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Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg

New York Times, Friday, May 27, 1977

24-Down : "Yes ___!"

Author:
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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F
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R
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O
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C
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S
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R
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S
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R
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A
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O
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D
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N
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O
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Y
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O
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D
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R
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N
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D
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A
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D
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K
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A
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Y
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,149
Across
1
Fellow, in London : CHAP
5
Saber mark : SLASH
10
Afternoons: Abbr. : PMS
13
Kind of duck or excuse : LAME
14
One of a famous trio : PINTA
15
QB Tarkenton : FRAN
16
Athletes in blue : ELIS
17
Welcoming word : ENTER
18
Punjab potentate : RANA
19
Temporarily : FORTHETIMEBEING
22
Youngster : LAD
23
"Easy ___ it" : DOES
24
Palette pigment : OCHER
27
Spanish Mrs. : SRA
30
Lime and lemon : ADES
32
King: Fr. : ROI
33
Beethoven's Third : EROICA
36
Stenchy : OLID
38
Behrman play about a playwright : NOTIMEFORCOMEDY
41
Elects : OPTS
42
___-order (custom-tailored) : MADETO
43
Japanese coin : SEN
44
Sandaled : SHOD
46
In medias ___ : RES
47
En ___ (in a body) : MASSE
49
Feathered six-footers : EMUS
51
Police-alert initials : APB
52
Possible cause of ennui : TIMEONONESHANDS
60
Simba's sound : ROAR
61
Prevent : AVERT
62
Catastrophic : DIRE
63
Raison d'___ : ETRE
64
Valley in N.Y. (artists' mecca) : KEENE
65
Astronaut Bean : ALAN
66
"Mirthquake" : YAK
67
Word with tail or bitter : ENDER
68
Salamander : NEWT
Down
1
Musical symbol : CLEF
2
Aura : HALO
3
Asian noble : AMIR
4
Tool for pounding : PESTLE
5
Kind of demon : SPEED
6
Scourge of serge : LINT
7
Con : ANTI
8
Flower part : STEM
9
Ran : HARED
10
Meriting no accolades : PRAISELESS
11
Educator Horace : MANN
12
Fisherman's bane : SNAG
15
Nat Turner's quest : FREEDOM
20
Odalisques' abode : HAREM
21
___ constrictor : BOA
24
"Yes ___!" : ORNO
25
Condominiums' kin : COOPS
26
Be on target : HITTHEMARK
27
"___, so good!" : SOFAR
28
___ Janeiro : RIODE
29
Lots of land : ACRES
31
Contesting teams : SIDES
34
Radiation dosage : REM
35
Stamp or Volstead : ACT
37
Unit of force : DYNE
39
Corresponding part : ISOMERE
40
Pizzazz : OOMPH
45
Twosome : DUO
48
Oil center in Iran : ABADAN
50
Anaconda : SNAKE
51
Flower of fall : ASTER
52
Three-spot : TREY
53
Letter after theta : IOTA
54
Place to prepare a pizza : OVEN
55
Requirement : NEED
56
Sea-going flier : ERNE
57
River at Memphis : NILE
58
Sketch : DRAW
59
Mailed : SENT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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