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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Friday, March 1, 1974

26-Down : Wide-eyed

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.70, Missing: { F J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,966
Across
1
Sentry's call : HALT
5
Assist : HELP
9
Kind of offering : PEACE
14
Persian poet : OMAR
15
Duck genus : ANAS
16
Standish spokesman : ALDEN
17
Word with Star or some : LONE
18
Remote region : HINTERLAND
20
Earth goddess : ERDA
21
Do a checkbook chore : ADD
22
As ___ a pin : NEATAS
23
Since: Sp. : DESDE
25
One of fifty : STATE
27
W. W. II vessels : LSTS
29
Drink : ALE
30
Tobacco cud, out West : CHAW
34
Baba : ALI
36
Snow, in Paris : NEIGE
38
"Carmen," e.g. : OPERA
39
Texas city : MIDLAND
41
Vermont city : RUTLAND
43
Brain waves : IDEAS
44
"___ c'est moi" : LETAT
46
Richard ___ : ROE
47
Optimistic : ROSY
48
Big ___ : BEN
49
Pause : REST
51
Tramp ship's quest : CARGO
53
Irritates : RILES
56
Beast : ANIMAL
60
French pronoun : LUI
62
Argentine tree : TALA
63
African region : SOMALILAND
65
Rebuff, old style : SNIB
66
Wholly : INALL
67
Story beginning : ONCE
68
Tool : ADZE
69
Home of Hercules's lion : NEMEA
70
Poems : ODES
71
Ruler : TSAR
Down
1
Sank a putt, with "out" : HOLED
2
Love, in Naples : AMORE
3
Political routs : LANDSLIDES
4
Stair parts : TREADS
5
Sounds of laughter : HAHA
6
Miss Bagnold et al. : ENIDS
7
Legislative group, in Germany : LANDTAG
8
S. F. time : PST
9
" ... after they've seen ___" : PAREE
10
Miss Cinders : ELLA
11
Malay law : ADAT
12
Supper, in Barcelona : CENA
13
Odds' partner : ENDS
19
Heraldry word : ENTE
24
Heaters : ETNAS
26
Wide-eyed : ALERT
28
Japanese coin : SEN
30
N C O : CPL
31
Important areas : HEARTLANDS
32
Pisa's river : ARNO
33
Make slow progress : WADE
34
Moslem prince : AMIR
35
Venetian resort : LIDO
37
Loafer : IDLER
38
Water animal : OTTER
40
Ballad : LAY
42
Mideast initials : UAR
45
Church of ___ : ENGLAND
48
Romantic island : BALI
50
___ table (dines) : SITSAT
51
Kind of lily : CALLA
52
Eight drams : OUNCE
54
Miss Doolittle : ELIZA
55
Weapon : SABER
56
"It's ___ to tell ... " : ASIN
57
Pronoun : NONE
58
Moslem leader : IMAM
59
Man or boy : MALE
61
Roman date : IDES
64
Card game : LOO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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