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Sophie Fierman
Sophie Fierman

New York Times, Friday, March 5, 1976

44-Down : Sudden attacks

Author:
Sophie Fierman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Sophie Fierman has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,701
Across
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Wood-soled shoes : CLOGS
6
Goddess of hope : SPES
10
Swiss sights : ALPS
14
Pilotless plane : ROBOT
15
Port, for one : WINE
16
Some make it in four minutes : MILE
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" ... can you spare ___?" : ADIME
18
Recorded proceedings : ACTA
19
Winglike : ALAR
20
Spoilers : WETBLANKETS
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___ distance : ATA
24
Paddle : OAR
25
Amatory : EROTICAL
27
Wood sorrel : OCA
30
Minded the baby : SAT
32
Marsh : FEN
33
Spoilers : KILLJOYS
36
Body of principles : ETHIC
40
Equatorial dwellers : ASCIANS
41
Chemical compound : CAPRONE
43
Rage : STORM
44
Spoilers : SADSACKS
45
Cleo's death weapon : ASP
47
Kind of ball or Fellow : ODD
48
Presidential initials : HST
49
Of a foreign service : CONSULAR
53
Coffee container : URN
56
Make tracks : HIE
57
Spoiler : PARTYPOOPER
62
Between Thomas and Edison : ALVA
64
Dolphin genus : INIA
65
Be an author : WRITE
66
Nourish : FEED
67
Consider : DEEM
68
Eat, in Bonn : ESSEN
69
Uses poor judgment : ERRS
70
Soap-frame bar : SESS
71
"___ said, soonest mended" : LEAST
Down
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Where something unpleasant sticks : CRAW
2
Mine vein : LODE
3
News piece : OBIT
4
Eastern hemp : GOMBO
5
Engraved pillar : STELA
6
"___ Lake" : SWAN
7
Certain placard carriers : PICKETS
8
Word on a door : ENTER
9
By the ___ one's pants : SEATOF
10
Candlenut tree : AMA
11
Perfume scent : LILAC
12
Rio de la ___ : PLATA
13
Of an ecological period : SERAL
21
Pyromaniac's crime : ARSON
22
Saturates : STEEPS
26
Kind of mural : INTRA
27
Turkish weights : OKAS
28
Ancient chest : CIST
29
Tropical dog : ALCO
31
Affirmative votes : AYS
34
Turkish pounds : LIRAS
35
Obstructs : JAMSUP
37
High, in Germany : HOCH
38
Wets a stamping pad : INKS
39
Girdle of Venus : CEST
41
Heel : CAD
42
Make sense : ADDUP
44
Sudden attacks : SORTIES
46
Kilt patterns : PLAIDS
49
Rub the wrong way : CHAFE
50
Tanker : OILER
51
"___ say die" : NEVER
52
Wild buffalo : ARNEE
54
Spur wheel : ROWEL
55
People of Oslo : NORSE
58
Sweet potatoes : YAMS
59
Italian city : PISA
60
French seasons : ETES
61
Live in an apartment : RENT
63
Want ___ : ADS

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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