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John Prytz
John Prytz

New York Times, Thursday, April 8, 1976

10-Down : Hefty book

Author:
John Prytz
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
John Prytz has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,735
Across
1
Disfigure : SCAR
5
Like a 4-minute mile : FAST
9
From ___ to stern : STEM
13
Batty : LOCO
14
Baseball team : EXPOS
16
Baseball plate : HOME
17
Delicate : AIRY
18
Holding device : CLAMP
19
Leave out : OMIT
20
Word with freely or one's last : BREATHE
22
Baseball team : BREWERS
24
Rubbing fluid: Abbr. : LIN
25
D.D.E. : IKE
26
Reached a high stage, as a flood : CRESTED
30
Unfruitful : STERILE
34
Between ready and fire : AIM
35
Baseball team : ORIOLES
37
Has-been among horses : NAG
38
Young one : LAD
39
Beverage : ALE
40
Arrival-board initials : ETA
41
Citizen of: Suffix : ITE
42
Most unyielding : HARDEST
46
Graduate degree : PHD
47
Disney forte : FANTASY
49
Baseball team : PIRATES
51
Big-Board initials : ITT
52
Calendar abbr. : MON
53
Baseball team : RANGERS
57
Baseball team : DODGERS
61
Dueling sword : EPEE
62
Surpass : OUTDO
64
English school : ETON
65
Expensive : DEAR
66
Beat it! : SCRAM
67
Lhasa figure : LAMA
68
Concordes : SSTS
69
Ex-movie czar Will : HAYS
70
Smelting product : SLAG
Down
1
Chunk : SLAB
2
Rope fiber : COIR
3
Land unit : ACRE
4
Baseball team : ROYALS
5
German physicist of 1800's : FECHNER
6
Wheel shaft : AXLE
7
Watering place : SPA
8
Grant's or King Tut's : TOMB
9
April event : SHOWER
10
Hefty book : TOME
11
Arab prince : EMIR
12
Baseball team : METS
15
Goblin : SPRITE
21
Balkan leader : TITO
23
___ out (makes do) : EKES
26
State: Abbr. : CALIF
27
Lariat : RIATA
28
German port : EMDEN
29
Anne Frank's writing : DIARY
30
Kind of walker : SLEEP
31
Bungling : INEPT
32
Machine tool : LATHE
33
Mild oaths : EGADS
36
One of the Testaments : OLD
42
Abhor : HATE
43
Baseball team : ASTROS
44
Desert winds : SIMOOMS
45
Walked on : TROD
48
Baseball team : TIGERS
50
Baseball team : ANGELS
53
Baseball team : REDS
54
Zoo animals : APES
55
Straight : NEAT
56
As ___ (in itself) : SUCH
57
June, 1944, milestone : DDAY
58
Relative of etc. : ETAL
59
City of Italia : ROMA
60
Riverboat hazard : SNAG
63
Malay coin : TRA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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