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Mary Dorman
Mary Dorman

New York Times, Wednesday, May 15, 1974

18-Down : Chest wood

Author:
Mary Dorman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Mary Dorman has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,041
Across
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One of the tenses : PAST
5
Drying place : OVEN
9
Speak bombastically : ORATE
14
Bradley : OMAR
15
Tidal flow : BORE
16
Title for Selassie : NEGUS
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Public law officer : SOLICITOR
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Harlan Fiske or Lucy : STONE
20
Pass over : ELIDE
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Part of the body : ESOPHAGUS
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Move back : RECEDE
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Prevent, in law : ESTOP
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Defense arm : NAVY
28
Stadiums and rinks : ARENAS
32
Shows differences : CONTRASTS
37
Roman official : EDILE
38
Humorous writer : ADE
39
Pacific alliance : SEATO
41
Noted general : LEE
42
Comes out on top : BESTS
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Goon : ROUGHNECK
48
Cotton cloth : SATEEN
50
Hillside, in Scotland : BRAE
51
Let off ___ : STEAM
54
Plant fungus diseases : ERGOTS
58
Winter-league gathering places : HOTSTOVES
62
Studio piece : EASEL
63
Spinning : AREEL
64
High point of 1918 : ARMISTICE
66
Kind of headline : SCARE
67
Frosted : ICED
68
Counting-out word : EENY
69
Turkish coins : PARAS
70
Rests : LIES
71
Theater sellouts : SROS
Down
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Problem : POSER
2
Soap plant : AMOLE
3
Germanic law code : SALIC
4
Prop for Poseidon : TRIDENT
5
Japanese accessory : OBI
6
Yea or nay : VOTE
7
Notched : EROSE
8
Wolfe and others : NEROS
9
Kind of beach breeze : ONSHORE
10
Recorded a show again : RETAPED
11
Expectant : AGOG
12
Tropical tree : TUNU
13
Suffixes of locality : ESES
18
Chest wood : CEDAR
22
School org. : PTA
24
Le Gallienne and Braun : EVAS
27
French river : YSER
29
Blue-green shade : NILE
30
Fish sauce : ALEC
31
Request : SEEK
32
Truck sections : CABS
33
Greek theaters : ODEA
34
Retreat : NEST
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Confucian principle : TAO
36
Pencil on its last legs : STUB
40
Cruel one : OGRE
43
Mosaic piece : TESSERA
44
Pays off a debt : SETTLES
46
Cottontails' cousins : HARES
47
Nullifies : NEGATES
49
Recent: Prefix : NEO
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Profit : AVAIL
53
French word of appreciation : MERCI
55
Basket wood : OSIER
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Child: Prefix : TECNO
57
Weavers' reeds : SLEYS
58
Fastener : HASP
59
Killer whale : ORCA
60
Shed a ___ : TEAR
61
Pintail duck : SMEE
65
Psyche parts : IDS

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

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