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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Wednesday, May 22, 1974

8-Down : Yet to come: Lat.

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,048
Across
1
Sailor's jail : BRIG
5
Algeria's neighbor : MALI
9
Vaunts : BRAGS
14
Ulna or tibia : BONE
15
___ of thieves : ADEN
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Slacken : REMIT
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Price : COST
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Bread or meat unit : LOAF
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Kind of tower : IVORY
20
Frustrated dog owner : MOTHERHUBBARD
23
French river : OISE
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Abound : TEEM
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Ruined : KAPUT
28
Potato : SPUD
30
Colonizer William : PENN
34
Correctly : ARIGHT
36
Kind of code : AREA
38
Card game : LOO
39
TV show : FATHERKNOWSBEST
42
"___ to prepare a place ... " : IGO
43
Tumult : RIOT
44
Small boy : SHAVER
45
Kind of a car : RENT
47
Doctor: Abbr. : PHYS
49
___ France : ILEDE
50
Verbal contraction : ITLL
52
French measure : AUNE
54
Mrs. Bailey : MOTHEROFPEARL
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Maxim : MOTTO
60
Beame et al. : ABES
61
Irritate : ROIL
63
Fishing animal : OTTER
64
Simple : BARE
65
Concept, at the Sorbonne : IDEE
66
Clipped : SHORN
67
Brookings, for one: Abbr. : INST
68
Coin : CENT
Down
1
Telly initials : BBC
2
Space : ROOM
3
___ many words : INSO
4
Be firmer : GETTOUGH
5
Girl watchers : MALES
6
Loves a lot : ADORES
7
Jacob's first : LEAH
8
Yet to come: Lat. : INFUTURO
9
Political temptation : BRIBE
10
Renovate : REVAMP
11
Cupid : AMOR
12
Surround : GIRD
13
Eye trouble : STY
21
Yon's companion : HITHER
22
Moistens : BEDEWS
25
Indo-European native : KAFIR
26
Fly into ___ : ARAGE
27
Alpinist's tool : PITON
29
Hose or raid : PANTY
31
French student : ELEVE
32
Pried into : NOSED
33
___ Dame : NOTRE
35
Big one in baseball : TRIPLE
37
Take ___ to : ASHINE
40
Cousin of cabbage : KOHLRABI
41
Spanish islands : BALEARIC
46
Tehee : TITTER
48
Newscaster Morley et al. : SAFERS
51
Rose's threat : THORN
53
Bothered : UPSET
54
Closet's threat : MOTH
55
Germanic king : OTTO
56
Scottish resort : OBAN
57
Lay at anchor : RODE
58
Mortgage : LIEN
59
Mar. and Sept. : MOS
62
Allow : LET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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