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Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg

New York Times, Tuesday, March 22, 1977

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Author:
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,083
Across
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Rel. of alias : AKA
4
Timber tree : ASH
7
Jollity : MIRTH
12
Hebrew tribe : LEVI
14
West from Brooklyn : MAE
15
Western Indian : OMAHA
16
Origin : SEED
17
Sandy's cousin : ALEC
19
"___ again!" : NEVER
20
Seldom, and then some : ONCEINALIFETIME
23
On a wing ___ prayer : ANDA
24
Make a stab at : TRY
25
Understood : SAW
28
Funt's fun-maker : CAMERA
30
Little: Fr. : PEU
33
Excuse : ALIBI
35
Type of diamond : RONDELLE
38
Glance at swiftly : GIVETHEONCEOVER
41
Gluttonizes : OVEREATS
42
Life force : ANIMA
43
Id ___ : EST
44
A famous Eric : THERED
47
Formed a lap : SAT
48
Vegetable : PEA
49
Hot spot : OVEN
51
Susann novel : ONCEISNOTENOUGH
59
Perkins purple : MAUVE
60
Bridge : SPAN
61
Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
62
Bayou : INLET
63
Didn't go hungry : ATE
64
Carry in a van : HAUL
65
Kind of sheet or card : TALLY
66
Was ahead : LED
67
Inventor De Forest : LEE
Down
1
Further : ALSO
2
Sharp : KEEN
3
With: Fr. : AVEC
4
Ms. Blake of "Gunsmoke" : AMANDA
5
Obeisance : SALAAM
6
Sock part : HEEL
7
Lucre : MONEY
8
"___ a man ... " : IMET
9
Sitar star Shankar : RAVI
10
Berlin's "___ There Eyes" : THEM
11
Hound's target : HARE
13
"The very ___!" : IDEA
18
Lemonlike fruit : CITRON
21
Foment : INCITE
22
French money : FRANC
25
Farinaceous food : SAGO
26
Animated : ALIVE
27
Windsor group : WIVES
29
Notched, as a leaf : EROSE
30
Serf : PEON
31
"The Pelvis" : ELVIS
32
Moslem scholars : ULEMA
34
Emcee Parks : BERT
36
Numb : DEADEN
37
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
39
Abhors : HATES
40
Allen and Frome : ETHANS
45
Take turns : ROTATE
46
Made equal : EVENED
48
Devoutness : PIETY
50
B.C. shipwright : NOAH
51
Skip : OMIT
52
Pram pusher : NANA
53
Choose carefully : CULL
54
Knievel : EVEL
55
Milky gem : OPAL
56
Russian range : URAL
57
Adhesive : GLUE
58
Dogleg, e.g. : HOLE

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

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