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Ruth Lake Tepper
Ruth Lake Tepper

New York Times, Thursday, March 23, 1978

7-Down : Popular pastry

Author:
Ruth Lake Tepper
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Ruth Lake Tepper has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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A
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M
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A
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N
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A
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D
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D
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A
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Y
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L
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I
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B
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A
V
A
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I
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G
O
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I
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B
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B
D
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N
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N
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G
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L
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L
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M
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B
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S
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R
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F
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L
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B
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A
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T
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L
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C
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S
T
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O
K
E
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M
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O
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S
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A
L
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M
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T
A
M
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C
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W
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W
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,449
Across
1
"Give ___ horse he can ride" : AMANA
6
June 6, 1944 : DDAY
10
Women's ___ : LIB
13
Singer Frankie : AVALON
14
Othello's villainous ensign : IAGO
15
Call ___ day : ITA
16
Swift's land of 60-foot giants : BROBDINGNAG
18
Research room, for short : LAB
19
Ireland : EIRE
20
At first : INITIALLY
22
"It's a Sin to Tell ___" : ALIE
23
Liqueur flavoring : ANISE
24
Twice XXVI : LII
25
Pile on an ed.'s desk : MSS
26
Bouillon : BROTH
27
Bath and Baden-Baden : SPAS
29
Fit for ducks : RAINY
30
Parade oneself boldly : FLAUNT
32
Conductors' gear : BATONS
35
Church-lesson reader : LECTOR
36
Pitch or putt : STROKE
37
Nursery clock-climber : MOUSE
39
Turkish imperial standard : ALEM
40
Domesticates : TAMES
41
Hundredweight: Abbr. : CWT
44
Drivers' org. : AAA
45
Sign of the zodiac : ARIES
46
Revolve with a humming sound : WHIR
47
Inauguration Day activity : INSTATING
49
Hearty's partner : HALE
50
Actor Erwin : STU
51
He wrote "Jude the Obscure" : THOMASHARDY
54
Word with power or pocket : AIR
55
"If I ___ Girl Like You," 1925 song : HADA
56
Door adjuncts : HINGES
57
Monogram of "The Waste Land" poet : TSE
58
British gun : STEN
59
Garment worker : EDGER
Down
1
Spring months, in Paris : AVRILS
2
New Zealand natives : MAORIS
3
"Tiny Alice" playwright : ALBEE
4
Land of ___ (sleep) : NOD
5
Black cuckoo : ANI
6
Stateliness : DIGNITY
7
Popular pastry : DANISH
8
Marble : AGATE
9
Hindu ascetic : YOGI
10
Swift's land of six-inch people : LILLIPUT
11
Romano, for one : ITALIANO
12
"And down will come ___ ... " : BABY
13
At right angles to a ship's keel : ABEAM
17
Curtain fabric : NINON
21
___-Lorraine : ALSACE
23
Crop up : ARISE
26
Kind of holiday : BANK
28
Cello or viol: Abbr. : STR
29
Van Gogh's "___ Arles" : ROOMAT
30
Chimney channels : FLUES
31
Slighter : LESS
32
Boys' org. : BSA
33
Legendary sunken island : ATLANTIS
34
"___ Island" : TREASURE
37
Pal or top aide, in jive : MAINMAN
38
Partner of alpha : OMEGA
40
Vacuum tube : TRIODE
41
Accusation : CHARGE
42
Founder of Grover's Corners : WILDER
43
Canasta cards : TREYS
45
"A man's a man for ___": Burns : ATHAT
46
Resounding blow : WHANG
47
"Every woman ___ heart a rake": Pope : ISAT
48
Disbelievers in God: Abbr. : ATHS
52
Pronoun for a ship : SHE
53
Kept secret : HID

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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