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Hal R. Hollinger
Hal R. Hollinger

New York Times, Saturday, June 26, 1976

37-Down : Plain and clear

Author:
Hal R. Hollinger
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Hal R. Hollinger has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,814
Across
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Something children make : BELIEVE
8
Malign : ASPERSE
15
Sluggishness : INERTIA
16
Amazons' conqueror : THESEUS
17
Salt holders : SHAKERS
18
Appendages for musical illiterates : TINEARS
19
Container : CAN
20
___ Mill, 1848 gold site : SUTTERS
22
Prefix for tend or text : PRE
23
Reverse : UNDO
25
Farm creatures : SWINE
26
Inaugurate : OPEN
27
Petits-fours decorators : ICERS
29
"___ how!" : AND
30
Fond ___, Wis. : DULAC
31
Alps' formative period : TERTIARY
33
Colorful sock : ARGYLE
34
Roman poet : OVID
35
Jacob's wife : LEAH
36
Place for wine : CELLAR
39
Beach loungers' quests : BACKTANS
43
Concerning birds : AVIAN
44
City on the Danube : ULM
45
Follow : ENSUE
46
Countenance : MIEN
47
Social climbers : SNOBS
49
How Kate ended up : TAME
50
Tokyo, formerly : EDO
51
Belong : PERTAIN
53
French sea : MER
54
Brown study : REVERIE
56
Prestige : STATURE
58
Showy flower : ANEMONE
59
Slender flies : TIPULAS
60
Pastry from Germany : STRUDEL
61
Nail covers : ENAMELS
Down
1
Word with Sea or tea : BISCUIT
2
Intensify : ENHANCE
3
Hellespont swimmer : LEANDER
4
Annoy : IRK
5
Camargue seasons : ETES
6
Infectious agent : VIRUS
7
Toward the rising sun : EASTWARD
8
Accept an R.S.V.P. : ATTEND
9
English county : SHIRE
10
Writes : PENS
11
Suffix for Japan or Siam : ESE
12
Appeal again : REAPPLY
13
Like Dali's art : SURREAL
14
Heart of the matter : ESSENCE
21
Albee's Alice : TINY
24
Old-World bird : ORTOLAN
26
Cousin of shouldn't : OUGHTNT
28
Jewish month : SIVAN
30
Sir Francis : DRAKE
32
Kind of port : AIR
33
Power org. : AEC
35
Attack verbally : LAMBASTE
36
Mathew Brady's instruments : CAMERAS
37
Plain and clear : EVIDENT
38
Await future action : LIEOVER
39
Ink mishap : BLOT
40
Stubborn ___ : ASAMULE
41
Roman or Arabic : NUMERAL
42
Deborah was one : SEERESS
44
Let out fishing line : UNREEL
47
Ile de la Cité location : SEINE
48
Type of protest : SITIN
51
Stir : PROD
52
Calif. wine area : NAPA
55
Flightless bird : EMU
57
Card wool : TUM

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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