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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Monday, June 21, 1976

27-Down : Lorelei's river, to Germans

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,809
Across
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Door or rock : TRAP
5
Assuage : SALVE
10
Luck, in Ireland : CESS
14
Not dense : RARE
15
In action : AFOOT
16
Helm position : ALEE
17
Sherlock Holmes story : ASTUDYINSCARLET
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British V.I.P.'s : MPS
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Land of shamrocks : EIRE
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Turnips, in Aberdeen : NEEPS
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Orson Welles role : KANE
24
Become indistinct : FADE
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"Give me ___" (call) : ARING
28
1918 battlefield : ARGONNE
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Back or ear : ACHE
32
Winter wear : SCARF
33
Compass point : ESE
35
Holmes story : THEVALLEYOFFEAR
39
French pronoun : TOI
40
Dens : LAIRS
41
Goddess of Norse myth : IDUN
42
Out ___ (vulnerable) : ONALIMB
44
Accumulate : AMASS
46
Fliers' medals: Abbr. : DFCS
47
Oath of old : DRAT
48
Florida town : STLEO
51
Coconut fiber : COIR
52
Recipe meas. : TSP
55
Holmes adventure scene : THEPRIORYSCHOOL
59
Kiln : OAST
60
Graded system : SCALE
61
Irish exclamation : AROO
62
Picnic visitors : ANTS
63
Subdues : TAMES
64
Flimsy home : TENT
Down
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Mine car : TRAM
2
Scrape : RASP
3
Fine ___ : ARTS
4
Little: Fr. : PEU
5
Aphorism : SAYING
6
Burning : AFIRE
7
Kind of wolf : LONE
8
Well-aged whiskies: Abbr. : VOS
9
Handy abbr. : ETC
10
Heel over : CAREEN
11
French pronoun : ELLE
12
Ooze : SEEP
13
Tennis units : SETS
18
College V.I.P. : DEAN
19
On ___ (occasionally) : ANDOFF
23
City on the Dnieper : KIEV
24
Shows wear : FRAYS
25
Soil: Prefix : AGRO
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Sneezy sound : ACHOO
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Lorelei's river, to Germans : RHEIN
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Harsh : ACERB
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Lacks : NEEDS
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Isaac's son et al. : ESAUS
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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Diets : SLIMS
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Sea eagle : ERN
36
"___ one, one for ... " : ALLFOR
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Secular : LAIC
38
Decree : FIAT
43
Experts : ADEPTS
44
Comes up : ARISES
45
Grape refuse : MARC
47
Holmes's creator : DOYLE
48
Portico : STOA
49
Conjunction : THAN
50
"___ we forget" : LEST
51
Stuff : CRAM
52
Ripped : TORE
53
Shortly : SOON
54
Intrigue : PLOT
56
Follower : IST
57
Edible root : OCA
58
Sombrero : HAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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