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Beverly J. Seward
Beverly J. Seward

New York Times, Monday, June 24, 1974

18-Down : Central points

Author:
Beverly J. Seward
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Beverly J. Seward has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,081
Across
1
Tepee, to an Indian : HOME
5
___ as the eye can see : ASFAR
10
Recipe abbr. : TBSP
14
Church corner : AMEN
15
Fashionable : SMART
16
Daughter of Loki : HELA
17
Portrayer of Victoria Regina : HELENHAYES
19
Common Latin abbr. : ETAL
20
Legendary thorn remover : ANDROCLES
21
Certain bulb units : WATTS
22
East Indian vine : ODAL
23
Like some TV movies : LATE
24
Social newcomer : DEB
27
Cuzco native : INCA
29
Spiritual torpor : ACEDIA
32
Goings-on : ADOS
34
Port in the 49th : ANCHORAGE
36
___ en scène : MISE
37
Zeal : ARDOR
38
Poet of old Rome : OVID
39
17 Across and 11 Down : ACTRESSES
41
Knicks or Celtics : FIVE
42
Cheap smoke : STOGIE
43
Brief attempt : STAB
46
Its, in France : SES
47
Spanish baby : NENA
48
Inter ___ : ALIA
50
Charts, in Madrid : MAPAS
52
News correspondent on space rates : STRINGMAN
57
Kind of clad : IRON
58
Rhett Butler : CLARKGABLE
59
Clan : SEPT
60
Thick soup : PUREE
61
Spanish or gas : MAIN
62
Peggy of TV : CASS
63
Yorkshire city : LEEDS
64
Esteemed name in Italy : ESTE
Down
1
Merry sound : HAHA
2
Portent : OMEN
3
Pinochle combo : MELD
4
Spanish month : ENERO
5
Coal-user's receptacle : ASHCAN
6
Compacts : SMALLCARS
7
Singer Alice : FAYE
8
Greek god : ARES
9
Grid linemen: Abbr. : RTS
10
___ the Absurd : THEATEROF
11
Jezebel of films : BETTEDAVIS
12
Blind part : SLAT
13
Bosom friends : PALS
18
Central points : NODI
21
Texas city : WACO
23
Comedian Bert : LAHR
24
Spanish ladies : DAMAS
25
Proclamation : EDICT
26
Cultural fixture of the Hub : BOSTONPOPS
28
Rockies' counterpart to south : ANDES
30
"___ up" (words of surrender) : IGIVE
31
Yellow-fever mosquito : AEDES
33
York and Bilko : SERGEANTS
35
Shared the marquee : COSTARRED
37
On a cruise : ASEA
40
One, in Bonn : EINS
44
Look ___ (twins) : ALIKES
45
Kind of cherry : BING
49
"It's only ___" : AGAME
50
Odds and ends: Abbr. : MISC
51
Vicinity : AREA
52
Swing around : SLUE
53
Biblical weed : TARE
54
College degrees : MBAS
55
Came down : ALIT
56
Goose at Waikiki : NENE
58
N.C.O. : CPL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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