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Berg
Berg

New York Times, Saturday, April 30, 1977

14-Down : Harsh? Hardly!

Author:
Berg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { B F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 91, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Berg has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,122
Across
1
Having expectancies : HOPING
7
Horatio, the author : ALGER
12
Mars spacecraft : MARINER
13
Part of C.C.N.Y. : COLLEGE
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Terrible swift sword : AVENGER
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He chases rainbows : TROUTER
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"___ Dick," novel by 7 Across : RAGGED
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Sound from a tower : DINGDONG
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Lead-pipe cinch : SNAP
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Spire ornament : EPI
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Reach or bribe : GETTO
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___ Bay, Baltic Sea inlet : HANO
25
Cotton fabric : DENIM
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Portuguese export : SALT
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"Two hearts that beat ___" : ASONE
31
Moorehead : AGNES
33
Bandleader Brown : LES
34
Follow the bouncing ball backwards : GNOLAGNIS
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Corp. officers : TRS
40
Commemorative stone : STELE
41
Like some potatoes : DICED
45
Home, in Hamburg : HEIM
47
Horace, e.g. : ODIST
49
Nine, in Napoli : NOVE
50
Girls' names (anagram for gales) : ELGAS
52
High degree : NTH
53
Singer Campbell : GLEN
54
Two-time movie : KINGKONG
57
Mitigators : EASERS
59
"What's ___?" : INANAME
60
Dance from France : GAVOTTE
61
Eradicates : DELETES
62
Pressman : PRINTER
63
Dental compound : STENT
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Emulated Joseph Papp : STAGED
Down
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Cigars from Cuba : HAVANAS
2
Spice for pizza : OREGANO
3
Game in which Chinese excel : PINGPONG
4
He told Sheba to come back : INGE
5
Required : NEEDED
6
Angry dog sound : GRR
7
Start of a play : ACTI
8
Forsaken : LORN
9
Swedish Christmas punch : GLOGG
10
Foils the posse : ELUDES
11
Add up again : RETOTAL
12
Actress Hunt, from Chicago : MARSHA
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Harsh? Hardly! : GENTLE
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Banes of grains : ERGOTS
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Tinkling sound : DINGALING
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Made a Big Ben sound : PEALED
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Swallow : INGEST
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Stag-party participants : MEN
30
Two make an em : ENS
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A modern Caesar : SID
35
Western Indian : OTO
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Monotonous rhythm : SINGSONG
37
Billy or Coogan : THEKID
38
Do a brake job : RELINE
39
High-low plays at bridge : SIGNALS
42
Gigi's creator : COLETTE
43
Turned inside out : EVERTED
44
Not so sparse : DENSER
46
This is very attractive : MAGNET
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"Nature is ___ of God": Browne : THEART
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Kind of board : SKATE
55
Foretoken : OMEN
56
Raven's haven : NEST
58
Roman's grandmother : AVIA
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Some A.M.A. members : GPS

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