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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Saturday, April 26, 1975

53-Down : Kisser

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,387
Across
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Turn aside : DEFLECT
8
Perseveres : HANGSON
15
Pilot : AVIATOR
16
Short song : ARIETTA
17
Unhappiness : DISSATISFACTION
19
Der ___ : ALTE
20
Common French verb : ETRE
21
Land area: Suffix : GEA
22
Moroccan port : RABAT
26
Biblical country : ARAM
28
German exclamation : ACH
31
Target game : DARTS
33
Bungle : HASH
36
Light-hearted : GAY
37
Old French coin : OBOLE
38
Game of chance : LOTTO
39
Musical arrangement : INSTRUMENTATION
42
Cicero's tongue : LATIN
43
Flu variety : ASIAN
44
Playwright Akins : ZOE
45
Kind of school: Abbr. : ELEM
46
Roman general : SULLA
47
Antiquity : ELD
48
San ___ : REMO
51
Illinois city : PEKIN
53
Polynesian food staple : POI
55
With the bow, in music : ARCO
57
Acid suffix : OLIC
61
Reticent : UNCOMMUNICATIVE
66
More frightening : SCARIER
67
Municipal employee : FIREMAN
68
Repairs metal objects : SOLDERS
69
Junior or senior : STUDENT
Down
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Art movement : DADA
2
Kind of eye : EVIL
3
Clutch : FIST
4
Light beam : LASER
5
Greek letter : ETA
6
Camping equipment : COT
7
Numerical prefix : TRI
8
Handle : HAFT
9
Macaw : ARARA
10
More tasteful : NICER
11
___ along (manage) : GET
12
Malign : STIGMATIZE
13
Western Indian : OTOE
14
Zola heroine : NANA
18
Decides : SETTLESUPON
23
Decorate : ADORN
24
Hindu title : BABU
25
Perfumes : AROMAS
27
"There'll be ___ time ... " : AHOT
28
Spry : AGILE
29
Panama, for one : CANAL
30
Frenzied : HYSTERICAL
32
Doddering : SENILE
34
Kind of pigeon : STOOL
35
Edged : HONED
38
Hawaiian island : LANAI
40
Kind of bomb or table : TIME
41
Lecture : TALK
49
Eisenhower : MAMIE
50
Abalone : ORMER
52
Distinguished : NOTED
53
Kisser : PUSS
54
Barb: Prefix : ONCO
56
Mongrels : CURS
58
Citrus fruit : LIME
59
Russian Czar : IVAN
60
Coin : CENT
62
Fort ___, Calif. : ORD
63
Companions of ands and buts : IFS
64
Townsman : CIT
65
Islands near New Guinea : ARU

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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