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Norton Rhoades
Norton Rhoades

New York Times, Thursday, June 26, 1975

8-Down : Sword

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.60, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,448
Across
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Foolish : DAFT
5
Oil port : BASRA
10
Hathi and friends : HERD
14
Jug-of-wine poet : OMAR
15
Communion table : ALTAR
16
___ podrida : OLLA
17
City of Italia : ROMA
18
Leaks slowly : SEEPS
19
___ the hat : PASS
20
Simba and family : PRIDEOFLIONS
23
Directed : LEO
24
Leaping ___ : LENA
25
Work by David: Abbr. : PSA
28
Actor Chaplin et al. : SYDS
29
Harbor or sinister : BAR
30
Rumble : GROWL
32
W. W. II area : ETO
33
Average : PAR
34
Taillike : CAUDAL
35
Slandered : DEFAMED
38
Bring back : RESTORE
39
Depress : DAMPEN
40
Parts of qts. : PTS
41
Certain radios : FMS
42
With strength : AMAIN
43
Comedian Olsen : OLE
44
Part of LL.D. : LAWS
46
Similar word: Abbr. : SYN
47
Golfer Tony : LEMA
49
Pronoun in Dresden : ICH
50
Bobwhite and associates : COVEYOFQUAIL
55
Spanish dwelling : CASA
58
"___ at last!" : ALONE
59
German girl's name : ILSE
60
Brews : ALES
61
Tennis score : DEUCE
62
Prefix for vision : TELE
63
Wolf grouping : PACK
64
Feminine suffixes : ETTES
65
River to the North Sea : YSER
Down
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African village : DORP
2
Cupid : AMOR
3
Homo sapiens : FAMILYOFMAN
4
Bartered : TRADED
5
Lower part: Prefix : BASO
6
Hebrew letter : ALEF
7
Outstanding : STELLAR
8
Sword : RAPIER
9
Firebug's action : ARSON
10
Rabbit motions : HOPS
11
High note : ELA
12
Literary monogram : RLS
13
"___ Kapital" : DAS
21
McMahon and Ames : EOS
22
Assamese natives : NAGAS
25
Moby Dick and friends : PODOFWHALES
26
Bees' groupings : SWARMS
27
"Deutschland über ___" : ALLES
28
Like jungle air : STEAMY
29
Disobedient : BAD
31
Dull going : RUT
32
Sagas : EDDAS
33
Take ___ in hand (write) : PEN
34
These, in Paris : CES
36
Bee: Prefix : API
37
Edison's Park : MENLO
38
Way: Abbr. : RTE
40
Finish : PLAYOUT
43
Short-order offering : OMELET
44
Water or milk: Abbr. : LIQ
45
Sharpness : ACUITY
48
Get around : EVADE
50
Wine container : CASK
51
Former : ONCE
52
Certain incomes : FEES
53
Emerald ___ : ISLE
54
Oblique look : LEER
55
Kind of pistol : CAP
56
Words with mode : ALA
57
Vermouth quality : SEC

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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