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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

New York Times, Tuesday, June 21, 1977

1-Down : Sighs, in Stuttgart

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,174
Across
1
Part of a molecule : ATOM
5
West Pointer : CADET
10
Jack of TV fame : PAAR
14
Dome on the range : CIMA
15
Hippodrome : ARENA
16
City on the Truckee : RENO
17
20
Cagliari's island : SARDINIA
21
Kind of bean : KIDNEY
22
Scraped by (with "out") : EKED
23
Nota ___ : BENE
24
Former Michigan governor : ROMNEY
27
Soapy water : SUDS
28
Moslem potentate : AGA
31
To have: Fr. : AVOIR
32
Light tan : ECRU
33
Growth on a tree trunk : KNAR
34
37
Shake ___ (hurry) : ALEG
38
Rose Bowl winner in 1976 : UCLA
39
Bridge expert : GOREN
40
Crane or Brown : LES
41
___ on it (hurry) : STEP
42
Most cunning : CUTEST
43
Buddies : PALS
44
Sounds meaning "Don't touch!" : AHAH
45
Cashmere's kin : ANGORA
48
Cause of nasality : ADENOIDS
52
54
Draft status : ONEA
55
"R.U.R." or "U.S.A.," e.g. : TITLE
56
Sicilian sizzler : ETNA
57
Ogle like an ogre : LEER
58
"Farewell the neighing ___" : STEED
59
Ginza sauces : SOYS
Down
1
Sighs, in Stuttgart : ACHS
2
"___ yellow ribbon ... " : TIEA
3
Actor Sharif : OMAR
4
Vexatious : MADDENING
5
Co-star in "The Late Show" : CARNEY
6
Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g. : AROID
7
___ vu : DEJA
8
Chemical ending : ENE
9
Put on the bulletin board : TACKEDUP
10
One of the deadly sins : PRIDE
11
Ages and ages : AEON
12
Baxter or Hathaway : ANNE
13
Ablush : ROSY
18
Tightwads : PIKERS
19
Cannery items : TINS
23
Pouchlike body cavity : BURSA
24
Assessment amount : RATAL
25
Egglet : OVULE
26
Folkways : MORES
27
Hustle tickets : SCALP
28
Kostelanetz : ANDRE
29
Winds of 32-63 m.p.h. : GALES
30
"___ You Glad You're You" : ARENT
32
Endings for prefer and differ : ENCES
33
Observation posts for Peeping Toms : KNOTHOLES
35
Endures longer : OUTLASTS
36
Tropical lizard : IGUANA
41
Ganges garb : SARI
42
Ate caramels : CHEWED
43
Like a magnet : POLAR
44
Confuse : ADDLE
45
"Over the hill" : AWOL
46
Three squared : NINE
47
High spirits : GLEE
48
Buy a poker hand : ANTE
49
"Tell ___ the Marines" : ITTO
50
Gainsay : DENY
51
Madrid wives: Abbr. : SRAS
53
River isle : AIT

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