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Daughdrille
Daughdrille

New York Times, Wednesday, April 18, 1979

9-Down : Rich soil

Author:
Daughdrille
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Daughdrille has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,753
Across
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"Give us ___ day ... " : THIS
5
Word with horn or whistle : TIN
8
Alack's companion : ALAS
12
Gate fastener : HASP
13
Salt water : BRINE
15
Flame seeker : MOTH
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On the salt water : ASEA
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Renovate : RENEW
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Man or boy : MALE
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Cheops' structure : THEGREATPYRAMID
22
Pay attention : HEED
23
Between 12 and 20 : TEEN
24
Aegis : SHIELD
27
"No-see-um" insect : GNAT
28
Narcs' group : FDA
31
Shindig : PARTY
32
Ring king in 1934 : BAER
33
Finishing nail : BRAD
34
Disturbance : RIOT
35
Great joy : BLISS
36
Acreage : LAND
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Former Spanish colonial territory : IFNI
38
Ages of long duration : EONS
39
Knight's weapon : LANCE
40
Lively : GAY
41
Burma neighbor : LAOS
42
World's most popular outdoor game : SOCCER
43
___ to Coventry (ostracize) : SEND
44
Golfer's problem : HOOK
45
Everest : TALLESTMOUNTAIN
52
An organ stop : OBOE
53
Court hearings : OYERS
54
Prefix with Chinese or European : INDO
55
Like late-autumn leaves : SERE
56
"When You Wish ___ Star," 1940 song : UPONA
57
Baseball's Slaughter : ENOS
58
Search for : SEEK
59
Sunday seat : PEW
60
Lone : SOLE
Down
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Opposite of 1 Across : THAT
2
Meat dish : HASH
3
Words of understanding : ISEE
4
Trattoria specialty : SPAGHETTI
5
Color : TINT
6
Bungler's problem : INEPTNESS
7
Words with Day or Eve : NEWYEARS
8
Capital of Jordan : AMMAN
9
Rich soil : LOAM
10
King of the Huns : ATLI
11
"God ___ His grace ... " : SHED
13
Propagate : BREED
14
Peruse : READ
20
Depend : RELY
21
Soak flax : RET
24
Appropriate rhyme for twig : SPRIG
25
Seaport of Israel : HAIFA
26
Satiric twist : IRONY
27
Capital ___ : GAINS
28
Cannes coin : FRANC
29
Saraband or hora : DANCE
30
Milk snake : ADDER
32
O, A, B or AB : BLOODTYPE
33
Formal attire : BLACKTIES
35
Diner item : BEANSOUP
39
Great northern diver : LOON
41
Inventor De Forest : LEE
42
"The March King" : SOUSA
43
Well groomed : SLEEK
44
Ruark's "___ of the Hunter" : HORN
45
Turn's partner : TOSS
46
Busy as ___ : ABEE
47
Learning : LORE
48
Response to a catty remark : MEOW
49
___ Domini : ANNO
50
A Buddha image : IDOL
51
Durante feature : NOSE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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