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Jeffrey A. Mercer
Jeffrey A. Mercer

New York Times, Thursday, March 14, 1985

9-Down : Actress Kidder

Author:
Jeffrey A. Mercer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jeffrey A. Mercer has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,910
Across
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Freud's "Totem und ___" : TABU
5
An O'Neal : TATUM
10
Its cap. is Pierre : SDAK
14
Pavlov : IVAN
15
Rancher's lariat : RIATA
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Dock support : PILE
17
Auriferous Connery film? : GOLDFINGER
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"___ Rock" (Simon-Garfunkel song) : IAMA
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Approve : ENDORSE
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Billy the Kid, e.g. : GUNMAN
23
Snood : NET
24
Urey or Stassen, to Guido : AROLDO
26
Become manifest : APPEAR
29
Fruit of an Asiatic palm : BETELNUT
32
Hamlet's cry of distaste : FIE
33
Smith and Jackson : KATES
35
Whirl : EDDY
36
"___ Clear Day" : ONA
37
T.C.U. rival : SMU
38
Compass pt. : ENE
41
Once around the track : LAP
42
___ vez (again, to Alfonso) : OTRA
44
Admit : LETON
46
___ de France : ILE
47
Dubious story : TALLTALE
50
Sings like a bird : TRILLS
52
Arachnid : SPIDER
53
Prepare leather : TAN
54
Lacking pigmentation : ALBINO
56
Pale and worn : HAGGARD
60
"America" is a proper one : NOUN
61
Glowing song-and-dance gal? : RUBYKEELER
64
Gambler's "bones" : DICE
65
Wear away : ERODE
66
Fountain treat : SODA
67
Pens : INKS
68
Come to fruition : RIPEN
69
Check : TEST
Down
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Buster Brown's dog : TIGE
2
Rugby's river : AVON
3
Glabrous : BALD
4
Ruined : UNDONE
5
Sterne's "___ Shandy" : TRISTRAM
6
Eldest, to Yves : AINE
7
Children's game : TAG
8
Shoshonean : UTE
9
Actress Kidder : MARGOT
10
Lathe part : SPINDLE
11
Sparkling West role? : DIAMONDLIL
12
Woman in "Summer and Smoke" : ALMA
13
Sartre work : KEAN
18
Crotchets : FREAKS
22
Rubber tree : ULE
24
Actor Vigoda : ABE
25
Correct a watch : RESET
26
On the move : AFOOT
27
A 1492 caravel : PINTA
28
"The Good Earth" was one of her gems : PEARLSBUCK
30
J.F.K.'s Sec. of the Interior : UDALL
31
Sorts : TYPES
34
Fabric named after a French city : TULLE
39
Frost's "The Road ___" : NOTTAKEN
40
Madden : ENRAGE
43
Goats, butterflies or plants : ALPINES
45
Always, in poesy : EER
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Container : TIN
49
Crèche figure : ADORER
51
Swallow : INGEST
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"The King ___" : ANDI
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Cut of meat : LOIN
56
___ Park, birthplace of F.D.R. : HYDE
57
Medicinal plant : ALOE
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Beatty film : REDS
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Mild oath : DRAT
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Psychic Geller : URI
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Jazz form : BOP

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

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