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Manny Miller
Manny Miller

New York Times, Tuesday, March 16, 1976

27-Down : ___ on the back

Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,712
Across
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Tongue mishap : SLIP
5
Pop's pop : GRAMP
10
Partner of sound : SAFE
14
Drinking addict : WINO
15
Fictional uncle : REMUS
16
Steel base : IRON
17
"The Sound ___" : ANDTHEFURY
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Nobleman : LORD
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Recent: Prefix : NEO
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Higher, in Bonn : OBER
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Places for medals : CHESTS
24
Town ___ : CRIER
26
Conversation pieces : PHONES
27
Mountain of Greece : ATHOS
29
Word with post or manu : SCRIPT
31
___ finger at : POINTA
33
Ad ___ committee : HOC
34
Young oyster : SPAT
38
Mass. cape : ANN
39
"___ man with seven ... " : IMETA
41
Old capital of Burma : AVA
42
___ jerker : TEAR
44
Hart's mate : ROE
45
Maryland racetrack : LAUREL
48
Exertion : EFFORT
51
Sound ___ : TRACK
52
Traitorous French marshal : PETAIN
54
Lengthwise : ALONG
56
Of the rodent family : MURINE
57
English philologist and murderer : ARAM
58
Inlet : RIA
61
Stravinsky : IGOR
62
Sound by the Atlantic : LONGISLAND
65
Early Asian : MEDE
66
Eatery : DINER
67
Samoan port : APIA
68
Opposites of hivers : ETES
69
Shutter pieces : SLATS
70
Dobbin's vehicle : SHAY
Down
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Kind of song : SWAN
2
Short message : LINE
3
Laos, Burma, Vietnam, etc. : INDOCHINA
4
Kind of luck : POT
5
Diving bird : GREBE
6
Alludes to : REFERS
7
River of Asia : AMUR
8
Wall, in France : MUR
9
Having a sixth sense : PSYCHICAL
10
Old films : SILENTS
11
"Mighty Lak ___" : AROSE
12
Lewis and Dix : FORTS
13
Men on the line : ENDS
18
Raise : HOIST
23
Short flight : HOP
25
Rum, below the Rio Grande : RON
26
First in time: Prefix : PROT
27
___ on the back : APAT
28
Style : TONE
30
Comfort : CHEER
32
Runway sites : AIRFIELDS
35
Short article : PARAGRAPH
36
With: Fr. : AVEC
37
Kind of show : TALK
40
Gaze dreamily : MOON
43
Hangs up one's spikes : RETIRES
46
Parts of molecules : ATOMS
47
Vase with a base : URN
49
Strike out : FAN
50
Archer's need : TARGET
52
Sound by the Pacific : PUGET
53
Destroy gradually : ERODE
55
Homes of a sort : LAIRS
56
Marceau, for one : MIME
57
Magnani : ANNA
59
Dolphin genus : INIA
60
Forever and ___ : ADAY
63
Painting : OIL
64
___ Cruces : LAS

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

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