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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Tuesday, March 11, 1975

28-Down : Name for Manchuria's Chang Tso-lin

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,341
Across
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Solar disk : ATON
5
___-faced (brazen) : BOLD
9
"Divine" actress : SARAH
14
Kind of flight : SOLO
15
Hayworth : RITA
16
Burdens, to Caesar : ONERA
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Early car maker : OLDS
18
Satan : OLDSCRATCH
20
Auto plate: Abbr. : LIC
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Stalemates : TIES
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___ grudge against : HOLDSA
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"___ Pal of Mine" : DEAROLD
25
Run-of-the-mill : SOSO
26
Mr. Hurok et al. : SOLS
27
Yellow flower : MARIGOLD
31
Chose : OPTED
33
Grape and clinging : VINES
34
Adore, in Scotland : LOE
35
Waikiki wreaths : LEIS
36
Evergreens : PINES
37
Icelandic epic : EDDA
38
Red dye : AAL
39
Stable worker : SHOER
40
Ruminant : CAMEL
41
N. J. racetrack : FREEHOLD
43
House, in Honduras : CASA
44
Málaga miss: Abbr. : SRTA
45
Hold in check : CONTROL
48
Hamlet's "___ solid flesh" : TOOTOO
51
Unique : SOLE
52
French holy woman: Abbr. : STE
53
Doxology tune : OLDHUNDRED
55
Tea shrub : THEA
56
Highway-radar recording : SPEED
57
Amusement-park feature : RIDE
58
Crew gear : OARS
59
Scorches : SEARS
60
Eur. land : USSR
61
Scenario : PLOT
Down
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___ as Methuselah : ASOLD
2
"But it's better ___ in bed" : TOLIE
3
Region of northern Spain : OLDCASTILE
4
Digits: Abbr. : NOS
5
Prepares steak : BROILS
6
Did a garage job : OILED
7
Fast trains: Abbr. : LTDS
8
Prosecutors: Abbr. : DAS
9
Women's club : SOROSIS
10
Similar thing : ANALOG
11
Emeritus: Abbr. : RETD
12
Spotlights : ARCS
13
Merry sounds : HAHA
19
Odd jobs : CHORES
21
Related : TOLD
24
Lobster corals : ROES
25
More reasonable : SANER
27
Did prospecting : MINED
28
Name for Manchuria's Chang Tso-lin : OLDMARSHAL
29
Vein : LODE
30
"Big ___!" : DEAL
31
Norwegian saint : OLAF
32
Prickly ___ : PEAR
33
"Twelfth Night" heroine : VIOLA
36
Unit of light intensity : PHOTON
37
Direction : EAST
39
Veils in mystery : SHROUDS
40
Stick : CANE
42
Miss Williams : ESTHER
43
Less cordial : COLDER
45
Campus people : COEDS
46
Alamagordo's county : OTERO
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At ___ (in any case) : LEAST
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Fling : TOSS
49
Leather flask : OLPE
50
Concert halls : ODEA
51
Hindu titles : SRIS
54
Joanne : DRU
55
Surpass : TOP

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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