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Sophie Fierman
Sophie Fierman

New York Times, Friday, May 9, 1975

49-Down : Furnace tender

Author:
Sophie Fierman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Sophie Fierman has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,400
Across
1
De Triomphe and others : ARCS
5
Fanatical : RABID
10
Contents of a dugout rack : BATS
14
Make a ___-line stand : GOAL
15
Bring joy : ELATE
16
Give backing to : ABET
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
18
Traditional weeper : LOSER
19
Piano piece : NOLA
20
Straight: Prefix : RECT
21
Print measures : ENS
22
Lemurs : INDRIS
24
Words for a marked man : HESAGOODCATCH
27
Ancient Greek state : LOCRIS
29
School subj. : GEOG
30
Loving Latin word : AMO
31
Ready to be served dinner : SEATED
34
Feedback of a sort : ECHO
38
Metallic prefix : CALCI
40
Contend : VIE
41
Down the ___ (wasted) : DRAIN
42
Earth goddess : ERDA
43
Come-on ad : TEASER
45
Wire: Abbr. : TEL
46
Mountain lake : TARN
48
Discover : DESCRY
50
Overtakes : CATCHESUPWITH
55
Hilo greetings : ALOHAS
56
N. Z. parrot : KEA
57
Seep : OOZE
60
Turkish liqueur : RAKI
61
Outlaw Belle of West : STARR
63
Gordius's claim to fame : KNOT
64
Augury : OMEN
65
Facilitated : EASED
66
Noted school : ETON
67
Big Ben sound : BONG
68
Kind of rehearsal : DRESS
69
Miss Ponselle : ROSA
Down
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Seaweed product : AGAR
2
By ___ (mechanically) : ROTE
3
Get the sniffles : CATCHCOLD
4
Roof worker : SLATER
5
Press handout : RELEASE
6
"Take Me ___" : ALONG
7
Glee-club member : BASSO
8
Native: Suffix : ITE
9
Ridiculed : DERIDED
10
One giving first aid : BANDAGER
11
Nip in the bud : ABORT
12
Having a purpose : TELIC
13
Hide away : STASH
23
Army man: Abbr. : NCO
25
Assent, in Madrid : SISI
26
S-shaped moldings : OGEES
27
Shoestring : LACE
28
Bradley : OMAR
32
Rock-garden plant : AVENS
33
Spanish aunt : TIA
35
Get wise : CATCHONTO
36
Yesterday, in Paris : HIER
37
Unique : ONLY
39
Like measles, mumps, etc. : CATCHING
41
Three, in Emden : DREI
43
Braided : TRESSED
44
Revivalist Jonathan : EDWARDS
47
Exclamation : AHA
49
Furnace tender : STOKER
50
Medit. tree : CAROB
51
Poplar of Southwest : ALAMO
52
Kind of gesture : TOKEN
53
Decree : UKASE
54
French parents : PERES
58
Features of many parks : ZOOS
59
Lab heater : ETNA
62
Sailor : TAR

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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