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Richard Camp
Richard Camp

New York Times, Saturday, May 24, 1975

55-Down : Costly boat

Author:
Richard Camp
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 326 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
Richard Camp has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,415
Across
1
Dopey people : SCHNOOKS
9
Tibet's capital : LHASA
14
"___ the lock ... " : CRYINGAT
15
Midday break : LUNCH
16
Comes in again : REENTERS
17
Nebraska Indians : OMAHAS
19
Long time : EON
20
Above, to poets : OER
21
Pitcher Young et al. : CYS
22
Mass. campus : MIT
23
Winglike : ALAR
25
"Why look you ___?" : SOSAD
27
Cat sound : PURR
28
Former hostess Perle : MESTA
30
Vocation: Abbr. : OCC
31
___-Vanzetti case : SACCO
32
Navy officer: Abbr. : ENS
34
Book after Nahum : HABAKKUK
36
Stupid one : ASS
39
Inferior merchandise : SCHLOCK
41
Sault ___ Marie : STE
42
Words to a French girl friend : MACHERIE
44
Society girl : DEB
46
Mass. town : ATHOL
47
Homeless ones: Abbr. : DPS
49
Writer Glaspell : SUSAN
53
___ Dora : DUMB
54
Irritable : TESTY
56
Ancient Asian : MEDE
57
Time period : ERA
58
Partner of oohs : AHS
59
Mideast initials : UAR
61
Pronoun : SHE
62
Queued up : ONLINE
64
Stressed : ACCENTED
66
"Tell ___ in Gath" : ITNOT
67
Bribes : SCHMEERS
68
Spanish premier : AZANA
69
British brew : POTOFTEA
Down
1
Horror-movie sound : SCREAM
2
Louisianan : CREOLE
3
Laughing ones : HYENAS
4
Writer Anais : NIN
5
Aware of : ONTO
6
Curved moldings : OGEES
7
African plateau area : KARROO
8
Cousins of aves. : STS
9
Film comedian Harold : LLOYD
10
Bee sounds : HUMS
11
Group of sayings : ANA
12
Oafs : SCHMUCKS
13
"Shave and ___, two bits" : AHAIRCUT
18
Golfing unit : STROKE
21
Crème de ___ : CACAO
24
Course: Abbr. : RTE
26
Clumsy people : SCHLEPS
27
___ choi (Chinese cabbage) : PAK
29
Gretel's cockney friend : ANSEL
31
"___ alive!" : SAKES
33
Ship propeller: Abbr. : SCR
35
Between A and E : BCD
36
Italian sculptor : AMADEO
37
Poetic name for Italy : SATURNIA
38
Corny sentiment : SCHMALTZ
40
Animal pelts : HIDES
43
Nob's partner : HOB
45
Kind of steer : BUM
48
Decorative plaster : STUCCO
50
Sonnet part : SESTET
51
Stick to : ADHERE
52
"When a fella ___ friend" : NEEDSA
54
Greek letter : THETA
55
Costly boat : YACHT
58
In a while : ANON
60
San ___ : REMO
63
Miss Claire : INA
64
Viper : ASP
65
Ship-shaped clock : NEF

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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