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Geraldine Von Maluski
Geraldine Von Maluski

New York Times, Tuesday, April 23, 1974

33-Down : Beckons

Author:
Geraldine Von Maluski
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J P Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Geraldine Von Maluski has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,019
Across
1
Performs : ENACTS
7
Paris season : ETE
10
Tammany foe : NAST
14
Williams's streetcar : DESIRE
15
Football QB Dawson : LEN
16
Pastry specialist : ICER
17
Turkish inn : IMARET
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Kind of ball : MEDICINE
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Puccini heroine : TOSCA
21
City dwellings : TENEMENTS
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Word with coat : UTTER
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Engine fuel : AIRGAS
25
Visits : CALLSON
28
Doer: Suffix : ARD
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Tract : AREA
30
Consumed : USED
32
Father of Sir Kay : ECTOR
37
Insect : GNAT
38
Emulate : RIVAL
40
Composer Thomas : ARNE
41
Bumpkin : YOKEL
43
Eastern priest : LAMA
44
Mrs. Hoover et al. : LOUS
45
Fortas or Beame : ABE
47
Stock or couch expert : ANALYST
49
Carroll O'Connor role : ARCHIE
53
Special people : ONERS
54
Ski-slope gear : CHAIRLIFT
56
Part of M.R.A. : MORAL
60
Rebukes : TELLSOFF
61
Elsie or Ferdinand : BOVINE
62
Town near Caen : STLO
63
African hemp : IFE
64
Eugene's home : OREGON
65
P. I. natives : ATAS
66
Norse war-god : TYR
67
English poet and family : BYRONS
Down
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Work on copy : EDIT
2
Nobody, to Cicero : NEMO
3
Biblical king and others : ASAS
4
Be sociable : CIRCULATE
5
Handles : TREATS
6
Establish : SET
7
Mr. Gantry : ELMER
8
Numerical suffix : TEEN
9
Be heartwarming : ENDEAR
10
More subtle : NICER
11
Scoring a tennis point : ACING
12
Miss Berger : SENTA
13
Lock : TRESS
19
Chemical compound : IMIDE
21
Type of strength : TENSILE
23
Join a road company : TOUR
25
Shrewd: Var. : CAGY
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Cartoonist : ARNO
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Occasional news source : LEAK
28
Firm : ADAMANT
31
Perón : EVA
33
Beckons : CALLSOVER
34
City on the Hudson : TROY
35
Stigma : ONUS
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Mark the Sabbath : REST
39
Priscilla or Abbe : LANE
42
Secret spots : LAIRS
46
Wisconsin city : BELOIT
48
Military drill place : ARMORY
49
___ part (performs) : ACTSA
50
Friend of Scarlett : RHETT
51
Kind of lily : CALLA
52
Threads, in Spain : HILOS
53
Tender : OFFER
55
Full of questions : IFFY
57
Line, in Italy : RIGO
58
Shortly : ANON
59
Camera part : LENS
61
Kind of sled or white : BOB

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