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Mary Dorman
Mary Dorman

New York Times, Wednesday, February 5, 1975

2-Down : Austrian statesman

Author:
Mary Dorman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Mary Dorman has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,307
Across
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Zhivago, etc.: Abbr. : DRS
4
Vulgar : GROSS
9
Church tribunal : ROTA
13
"It takes a ___ o' livin' ... " : HEAP
14
Climbing vine : LIANE
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Like ___ of bricks : ATON
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Two-toed sloth : UNAU
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Plant perfume : ATTAR
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___ at windmills : TILT
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Plant of mixed origin : HYBRID
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Flowery shrub : HIBISCUS
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Trot or canter : GAIT
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Tree part : LIMB
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Cellist Piatigorsky : GREGOR
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Subsided : ABATED
32
Arena roar : OLE
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Martini garnish, to Cicero : OLIVA
36
Lake in Finland : ENARE
37
Fruit-squeezer leavings : PULP
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Adult insect : IMAGO
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Time-tested work : EPIC
42
Soap plant : AMOLE
44
Kind of bread or joke : STALE
46
Here: Fr. : ICI
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Pea or bean : LEGUME
49
Two Gentlemen's city : VERONA
51
Roman 2020 : MMXX
53
Indies or River : EAST
54
Medicinal plants : HENBANES
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Plant with stingers : NETTLE
62
Diva's offering : ARIA
63
Paid one's share : ANTED
65
Land of the Dail : ERIN
66
Phoned : RANG
67
Stringed instrument: Fr. : VIOLE
68
Marsh plant : REED
69
Polynesian god : ATEO
70
Short-barreled rifle : YAGER
71
Japanese coin : SEN
Down
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Disown : DENY
2
Austrian statesman : RAAB
3
Plant having milky juice : SPURGE
4
Flowers for large vases : GLADIOLI
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Slower: Music abbr. : RIT
6
Gosh or golly : OATH
7
Slow one : SNAIL
8
Powder-keg of W.W. I : SERBIA
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Poisonous plant : RATSBANE
10
Of the ear : OTIC
11
Balsam of tropics : TOLU
12
Black and red : ANTS
13
Questioning sound : HUH
20
False friend : IAGO
22
Cordage fiber : IMBE
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Prunes a tree : TRIMS
26
Chaffy bract : GLUME
27
Record again : RELOG
29
Basketball maneuver : TAPIN
30
Heath genus : ERICA
31
Tenth: Prefix : DECI
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Birthstone : OPAL
34
Tank : VAT
35
Century plant : AGAVE
38
Lead plant : PLUMBAGO
40
Evergreen shrub : OLEANDER
43
Anarchist Goldman : EMMA
45
Gaelic : ERSE
48
Words for a retired admiral : EXNAVY
50
Playful animals : OTTERS
52
City in Ohio : XENIA
54
___-kiri : HARA
55
Latin-lesson word : ERAT
56
Baseball team : NINE
57
Bog down, in Scotland : STOG
59
Sequoia or tulip : TREE
60
Property right : LIEN
61
Boundary : END
64
Moray, old style : ELE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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