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Sidney Nelson
Sidney Nelson

New York Times, Thursday, April 22, 1976

40-Down : French G.I.

Author:
Sidney Nelson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sidney Nelson has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,749
Across
1
Russian sea : AZOV
5
Igneous rocks : SIMAS
10
Book after Joel : AMOS
14
Frost : RIME
15
Use a hair-curler : CRIMP
16
Check or first : MATE
17
Revenuer's quarry : MOONSHINER
19
In a line : AROW
20
Tapir's feature : SNOUT
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Kuomintang founder : SUNYATSEN
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Kind of seer : SIGHT
25
Miss Adams : EDIE
26
Man on a rancho : HOMBRE
29
Raison d'___ : ETRE
31
State: Abbr. : ILL
34
Indonesian islands : AROE
35
Bonheur : ROSA
37
Martinique mount : PELEE
39
Zodiac sign : SCORPIO
41
Language of Barcelona : CATALAN
43
Valentino specialty : TANGO
44
Sgts. : NCOS
46
Take five : REST
47
Curve : ESS
48
Match-king Kreuger : IVAR
50
Begins : SETSTO
52
___ bearer : TALE
54
Period : EPOCH
56
Fickle : MERCURIAL
59
U.S. playwright : ODETS
63
Astringent : ALUM
64
Wild revelry : SATURNALIA
66
Oriental staple : RICE
67
Resin : ELEMI
68
Penna. city : YORK
69
Tibetan animals : YAKS
70
Dressy ones : DUDES
71
Snicker-___ : SNEE
Down
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Prepares for battle : ARMS
2
Jerusalem hill : ZION
3
Melville novel : OMOO
4
Where Tannhäuser dallied : VENUSBERG
5
Educ. place : SCH
6
Stew or setter : IRISH
7
Club-secretary's reading : MINUTES
8
Church corner : AMEN
9
More nimble : SPRYER
10
Violin : AMATI
11
France's oldest city : MARSEILLES
12
Indian of West : OTOE
13
Stitched : SEWN
18
Poky : STIR
22
Expert : ADEPT
24
Odin's wolf : GERI
26
"Marry in ___ ... " : HASTE
27
Killer whales : ORCAS
28
Sentimental : MOONSTRUCK
30
Mexican dish : TACO
32
Minimal : LEAST
33
Slow, in music : LENTO
36
Chaplin : OONA
38
Ecological happenings : EARTHDAYS
40
French G.I. : POILU
42
"___ often happens" : ASSO
45
" ... all men are ___ equal" : CREATED
49
Skilled : VERSED
51
Coll. course : ECON
53
Peaks : ACMES
55
Feather : PLUME
56
Poppins or Astor : MARY
57
Kazan : ELIA
58
Abode of the dead : IALU
60
N.C. college : ELON
61
Spare or flat : TIRE
62
Japanese drink : SAKE
65
___ de veau : RIS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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