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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Friday, June 24, 1977

36-Down : Carpenter, at times

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,177
Across
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Did some carpentry : SAWED
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Actors' concerns : CUES
10
"___ She Sweet" : AINT
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Star like Sills : PRIMADONNA
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Attic promenade : STOA
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Army no-no : INSUBORDINATION
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Kind of kick : TOP
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Westminster judge's concern : BREED
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Catches : LANDS
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Cry "Wolf!" : ALARM
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Tumult : BABEL
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Setting : SCENE
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Sharif : OMAR
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Corded fabric : REP
31
Neighbor of R.I. : CONN
32
Moslem ascetic : SANUSI
34
"Eureka!" : AHA
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Divinity-school deg. : DTH
39
Pay attention : LISTEN
40
Kind of duck : DEAD
41
Gielgud's title : SIR
42
Unoriginal one : APER
43
Warbucks : DADDY
44
Some are common : NOUNS
46
Latin roll-call answer : ADSUM
49
W.W.I battle site : MEUSE
50
Bikini, for one : ATOLL
51
Wind dir. : ESE
54
Like many slum children : UNDERPRIVILEGED
57
Wine bucket : ICER
58
Habitual : INVETERATE
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Baseball champs: 1976 : REDS
60
Earl or duke : PEER
61
Runabout's relative : SEDAN
Down
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Patio gear : SPIT
2
River through Pisa : ARNO
3
Mere handful : WISP
4
Bird that can't fly : EMU
5
What dilettantes do : DABBLE
6
Kitchen utensil : CORER
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Reserved : UNDEMONSTRATIVE
8
Oklahoma city : ENID
9
___ Diego : SAN
10
Take ___ at (try) : ASTAB
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Traveled about : ITINERATED
12
Fool : NOODLEHEAD
13
Hosiery shades : TANS
15
Copperfield's first wife : DORA
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He took Rome: A.D. 410 : ALARIC
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
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"___ Street Blues" : BASIN
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Runs before the wind : SCUDS
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Self-restraint : CONTINENCE
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Concealed : ENSHROUDED
28
Tone down : MUTE
30
Rice field : PADDY
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Exports : SHIPS
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Ease, in Paris : AISE
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Carpenter, at times : PLANER
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Bede, of literature : ADAM
43
He advocated "brinkmanship" : DULLES
45
Customers : USERS
47
White-cliff territory : DOVER
48
Skirt feature : SLIT
49
Alaskan glacier : MUIR
50
English composer : ARNE
51
Old oath : EGAD
52
___ precedent : SETA
53
British statesman : EDEN
55
Domino spot : PIP
56
Prior to : ERE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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