F
6
R
7
A
8
H
9
A
10
Z
11
E
12
E
Q
U
I
13
H
O
U
S
14
E
15
A
G
I
N
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E
U
R
O
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E
S
T
E
R
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R
I
N
D
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R
A
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N
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C
A
T
S
A
N
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D
D
O
G
S
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O
D
E
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S
E
I
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D
25
E
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B
S
27
R
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A
Y
29
N
30
A
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P
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A
33
U
E
L
E
34
R
E
B
35
A
G
L
A
S
36
S
37
S
T
O
R
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M
E
D
O
39
U
T
O
F
T
H
E
40
S
E
P
T
I
C
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U
N
A
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I
T
E
R
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R
E
S
A
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I
T
S
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M
E
I
N
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M
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E
N
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T
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A
O
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H
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A
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I
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L
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G
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T
A
X
I
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C
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A
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B
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S
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E
D
D
A
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O
R
A
T
E
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O
V
E
N
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A
Z
O
V
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W
A
K
E
D
64
L
O
B
O
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T
E
L
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66
M
E
D
67
A
N
E
W
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,037
Across
1
Birds : JAYS
5
Monk's title : FRA
8
Weather word : HAZE
12
Same: Prefix : EQUI
13
See 37 Across : HOUSE
15
Opposed, in Dogpatch : AGIN
16
Continental prefix : EURO
17
Chemical compound : ESTER
18
Fruit covering : RIND
19
Be pettish, as the weather : RAINCATSANDDOGS
22
Verse form : ODE
23
Small whale : SEI
24
Coming-out girls : DEBS
27
Singer Charles : RAY
29
Calif. wine city : NAPA
33
African river : UELE
34
Johnny ___ : REB
35
"Through ___ darkly" : AGLASS
37
Made a dramatic exit, with 13 Across : STORMEDOUTOFTHE
40
Type of tank : SEPTIC
41
Miss Merkel : UNA
42
Roman road : ITER
43
Surrender, in Italy : RESA
44
"___ my turn" : ITS
45
"___ Kampf" : MEIN
46
Crew members : MEN
48
Chinese truth : TAO
50
Winter hazard of a sort : HAILINGTAXICABS
59
Icelandic saga : EDDA
60
Declaim : ORATE
61
Kiln : OVEN
62
Asian sea : AZOV
63
Aroused : WAKED
64
Wolf : LOBO
65
Distant: Prefix : TELE
66
Part of M.D.: Abbr. : MED
67
Again : ANEW
Down
1
Scoff : JEER
2
Water: Prefix : AQUA
3
Cosmonaut Gagarin : YURI
4
Jerusalem hill: Var. : SION
5
Encouraged : FOSTERED
6
Axle-breakers : RUTS
7
___ as pie : ASEASY
8
Kind of cash or times : HARD
9
Money changing : AGIO
10
Enthusiasm : ZING
11
Goals : ENDS
13
Chief : HEAD
14
Sea bird : ERNE
20
Lettuce : COS
21
Australian dog : DINGO
24
Hinder : DETER
25
Run away : ELOPE
26
Wheeler and Lahr : BERTS
28
More or less : ABOUT
30
Movie title : ALFIE
31
Singer Page : PATTI
32
Pale : ASHEN
33
Naval initials : USS
34
Kind of room : REC
35
___ loss : ATA
36
Indian weight : SER
38
Haven for Cuban émigrés : MIAMI
39
Not said : UNSTATED
44
Rex of early films : INGRAM
45
French pronoun : MOI
47
Sufficient, to Omar : ENOW
49
Hewed : AXED
50
Kind of wave : HEAT
51
Chisellike tool : ADZE
52
Adored one : IDOL
53
Cleanse : LAVE
54
Shooting unit on the lot : TAKE
55
Beverage : COLA
56
English river : AVON
57
Miss Daniels : BEBE
58
Weather word : SNOW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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