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Wells Gemberling
Wells Gemberling

New York Times, Wednesday, June 14, 1967

2-Down : Make a play in cricket.

Author:
Wells Gemberling
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Wells Gemberling has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,514
Across
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Furnish protection for. : COVER
6
Hail or farewell. : AVE
9
Timetables, for short. : SKEDS
14
Aromatic herb. : ANISE
15
Buddy. : PAL
16
Gay city. : PAREE
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Movie scenes. : SHOTS
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Antiquity: Archaic. : ELD
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As ___ (generally). : ARULE
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Mah-jongg piece. : TILE
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Twist. : SLEW
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Score after deuce. : ADIN
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Laundryman's question. : STARCH
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Unstable. : ERRATIC
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Covered with grime. : SOOTY
31
Medicinal substance. : EMETIC
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Unconditional: Abbr. : ABS
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Formulator of an economic law. : GRESHAM
38
Gambler's note. : IOU
39
Line of light. : RAY
40
One of the leagues: Abbr. : NAT
41
Shoshonean. : UTE
42
Begone! : OUT
43
Sea bird. : ERN
44
"Dinner ___." : ATEIGHT
46
Skaters' assn. : NSA
47
Rabbit-sized rodent. : AGOUTI
49
Layer. : SHEET
51
Seems. : APPEARS
53
Busman. : DRIVER
57
___ D., high degree. : LITT
58
French pronoun. : NOUS
60
Have a bank account. : SAVE
61
Member of an Eastern church. : UNIAT
63
Day, in Spain. : DIA
64
Items usually of wood or candy. : CANES
65
Name in 1847 novel. : BECKY
66
Language: Abbr. : ENG
67
Concerning. : ANENT
68
One of the Fords. : EDSEL
69
U.S. satellite. : OGO
70
Nuisances. : PESTS
Down
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Uses the first stone. : CASTS
2
Make a play in cricket. : ONHIT
3
Stringed instrument. : VIOLA
4
Chemical compounds. : ESTERS
5
Things, in law. : RES
6
Tarzan's friends. : APES
7
Neighbors of hills. : VALLEYS
8
Senior. : ELDER
9
Belgian town. : SPA
10
Type of self-defense. : KARATE
11
Learning. : ERUDITION
12
Exceptionally pleasant. : DELICIOUS
13
Experienced. : SEEN
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Encircled. : WREATHED
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Related by birth. : COGNATE
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Type of ode. : HORATIAN
28
Electrical instrument. : AMMETER
30
Head: Fr. : TETE
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___ wide swath. : CUTA
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Length times width. : AREA
34
Traded. : BARGAINED
35
The first three Gospels. : SYNOPTICS
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Founder of Capetian dynasty. : HUGH
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Publishing. : ISSUING
48
Capacity for understanding. : UPTAKE
50
French aromatic tea. : TISANE
52
Horse show. : RODEO
54
Wind indicators. : VANES
55
Happening. : EVENT
56
Musical notations : RESTS
57
Machine oil. : LUBE
59
Palm tree. : SAGO
62
Knob: Prefix. : TYL
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Outdo. : CAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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