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Hickmott
Hickmott

New York Times, Thursday, May 31, 1984

9-Down : Calls to arms, of yore

Author:
Hickmott
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Hickmott has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,623
Across
1
Kind of jet or rod : RAM
4
Porter's "___ Men" : IHATE
9
Slightly open : AJAR
13
___ bonne heure : ALA
14
Censored items on TV : NONOS
15
Drudge : SLAVE
16
Denims : BLUEJEANS
18
Walked the floor : PACED
19
Nonsense : BILGE
20
Beacon on a lighthouse, e.g. : SEAMARK
22
Entomologist's subject : INSECT
24
Nigerian natives : YORUBAS
27
Fuel up : STOKE
30
Lower in rank : DEMOTE
31
Editorial task : ALTERING
34
Type : SORT
35
Before now : AGO
36
Pipe residues : DOTTLES
39
Cambric ___ (hot drink) : TEA
40
Heaps : TONS
42
Pod : SEEDCASE
44
Debated : ARGUED
47
Elevates : REARS
48
Slumber-party wear : PAJAMAS
50
Londoner's dish : MUTTON
54
Broke a diet : OVERATE
57
Pair : BRACE
58
A son of Jacob : ASHER
60
Girls' low-heeled slippers : MARYJANES
62
Virile : MANLY
63
Bewildered : ATSEA
64
Hood's heater : GAT
65
Nosegay : POSY
66
Down-at-the-heels : RATTY
67
Switch positions : ONS
Down
1
Jewish scholar : RABBI
2
Tuckered out : ALLIN
3
Paws : MAULS
4
Did an R.N.'s task : INJECTED
5
Cultivate : HOE
6
Collections of sayings : ANAS
7
Vocal quality : TONE
8
Venture : ESSAY
9
Calls to arms, of yore : ALARUMS
10
Military footwear : JACKBOOTS
11
Salutation to Caesar : AVE
12
Kind of dwarf or giant in the sky : RED
15
Lean : SPARE
17
Pass off, as perspiration : EGEST
21
Like Carnaby Street fashions : MOD
23
Corrida charger : TORO
25
"___ Grows in Brooklyn" : ATREE
26
Bristle : SETA
28
"___, cats, sacks, and wives": Anon. : KITS
29
Insert : ENTER
31
Greek mall : AGORA
32
Winter underwear : LONGJOHNS
33
Kind of club : GLEE
35
Palm thatch : ATAP
37
Mild cheese : EDAM
38
Florida bird : SCRUBJAY
41
With urbanity : SUAVELY
43
Latin stars : ASTRA
45
Polisher : EMERY
46
Women's org. : DAR
49
Philippine island : SAMAR
51
S.A. dance : TANGO
52
The briny deep : OCEAN
53
Hoopoes' homes : NESTS
55
Bye-bye : TATA
56
Formerly, formerly : ERST
58
Elec. unit : AMP
59
Paulo or Miguel : SAO
61
However : YET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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