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John Finch
John Finch

New York Times, Saturday, May 7, 1977

48-Down : Clinker collector

Author:
John Finch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
John Finch has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,129
Across
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Magi's guide : STAR
5
Ivy Leaguers : ELIS
9
Roundup item : LASSO
14
Relative of bingo : KENO
15
Kind of weed : LOCO
16
Companion of Pan : OREAD
17
The last of "Hamlet" : ACTV
18
First fratricide victim : ABEL
19
Student's mark : GRADE
20
Early O'Neill play : THEEMPERORJONES
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Book of the Apocrypha : ESDRAS
24
Coarse tobacco : SHAG
25
"___ Smile Be Your Umbrella" : LETA
28
Pictures : IMAGES
32
"___ diem!" : CARPE
36
Prolific author : ANON
38
Joint familiar to a botanist : NODE
39
Hero of 2,327 performances : ABIE
40
Pepper-pot ingredient : TRIPE
41
Dunce cap : CONE
42
"___ no money" : SEND
43
"Arrivederci ___" : ROMA
44
Palanquin : SEDAN
45
Mass exodus : HEGIRA
47
Russian mountain range : ALAI
49
"___ la vie!" : CEST
51
Hobby of George V and F.D.R. : STAMPS
56
Late O'Neill play : ATOUCHOFTHEPOET
61
Word with cropper or holder : SHARE
62
Twenty quires : REAM
63
Space : AREA
64
Mummified, in a way : CERED
65
Polynesian cloth : TAPA
66
Monastic's room : CELL
67
Author of "Steppenwolf" : HESSE
68
British machine gun : STEN
69
Being : ESSE
Down
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Emulate Hamill : SKATE
2
Cal and Carnegie : TECHS
3
Sweetened the pot : ANTED
4
Rolling stone : ROVER
5
Pass, as time : ELAPSE
6
Spot for an earring : LOBE
7
Champagne bucket : ICER
8
Lonely flights : SOLOS
9
Congestion : LOGJAM
10
"The ___ of age ... ": Burke : ARROGANCE
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Playwright O'Casey : SEAN
12
Libertine Marquis de ___ : SADE
13
Keats's specialty : ODES
21
Stag or ram : MALE
22
Lorelei's river : RHINE
26
Elephant's-ear : TARO
27
Soul : ANIMA
29
Word of approval : GOOD
30
Novelist Ferber : EDNA
31
Perceived : SEEN
32
Item on the barrelhead : CASH
33
___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
34
Call on the phone : RING
35
Chiropodists : PEDICURES
37
Form of silica : OPAL
40
Worthless stuff : TRASH
44
Developer's interest : SITE
46
Ebb : RECEDE
48
Clinker collector : ASHMAN
50
Lawyer's business, at times : TORTS
52
Quickly : APACE
53
Folkways : MORES
54
Strips : PEELS
55
Trite : STALE
56
He wrote "The Nazarene" : ASCH
57
Quaker pronoun : THEE
58
Members of a crew : OARS
59
Achievement : FEAT
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Foot racer's goal : TAPE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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