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Martin Bryan
Martin Bryan

New York Times, Tuesday, March 23, 1976

19-Down : Sensible

Author:
Martin Bryan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { K Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 6, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Martin Bryan has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,719
Across
1
Gulpy sound : HIC
4
Water plants : NAIDS
9
Moslem prince : AMEER
14
Gold, in Granada : ORO
15
Japanese in U.S. : ISSEI
16
U.S. reformer, with 1 Down : JULIA
17
Advocate of a reform won in 1920 : WOMANSUFFRAGIST
20
Main course : ENTREE
21
Perfume: Var. : ATAR
22
Tappan or Zuider : ZEE
23
Install in office : SEAT
24
Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. : INST
25
Fleming and Hunter : IANS
26
Existence : BEING
28
Metrical foot : IAMB
30
Adherent : IST
33
Insect study: Abbr. : ENT
34
Children's wear : ROMPERS
37
Of a public place: Lat. : FORENSE
39
Ballroom dance : ONESTEP
40
See 11 Down : STANTON
41
Heflin or Johnson : VAN
42
Tamale or dog : HOT
43
Old German tribunal : VEHM
44
Pinochle plays : MELDS
46
Soft drinks : ADES
48
Sgts., etc. : NCOS
50
Reformer Lucretia : MOTT
53
Rocky peak : TOR
54
Eggs, in Bonn : EIER
55
Sentence ender : PERIOD
57
Feb. 15 : SUSANANTHONYDAY
60
Edit : EMEND
61
Opposite of 'tis : TAINT
62
Enzyme: Suffix : ASE
63
Aides: Abbr. : ASSTS
64
Louvers : SLATS
65
Fast train: Abbr. : LTD
Down
1
See 16 Across : HOWE
2
Golf clubs : IRONS
3
Count, in France : COMTE
4
Numerical milestone for 17 Across : NINETEENTH
5
African fox : ASSE
6
Terre Haute campus : ISU
7
Neutralize, as a cobra : DEFANG
8
Prepares flour : SIFTS
9
Slightly open : AJAR
10
Heavy cup : MUG
11
U.S. reformer, with 40 Across : ELIZABETH
12
Iron, in Essen : EISEN
13
Rebukes : RATES
18
Mecca native : ARAB
19
Sensible : RATIONAL
24
"Back ___ minutes" (shop-door sign) : INTEN
25
Little monsters : IMPS
27
Sleeplessness : INSOMNIA
29
4 Down et al. : AMENDMENTS
30
"No ___, ands or ... " : IFS
31
Tippler : SOT
32
Crosses over : TRAVERSES
34
Wanders : ROVES
35
Old auto : REO
36
N.Y. or Boston: Abbr. : SPT
38
Chemical endings : ENES
44
Human being : MORTAL
45
Black earth : SORY
46
Confused : ATSEA
47
African palms : DOUMS
49
Coins : CENTS
51
Kind of wave : TIDAL
52
"Here's how," for one : TOAST
54
Make ___ meet : ENDS
55
Seine bridge : PONT
56
___-in-the-wool : DYED
58
Insect : ANT
59
Hawk parrot : HIA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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