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McCain
McCain

New York Times, Wednesday, June 11, 1975

4-Down : Like the Mariana Trench

Author:
McCain
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q W }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
McCain has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,433
Across
1
Not yet up : ABED
5
Swiss ___ : CHARD
10
Kind of bag : GRAB
14
Take it easy : LAZE
15
"___ and sometimes Y" : AEIOU
16
Hilly city : ROME
17
"Jane ___" : EYRE
18
"Ninotchka," e.g. : GARBOMOVIE
20
Verse's partner : CHAPTER
22
Drudged : SLAVED
23
Neighbor of Mars : EARTH
25
Western state: Abbr. : ORE
26
Ibsen play : GHOSTS
29
Painter Fra ___ : ANGELICO
34
Heart link : AORTA
35
___ ben Adhem : ABOU
36
Obstacle : SNAG
37
Road curve : ESS
38
Performs for the class : RECITES
41
Evangeline's Grand ___ : PRE
42
Jack Sprat's preference : LEAN
44
Clears : NETS
45
Kind of angle : ACUTE
47
Farewell, in Kobe : SAYONARA
49
Recorders : FLUTES
50
Battering ___ : RAM
51
Old German coin : TALER
53
Comprehend : FATHOM
56
Delivery to Garcia : MESSAGE
60
All-purpose name : RICHARDROE
62
Racetrack : OVAL
63
Monster : OGRE
64
Show jubilance : EXULT
65
Small brook : RILL
66
Belgian river : YSER
67
Entertains in a way : DINES
68
Montand : YVES
Down
1
Writer Waugh : ALEC
2
Birch of Indiana : BAYH
3
O. T. book : EZRA
4
Like the Mariana Trench : DEEPEST
5
Basketball players : CAGERS
6
Lettuce part : HEART
7
Tune : AIR
8
Does a bank heist : ROBS
9
Conversation for two : DUOLOGUE
10
Cringes : GROVELS
11
Traverse : ROVE
12
During : AMID
13
Quilting or sewing : BEE
19
___ nostrum : MARE
21
Asian tribesman : TATAR
24
Native environment : HABITAT
26
Celts : GAELS
27
Biblical prophet : HOSEA
28
Paris's Quai d'___ : ORSAY
30
Negative words : NOTS
31
Computer feed : INPUT
32
___ du jour : CARTE
33
Curved moldings : OGEES
35
Maple genus : ACER
39
Smitten : ENAMORED
40
Kind of resistance : SALES
43
Cold wind : NORTHER
46
Like a quick glance : CURSORY
48
Port of Okinawa : NAHA
49
Armadas : FLEETS
52
Soap plant : AMOLE
53
Fruits : FIGS
54
Israeli port : ACRE
55
Roman 1511 : MDXI
57
Tel ___ : AVIV
58
Writer Zona : GALE
59
Building wings : ELLS
60
Rob ___ : ROY
61
Seek office : RUN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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