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Hallie Parsons
Hallie Parsons
Gerald Parsons
Gerald Parsons

New York Times, Saturday, June 25, 1977

8-Down : Difficult question

Author:
Hallie & Gerald Parsons
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 47, Avg Word Len: 4.94, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,178
Across
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Lichen : MOSS
5
Hot Springs and Warm Springs : SPAS
9
Strain : FILTER
11
Athens's rival : SPARTA
13
Smokeless powder : CORDITE
14
Visualize : PICTURE
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"A feast ___ famine" : ORA
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Harmonious relationship : RAPPORT
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Grundy or Miniver : MRS
20
Heelless sheepskin shoes : PACS
22
Aristocracy : ELITE
23
Petty quarrel : SPAT
24
Slender, graceful girl : SYLPH
26
Still : YET
27
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
28
Canary's cousin : SERIN
30
Dinner course : DESSERT
32
Camelot character : ENID
34
Prescribed quantity : DOSE
35
Strew : SCATTER
38
Part of a calyx : SEPAL
41
Common food fishes : SHADS
42
Kind of story : SOB
44
Type of dovetail : TENON
46
Sets into opposition : PITS
47
Coast Guard group : SPARS
49
Rapturous praise : RAVE
50
Footed vase : URN
51
Largest of the Ryukyu Islands : OKINAWA
53
Afternoon party : TEA
54
Lawmen's trawl : DRAGNET
56
Misshape : DISTORT
58
Hard cash : SPECIE
59
Bobbins : SPOOLS
60
British gun : STEN
61
White-tailed fisheater : ERNE
Down
1
Seemingly impossible event : MIRACLE
2
"That ___ Black Magic" : OLD
3
Penintentiary: Slang : STIR
4
Caterpillar hairs : SETAE
5
Place for an epi : SPIRE
6
Agreement : PACT
7
Dexterity : ART
8
Difficult question : STUMPER
9
Incursions : FORAYS
10
Repartee : REPLY
11
Espied : SPOTTED
12
Thoroughgoing : ARRANT
13
Beat pounders : COPS
15
This: Sp. : ESTE
18
Variegated : PIED
21
Diffuses : SPREADS
23
Unexpected winner : SLEEPER
25
Cues : HINTS
27
Item of value : ASSET
29
N.Y.C. court tournament : NIT
31
Help! : SOS
33
Notwithstanding : DESPITE
35
Bakes eggs : SHIRRS
36
Short snoozes : CATNAPS
37
Kind of equine : ROAN
39
___ France, 1921 Nobelist : ANATOLE
40
Romeos : LOVERS
41
Potato: Colloq. : SPUD
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Small nails : BRADS
45
Undiluted : NEAT
47
Hank of yarn : SKEIN
48
Pilfer : SWIPE
51
Fairy-tale starter : ONCE
52
Hebrew musical instrument : ASOR
55
___-rich-quick scheme : GET
57
Bon ___ : TON

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