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Norton Rhoades
Norton Rhoades

New York Times, Wednesday, April 7, 1976

48-Down : Something to rally to

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F G J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,734
Across
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Ontario's neighbor : MANITOBA
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Ankle warmers : SPATS
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Part of the Niagara Falls : AMERICAN
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Kind of energy : ATOMIC
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Rest of the Niagara Falls : CANADIAN
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21-gun ritual : SALUTE
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Summer, in Quebec : ETE
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Home on a Washington row : EMBASSY
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Francisco or Gabriel : SAN
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As a rule : USUALLY
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Shipped : SENT
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Indian hemp : SUNN
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Hebrew scriptural guide : MASORAH
29
City in S. D. : LEOLA
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Road-surface material : BITUMEN
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One transferring property: Var. : ALIENER
38
Symbol of tight packing : SARDINE
39
Porch : VERANDA
40
Author Clifford : ODETS
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Western mountains : SIERRAS
45
Son of Seth : ENOS
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Fugue composer : BACH
49
Make new changes : REALTER
51
Mode or king : ALA
52
Delicate lace : ALENCON
53
"___ Maria" : AVE
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Paris's stock exchange : BOURSE
58
Famed ocean gem : COLUMBIA
60
Follows : ENSUES
61
Abroad : OVERSEAS
62
Ogles : LEERS
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Colonize again : RESETTLE
Down
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Symbol of office : MACE
2
Amo, amas, ___ : AMAT
3
Goose of Hawaii : NENE
4
Gershwin : IRA
5
Features of Bay of Fundy : TIDES
6
Genus of mints : OCIMUM
7
"___, black sheep ... " : BAABAA
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"The short and simple ___ of the poor" : ANNALS
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Nautical rope : STAY
10
Party worker: Abbr. : POL
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Entertain : AMUSE
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One of great influence : TITAN
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Aroma : SCENT
15
Ancient empire : ASSYRIA
20
Boors : SLOBS
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Let loose : UNLEASH
23
React to the cold : SHUDDER
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Serb or Slovene : SLAV
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African river : UELE
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Roulette bet : NOIR
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Black: Prefix : ATRO
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Years: Lat. : ANNI
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Appearance : MIEN
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Within: Prefix : ENTO
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Noted loch : NESS
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Swimmer Gertrude and family : EDERLES
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Street show : RAREE
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Animosity : RANCOR
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Dining area : ALCOVE
44
Wraps : STOLES
46
Scene of confusion : BABEL
47
Unique : ALONE
48
Something to rally to : CAUSE
50
Harden : ENURE
52
Enzyme suffixes : ASES
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Stand behind : ABET
54
Druggist's glass : VIAL
55
Relieve : EASE
57
Capek opus : RUR
59
Denver time : MST

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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