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Ruth N. Schultz
Ruth N. Schultz

New York Times, Friday, May 24, 1974

13-Down : Aberdeen Angus

Author:
Ruth N. Schultz
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Ruth N. Schultz has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,050
Across
1
Priest's garment : ALB
4
Miss Daniels : BEBE
8
Teener's ailment : ACNE
12
Sow : SEED
14
Jai ___ : ALAI
15
" ... is ___ forgotten" : SOON
16
Santa sound : HOHO
17
"___ nach Osten" : DRANG
18
Spanish love : AMOR
19
Oklahoma city : ENID
20
Letter : AITCH
21
Like some phone lines : BUSY
22
Having rough going : INDUTCH
24
Advanced-degree writings : THESES
26
___ Ababa : ADDIS
27
Busy as ___ : ABEE
28
Side: Prefix : LATERI
30
Onward, in Naples : AVANTI
32
Residue : ASH
33
Part of U.S.N.A. : NAVAL
35
Vote : NAY
38
Property : ESTATE
41
Sheen : LUSTRE
44
Recorder's offspring : TAPE
45
Bert et al. : LAHRS
46
Mss. for Cheops : PAPYRI
49
Having rough going : UPATREE
52
Kind of cheese : EDAM
53
Tree resin : COPAL
55
African fox : ASSE
57
Egyptian goddess : SATI
58
Kluxers' groups : KLANS
59
Table d'___ : HOTE
60
Kind of breeches : KNEE
61
Yutang et al. : LINS
62
Plaintiff : SUER
63
" ... and a ___ wide" : YARD
64
Nelson : EDDY
65
Tour golfer : PRO
Down
1
Arthur of tennis : ASHE
2
King of Sparta : LEONIDAS
3
Having rough going, with 7 Down : BEHINDTHE
4
Of an element : BARIC
5
Israeli port : ELATH
6
Place for francs : BANC
7
See 3 Down : EIGHTBALL
8
As red ___ : ASABEET
9
God of mirth : COMUS
10
Hangman's need : NOOSE
11
'Iggins et al. : ENRYS
13
Aberdeen Angus : DODDIE
17
Grammar case: Abbr. : DAT
23
Military standby group: Abbr. : USR
25
Coop dweller : HEN
26
In the manner of : ALA
27
Miss Gardner : AVA
29
Having rough going : INAPICKLE
30
___ atque vale : AVE
31
Having rough going : INTHESOUP
34
Suffix for hyphen or assassin : ATE
36
Anti-lightning device : ARRESTER
37
___-man : YES
39
Having rough going : STYMIED
40
Feathers' partner : TAR
42
Final: Abbr. : ULT
43
Bernhardt et al. : SARAHS
46
Annoying : PESKY
47
Turkish city : ADANA
48
Writer Walter : PATER
49
"___ at 'em!" : UPAND
50
Garden flower : PANSY
51
Capp and Pacino : ALS
54
Smelly : OLID
56
Saarinen : EERO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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