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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

New York Times, Thursday, May 8, 1975

56-Down : Lollobrigida

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { V X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,399
Across
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"___ at any price" : PEACE
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Husband of Gudrun : ATLI
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Iwo ___ : JIMA
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Distribute : ALLOT
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Mirror image : TWIN
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Seed covering : ARIL
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Compilations : SUMMATIONS
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Author Grey : ZANE
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Rebuff : SLAP
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Prefix for meter or tude : ALTI
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Montezuma, for one : AZTEC
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Compilations : EPITOMES
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Ames and Wynn : EDS
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Sandhog's product : TUNNEL
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"Born Free" heroine : ELSA
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Relatives of taters : SPUDS
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Of brain membrane : MENINGEAL
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"___ soit qui mal ... " : HONI
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Bret : HARTE
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Look in amazement : GAPE
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Hatches : INCUBATES
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Certain crime : ARSON
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Golda : MEIR
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Outdoorsy wear : TWEEDS
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Humpty Dumpty : EGG
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Compilation : BRIEFING
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Part of a ream : QUIRE
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Shopping area : MALL
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City of India : AGRA
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Open : UNDO
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Compilations : TOTALITIES
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Iron and Middle : AGES
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Outstanding person : ONER
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Pulitzer poet : BENET
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Highlands girl : LASS
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Phoenician port : TYRE
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Honshu city : OSAKA
Down
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Bridge call : PASS
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Jewish month : ELUL
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Painter ___-Tadema : ALMA
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Compilation : COMPENDIUM
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After zeta : ETA
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Slanted : ATILT
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"It takes ___ tango" : TWOTO
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Training-room standbys : LINIMENTS
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Entrance signs : INS
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New Orleans specialty : JAZZ
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In a huff : IRATE
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Laid a booby trap : MINED
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Guinness et al. : ALECS
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Swallow or pony : TAIL
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Relative of an org. : ASSN
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Hind-limb part : PES
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Author Wiesel : ELIE
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Language group of Sudan : TSHI
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Atop : UPON
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Now, in old Rome : NUNC
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Compilations : AGGREGATES
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Lonely-hearts' objective : MATRIMONY
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Before : ERE
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Loosen : EASE
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Footless animal : APOD
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Optician's item : LENS
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Tonsorial matter : HAIR
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Miss Daniels of screen : BEBE
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Plant beard : AWN
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Cashier's gear : TILL
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Peer : EQUAL
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Kipling's ___ Din : GUNGA
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Author André and family : GIDES
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Gourmand : EATER
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Signal light : FLARE
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Betsy or Barney : ROSS
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Lollobrigida : GINA
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Fume : REEK
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Film canine : ASTA
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Compile : TOT
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Niger native : IBO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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