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Arthur Bennett
Arthur Bennett

New York Times, Thursday, May 22, 1969

5-Down : Soak.

Author:
Arthur Bennett
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Arthur Bennett has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,222
Across
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Wearing apparel. : HOSE
5
Theater part. : STAGE
10
One of the leagues: Abbr. : NATL
14
State: Abbr. : OKLA
15
Finery. : ARRAY
16
Rebound. : ECHO
17
Times. : ERAS
18
Rich cake. : TORTE
19
Highways: Abbr. : RTES
20
Set aside. : SAVEDUP
22
Yellowish green. : OLIVINE
24
German article. : DER
25
Western city. : RENO
26
Kiss. : OSCULATE
31
The Bull. : TAURUS
35
Cut grain. : REAP
36
Car part. : TANK
38
Hymn. : PSALM
39
Spinner. : TOP
40
Emit. : SENDOUT
42
Agnus ___. : DEI
43
Alpena's lake. : HURON
45
Swallow. : GULP
46
Shade. : TINT
47
Twist. : OLIVER
49
Let go. : PARTWITH
51
"___ Three Lives." : ILED
53
Poem. : ODE
54
Seller of chances. : RAFFLER
57
Bouquet. : NOSEGAY
61
River of Spain. : EBRO
62
Bundle of twigs. : FAGOT
64
"J'Accuse" author. : ZOLA
65
Southern cape. : FEAR
66
See 64 Across. : EMILE
67
Ogler. : EYER
68
Unfermented grape juice. : STUM
69
Fanatical. : RABID
70
Track event. : RACE
Down
1
Garden tools. : HOES
2
Soup ingredient. : OKRA
3
European. : SLAV
4
Abated. : EASEDUP
5
Soak. : SATURATE
6
Excess: Fr. : TROP
7
Opp. of lv. : ARR
8
Everglades denizen, for short. : GATOR
9
Metal ring. : EYELET
10
On edge. : NERVOUS
11
Program listing. : ACTI
12
Next in order. : THEN
13
Outdistance. : LOSE
21
State: Abbr. : DEL
23
Awkward. : INAPT
26
Straight: Prefix. : ORTHO
27
Asian capital. : SEOUL
28
Kind of pants. : CAPRI
29
Flavor. : TANG
30
"This ___." : ENDUP
32
Spokes. : RADII
33
Full of: Suffix. : ULENT
34
English colonist. : SMITH
37
Nut. : KOLA
40
Fishline leader. : SNELL
41
Removed utterly. : UPROOTED
44
Egg-shaped. : OVIFORM
46
Beauty-kit item. : TWEEZER
48
Coat. : REEFER
50
Football scores: Abbr. : TDS
52
Vehicle for 5 Across. : DRAMA
54
Sports officials: Abbr. : REFS
55
Not on ___. : ABET
56
Housewife in Munich. : FRAU
57
___ me tangere. : NOLI
58
Spanish artist. : GOYA
59
Guinness. : ALEC
60
Old nautical term. : YARE
63
Machine part. : GIB

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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