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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

FOR FRANCOPHILES

New York Times, Sunday, June 26, 1966

76-Down : Chapeau of a sort.

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 613 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 144, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 17, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17 Grid has duplicate clues.
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,161
Across
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Yellowish loam. : LOESS
6
"___, I'm Adam." : MADAM
11
Star in Draco. : ADIB
15
Asian alliance. : SEATO
20
Oily extract. : ATTAR
21
Circumvent. : EVADE
22
Ora pro ___. : NOBIS
24
Old coin of Turkey. : ASPER
25
Condemns. : DAMNS
26
Noted Athenian. : SOLON
27
Toe: Fr. : DOIGTDEPIED
29
One of the asteroids. : EROS
30
Play part. : ACTI
31
Kind of policy. : OPENDOOR
33
Plexus. : RETE
34
___ veiling. : NUNS
35
Musical term. : BAR
36
Anc. Roman clan. : ATIA
37
Deux. : TWO
38
Champagne bucket. : ICER
39
Gallic joke. : DOUBLEENTENDRE
44
Citizens. : VOTERS
46
Examine. : PERUSE
48
Impassive. : STOIC
49
Teacher's degree. : MED
50
Finis. : END
51
Swaying gently. : AROCK
52
Compliment. : LAUD
53
Vingt-___. : ETUN
55
Stockman. : BREEDER
59
Henry ___. : VIII
60
See 80 Down. : MONDE
61
Square dance movement. : DOSADOS
63
Roman statesman. : CATO
64
Noun suffix. : ENT
65
___ de visite. : CARTE
66
Hommes. : MEN
67
___ ami. : MON
68
Louvre feature. : MONET
69
French maid. : BONNE
70
Upon: Fr. : SUR
71
Newest fashion. : DERNIERCRI
73
Garment part. : SLEEVE
76
Guarantees: Fr. : SURETES
78
Becomes mature. : RIPENS
79
Not à la carte. : TABLEDHOTE
82
His, her: Fr. : SES
83
Entreat. : PRESS
85
Agora coins. : OBOLS
86
100 square meters. : ARE
87
French lily. : LIS
88
Timid. : FAINT
89
Boxing term. : JAB
92
Latin prefix. : PRAE
93
Certain French playing cards. : QUATRES
95
___ cochère. : PORTE
96
Far off: Prefix. : TELE
97
Takes no part in. : SITSOUT
99
Banquette. : SEAT
100
Diva Frances. : ALDA
101
Jeweler's lens: Fr. : LOUPE
102
Chez ___ (at his house). : LUI
103
Fish dish. : ROE
104
House on a hill. : AERIE
106
Monks: Fr. : MOINES
107
Subterrane. : CAVERN
110
Brat, French style. : ENFANTTERRIBLE
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Smell ___. : ARAT
114
French pronoun. : ILS
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College degrees. : BCES
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Rouge. : RED
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English letters. : EFFS
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Alluvium. : SILT
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VIP's. : NOTABLES
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Over: Fr. : FINI
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Canvas canopy. : TILT
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Master stroke. : TOURDEFORCE
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Killed time. : IDLED
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Asian salt tree. : ATLEE
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Bone: Prefix. : OSTEO
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Lovelock. : TRESS
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Care for. : ADORE
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To mix: Fr. : MELER
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See 58 Down. : ROAST
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Direction. : EAST
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Fresher. : NEWER
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Grenoble's river. : ISERE
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Fraught. : LADEN
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Japanese port. : OTARU
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Dieu ___, British motto. : ETMONDROIT
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Unconcerned, French style. : SANSSOUCI
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Campus men: Abbr. : SRS
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Cactus. : MESCAL
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French toast. : AVOTRESANTE
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Salvador. : DALI
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Pother. : ADO
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Composer of "The Medium." : MENOTTI
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Of a mountain range. : ANDEAN
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River into Firth of Clyde. : DOON
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Footnote abbreviation. : IBID
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Hidebound. : BIGOTED
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So: Scot. : SAE
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Morale. : ESPRITDECORPS
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For each. : APIECE
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Vacillate. : TEETER
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Religious bodies. : ORDERS
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Pack away. : STOW
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Herdsmen. : DROVERS
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French cleric. : ABBE
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Star attraction. : PIECEDERESISTANCE
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Battery part. : ANODE
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River of Wales. : USK
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Kind of exercise. : ETUDE
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Juilliard degree. : DMUS
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Changes the titles. : RENAMES
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Pronoun. : ONE
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Jewel setting. : PAVE
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Tara's land. : ERIN
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Abandoned: Poet. : LORN
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Bon ___. : TON
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Rhine city. : BONN
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Reel. : DANCE
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Perpetual: Poet. : ETERN
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French menu items. : ROTIS
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Like a lion. : MANED
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"Le Coq ___." : DOR
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Fellows: Brit. : COVES
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Wall: Fr. : MUR
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Most, in Berlin. : MEIST
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Poetry, drama, fiction, etc. : BELLESLETTRES
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French novelist. : SUE
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From: Fr. : DES
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Castle. : IRENE
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Intercepts. : STOPS
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A ___ (sheltered): Fr. : LABRI
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W.W. II craft. : EBOAT
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Chapeau of a sort. : STETSON
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Your: Fr. : TES
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With 60 Across, high society: Fr. : HAUT
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Hour: It. : ORA
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From behind: Fr. : PARDERRIERE
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Rio ___. : RITA
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Mead. : LEA
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Madness: Fr. : FOLIE
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Mademoiselle. : JEUNEFILLE
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Mountain: Fr. : ALPE
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Queen ___. : BEES
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Beneficial drug. : QUININE
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Maritime menace. : REEF
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Components. : PARTS
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Styles of dress: Fr. : TOILETTES
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What "nos" means. : OUR
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Tennis stroke. : LOB
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Vivify. : RESTORE
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Annual, as winds. : ETESIAN
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South of France. : MIDI
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One of the Gemini. : CASTOR
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Melodious. : ARIOSO
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Foreign exchange. : VALUTA
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Most skilled. : ABLEST
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Perform. : RENDER
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Golf stroke. : LOFT
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Deride. : FLEER
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Metric measure. : STERE
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Section. : AREA
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College degrees. : BCSS
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Stream. : FLOW
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Dowry: Fr. : DOT
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Presidential monogram. : DDE
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Bon ___. : AMI

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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