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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Monday, March 26, 1979

25-Down : Strong curse

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,730
Across
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Port in Iraq : BASRA
6
Humane org. : SPCA
10
Opinion sample : POLL
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Word with banks or space : OUTER
15
Seat of a Western art colony : TAOS
16
Medley : OLIO
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In a mess, G.I. style : SNAFU
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A memorable Louis : ARMSTRONG
20
Manhandle : STRONGARM
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"A poem lovely as ___": Kilmer : ATREE
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River in France and Belgium : YSER
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They outrank sgts. : LTS
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Muhammad ___ : ALI
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Ranch sound : MAA
28
Europe's third-longest river : DNIEPER
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___ emma (before noon, to British signalmen) : ACK
35
___ dozen : ADIMEA
38
Printing process, for short : ROTO
39
Criminal's nemesis : LONGARMOFTHELAW
42
Environmental sci. : ECOL
43
Indifference : APATHY
44
Violinist Bull : OLE
45
Japanese board games (for hotshots?) : GOBANGS
47
Predecessor of cure or tome : EPI
49
Dice, in Dijon : DES
50
"Ready, ___, fire!" : AIM
52
Funny poet : NASH
56
Triple Crown winner: 1935 : OMAHA
59
Bony-plated burrower : ARMADILLO
61
Medieval soldier : MANATARMS
63
Perfume : ATTAR
64
Word with sad or pig : IRON
65
Portico for Plato : STOA
66
French interjection : TIENS
67
Incline or take care of : TEND
68
Bunch of bovines : HERD
69
Main artery : AORTA
Down
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Overbearing : BOSSY
2
Mame and Minnie : AUNTS
3
Look hard : STARE
4
Aim of Dorothea Dix : REFORM
5
Make ___ for it (skedaddle) : ARUN
6
Government, to Germans : STAAT
7
Young salmon and young trout : PARRS
8
D.C. agency : COMM
9
Balaam's mount : ASS
10
Curtain in a doorway : PORTIERE
11
Trumpeter swan : OLOR
12
What tourists drop : LINE
13
Best seats in some houses : LOGE
19
Anklebones : TALI
21
One's Sunday best : GLADRAGS
25
Strong curse : ANATHEMA
27
Bond rating : AAA
28
Skillful : DEFT
29
Kind of pony or shirt : POLO
30
Etc. relative : ETAL
31
"Schoolboy" of pitching fame : ROWE
32
Without ___ to stand on : ALEG
33
Chanel : COCO
34
Small hill : KNOB
36
Little devils : IMPS
37
Kiwi's late cousin : MOA
40
Warm welcome : GLADHAND
41
Part of a triangle: Abbr. : HYP
46
Far from frowzy : NEAT
48
Ab ___ (from the start) : INITIO
50
Costume for a Crusader : ARMOR
51
"Say I'm weary, say ___": Leigh Hunt : IMSAD
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Change : ALTER
54
Viewpoint : SLANT
55
Jute leader who invaded Britain : HORSA
56
Skip : OMIT
57
Dam : MARE
58
Presently : ANON
59
Skill, in Siena : ARTE
60
Computer food : DATA
62
Residue at a smoker : ASH

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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