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Beverly J. Seward
Beverly J. Seward

New York Times, Thursday, April 29, 1976

42-Down : City near South Bend

Author:
Beverly J. Seward
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Beverly J. Seward has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,756
Across
1
Takes exercise : JOGS
5
City near Leipzig : HALLE
10
Voice : ALTO
14
Black : EBON
15
French friends : AMIES
16
Kind of polish : NAIL
17
Balkan leader : TITO
18
Convened again : RESAT
19
Backgammon player's need : DICE
20
Random guess : SHOTINTHEDARK
23
O.T. book : EZEK
24
In stitches : SEWN
25
Conventioneer : DELEGATE
29
Modus operandi : METHOD
33
Centered in : AMID
34
Stadium sound : ROAR
36
Philippine island : LEYTE
37
Thumb, for one : TOM
38
V.I.P. : BIGSHOT
40
Good friend : PAL
41
Serviceable : UTILE
43
Ooze : SEEP
44
Show fondness : DOTE
45
Silver, copper, etc. : METALS
47
Askew : LOPSIDED
49
Made a court appeal : PLED
51
Make eyes at : OGLE
52
Film-studio activity : SHOOTINGSTARS
57
Word with apparent or presumptive : HEIR
58
Shape of an oeuf : OVALE
59
Revenuer : TMAN
61
Stout ingredient : MALT
62
Thighbone : FEMUR
63
Shaw's birthplace : EIRE
64
___ gin : SLOE
65
Finger guides on a ukulele : FRETS
66
Beat it! : SCAT
Down
1
Concorde, e.g. : JET
2
Kimono parts : OBIS
3
Shoot the works : GOTHELIMIT
4
Took forty winks : SNOOZED
5
Ritual suicide: Var. : HARIKARI
6
Hymn word : AMEN
7
Incline, as a ship : LIST
8
Jacob's wife et al. : LEAHS
9
Self-___ : ESTEEM
10
Slow, in music : ANDANTE
11
Place for a den mother : LAIR
12
Metronome sound : TICK
13
Corrida call : OLE
21
Young sheep : TEG
22
"I dreamt I ___ in ... " : DWELT
25
Detail : DATUM
26
Get dramatic : EMOTE
27
Outfits : TOGS
28
Artist's need : EASEL
30
Kind of needle : HYPODERMIC
31
Basket grass : OTATE
32
Took out : DELED
35
Prefix for stat : RHEO
38
Handsome, in Spain : BELLO
39
Those against : OPPOSERS
42
City near South Bend : LAPORTE
44
What atropine does : DILATES
46
Detonate : SETOFF
48
York, for one: Abbr. : SGT
50
Frogman : DIVER
52
Close : SEAL
53
___ Hattie : HILO
54
"A rose by any other ___ ... " : NAME
55
Flood, as with supplies : GLUT
56
Mother of F.D.R. : SARA
57
"___ Pinafore" : HMS
60
Forest Hills gear : NET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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