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William D. Wilson
William D. Wilson

New York Times, Thursday, May 1, 1975

3-Down : Has importance

Author:
William D. Wilson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William D. Wilson has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,392
Across
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Hill of Southwest : LOMA
5
Kind of fellow : STOUT
10
Dickens, for short : CHAS
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Egyptian goddess : APET
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___ alba : TERRA
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Plymouth or bed : ROCK
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Horse : MARE
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Act of humoring : INDULGENCE
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Clay's new name : ALI
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Mail letters : RFD
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U.S. author : CAPOTE
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Having three parts : TRIFORM
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German article : DER
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1942 Preakness winner : ALSAB
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Undiluted : NEAT
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Rayburn et al. : SAMS
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Neptune, e.g. : SEAGOD
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Type of fact : BARE
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Campanella : ROY
40
Backs mildly : PUTSSOMEMONEYON
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Ale month: Abbr. : OCT
44
Kind of power: Abbr. : ELEC
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Confirmed : SAIDSO
46
___ the mark : TOES
48
Add liquor : LACE
50
Lineage : BREED
51
Certain degree : NTH
53
Climax of a relay race : LASTLEG
55
Burnt-wood product : POTASH
58
Detective-story pioneer : POE
59
British West Point: Abbr. : RMA
62
Do a trapeze stunt : SKINTHECAT
65
Skittles' associate : BEER
66
Mangle : IRON
67
Loafer : DRONE
68
Mystery creature of Tibet : YETI
69
Lucid : SANE
70
Marner : SILAS
71
Donkey, in Bonn : ESEL
Down
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Asian priest : LAMA
2
Gem : OPAL
3
Has importance : MERITSATTENTION
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Had a bite : ATE
5
Tightwad : STIFF
6
Sinew : TENDON
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Calif. fort : ORD
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Neighbor of Brazil: Abbr. : URU
9
Soft mineral : TALC
10
___ suzette : CREPES
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Spring giveaways : HONORARYDEGREES
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C.P.A. : ACCT
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Winter-sport item: Var. : SKEE
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Wander about : GAD
21
Chemical sugar : RIBOSE
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Riches' predecessor : RAGS
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Sunnybrook Farm resident : REBECCA
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Word to a lady : MAAM
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Have ___ of lunch : ASPOT
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White: Prefix : LEUCO
31
Founder of Ilium : TROS
33
Game animal : MOOSE
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Church council : SYNOD
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Ibsen's Nora, e.g. : DOLL
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Authorize : ENABLE
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Oat or piece : MEAL
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Douglas Hyde's land : EIRE
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Capital of Alderney : STANNE
49
Spain, in Spain : ESPANA
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Successor of F.D.R. : HST
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Lugs : TOTES
55
Greek letters : PSIS
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Soup vegetable : OKRA
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Beer barrels: Abbr. : HHDS
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Boundary : METE
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Seed cover : ARIL
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Silkworm : ERI
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Mountain pass : COL
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Cricket run : BYE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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