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George Madrid
George Madrid

New York Times, Tuesday, March 19, 1974

4-Down : Waves

Author:
George Madrid
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
George Madrid has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,984
Across
1
Incentive : SPUR
5
Item for Mendel : GENE
9
Corrida calls : OLES
13
Convex moldings : TORI
14
Wield : EXERT
16
Part of an abbey : NAVE
17
Decorator's concern : RUGPATTERN
19
Black : EBON
20
Do garage work : REPAIR
21
Hid away : STASHED
23
Maui's neighbor : LANAI
25
Follower: Suffix : ITE
26
Merge : FUSE
29
Discouraging stock record : ALLTIMELOW
34
Elec. units : AMPS
35
Dessert : BAKEDAPPLE
36
River inlet : RIA
37
Red or Douglas : FIR
38
Establish : SET
39
Antiquity, formerly : ELD
40
Lovers' meeting place : GARDENGATE
43
Rugged rock : CRAG
44
Mariana Trench et al. : OCEANDEEPS
45
___ est percipi : ESSE
46
Sign of nerves : TIC
47
Less risky : SAFER
49
Old galley : TRIREME
53
Kind of ring : PISTON
56
Dress in Bombay : SARI
57
Book section : INDEXPAGES
60
Mirth : GLEE
61
Bête ___ : NOIRE
62
"___la Douce" : IRMA
63
Pitch : TOSS
64
Backtalk : SASS
65
Element : NEON
Down
1
Liner: Abbr. : STR
2
Teem : POUR
3
Impulse : URGE
4
Waves : RIPPLES
5
Become uptight : GETINABIND
6
Sweater size for Bubba Smith : EXTRALARGE
7
Born: Fr. : NEE
8
Deviates : ERRS
9
Type of dance : ONESTEP
10
Research assistants : LABHELPERS
11
Bacchanals' cry : EVOE
12
Project : SEND
15
Explosive : TNT
18
Shoe width : AAA
22
Direct toward : AIMAT
24
Family : ILK
26
City in N. Dakota : FARGO
27
Eskimo boat: Var. : UMIAC
28
Overweight men's burdens : SPARETIRES
30
Students' concerns : TESTPAPERS
31
Obsessions: Fr. : IDEESFIXES
32
Jars of Southwest : OLLAS
33
Piece of cake : WEDGE
37
Jewel-thief's friend : FENCE
41
Homes for Bossy : DAIRIES
42
Old Roman money : AES
43
Determined : CERTAIN
48
Dr. Rhine's field: Abbr. : ESP
49
N.C.O. : TSGT
50
Serbian measure : RALO
51
Part of an hr. : MIN
52
Son of Seth : ENOS
54
Fairy-tale heavy : OGRE
55
Fictional captain : NEMO
58
Circle width: Abbr. : DIA
59
Juan or Jose : SAN

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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