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Jack Wherry
Jack Wherry

New York Times, Friday, May 3, 1974

53-Down : Beer containers: Abbr.

Author:
Jack Wherry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { C F J M P Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jack Wherry has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,029
Across
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Sharp remark : BARB
5
U.S. org. for minor traders : SBA
8
___ in the woods : BABES
13
Spread : OLEO
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Chemical compound : ENOL
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Globules : BLOBS
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Miscellany : OLIO
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What the red, red robin does : BOBBOBBOBS
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Clyde Barrow, for one : BANKROBBER
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
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Home of a famous queen : SHEBA
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Run off the page : BLEED
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"With this ring ___ wed" : ITHEE
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Make ___ (do well) : AHAUL
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Verve : ELAN
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___ gratia artis : ARS
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Having protuberances : KNOBBY
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Bargain : GOODBUY
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Kind of mouth : BLABBER
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Doubleday et al. : ABNERS
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Queen or quilting : BEE
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Tiber tributary : NERA
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Steel-plow man : DEERE
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"You ___ right!" : ARESO
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Religious leader : RABBI
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Eban et al. : ABBAS
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Kind of lettuce : BIBB
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Luxury for milady : BUBBLEBATH
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Glassware, etc., for instance : BREAKABLES
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Singly : IBYI
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Busy D. C. group : LOBBY
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Lahr : BERT
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Not-so-rare gas : NEON
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Golfer Sam or J. C. : SNEAD
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"___ live and breathe" : ASI
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Factory for nags : GLUE
Down
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Stupes : BOOBS
2
Islamic God : ALLAH
3
French queen : REINE
4
Printing-shop employe : BOOKBINDER
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High-hat quality : SNOBBERY
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Diamond errors : BOBBLES
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Playwright Edward : ALBEE
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Consumer agency: Abbr. : BBB
9
Neighbor of Sask. : ALBA
10
Shea sounds, at times : BOOS
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Recedes : EBBS
12
Attention-getting sound : SSST
14
Central American tree : EBO
18
Part of a krone : ORE
20
Brother ___ : RAT
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Actor Andrews : DANA
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Residence, in Munich : HAUS
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Hanging out together : HOBNOBBING
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Church title : ABBE
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Above, in Berlin : UBER
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Vega's constellation : LYRA
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Mild expletive : EGAD
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Ear part : LOBE
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Superior rating : AONE
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Swiss painter : KLEE
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Fox or Rabbit : BRER
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Diet-deficiency ailment : BERIBERI
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Prattles : BABBLES
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Scottish so : SAE
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Camel's hair fabric : ABA
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Smith of football : BUBBA
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City of heavenly tower : BABEL
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"Here's looking ___!" : ATYOU
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Moon or shoe : SHINE
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Beer containers: Abbr. : BBLS
54
Duke or Age : IRON
55
Daniels of silents : BEBE
56
Ali : BABA
58
W.W. II craft : LST
60
Thomas ___, English dramatist : KYD

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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