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Julian Ochrymowych
Julian Ochrymowych

New York Times, Friday, June 26, 1981

9-Down : Bit on a scalp

Author:
Julian Ochrymowych
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Julian Ochrymowych has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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C
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O
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L
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A
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N
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U
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T
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S
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T
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R
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T
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A
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A
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C
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P
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M
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R
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M
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S
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P
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A
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P
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O
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L
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C
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H
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S
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D
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C
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L
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D
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R
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R
Y
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M
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S
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N
K
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B
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I
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D
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A
L
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F
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E
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,553
Across
1
Source of a fountain drink : COLANUT
8
Layers : STRATA
14
Region of Turkey : ANATOLIA
16
Etnean cavity : CRATER
17
Prokofiev work : PETERANDTHEWOLF
19
Spaces : AREAS
20
Football forces : TEAMS
21
Moms : MAS
22
Ancient people of Gaul : REMI
24
Deprivation : LOSS
26
Egyptian cobra : ASP
29
Concerning : INRE
31
Lhasa ___, Tibetan breed of dog : APSO
35
Type of type : ITALIC
38
Surrounds with an aura : ENHALOES
41
Vaughan Williams work : SERENADETOMUSIC
43
African body of water : LAKECHAD
44
Eye part : RETINA
45
Tower in Gen. 35:21 : EDAR
46
Water surface, to a poet : RYME
48
___ Borch, Dutch painter : TER
49
Went like the Titanic : SANK
52
Wanes : EBBS
55
Family member, for short : SIS
58
Perch : ROOST
60
Facilitated : EASED
64
Menotti work, with "The" : TRIALOFTHEGYPSY
67
Icons, e.g. : IMAGES
68
Insecticide substance : ROTENONE
69
Having branches : RAMOSE
70
Makes a sergeant into a corporal : DEMOTES
Down
1
___-pie (from head to foot) : CAPA
2
Unique person : ONER
3
Tardy : LATE
4
Go on ___ (carouse) : ATEAR
5
Of Oslo origin : NORSE
6
Diminutive suffix : ULA
7
Rin ___ : TINTIN
8
Fool, Yiddish style : SCHMO
9
Bit on a scalp : TRESS
10
Uncooked : RAW
11
Part of a molecule : ATOM
12
Seaport in Honduras : TELA
13
Sounds from Sandy : ARFS
15
Summer cooler : ADE
18
Natural ability : TALENT
23
Bible book : MICAH
25
Port du ___, yellowish cheese : SALUT
26
Bridal path : AISLE
27
Follower of home or bed : STEAD
28
Winter wear : PARKA
30
Frail; slender : REEDY
32
Assume to be factual : POSIT
33
River of Paris : SEINE
34
Role in "The Odd Couple" : OSCAR
36
Sly looks : LEERS
37
Relative of co. and ltd. : INC
39
Mount Sinai's alias : HOREB
40
Soul, in 50 Down : AME
42
"___ the Moon," B'way play : DARKOF
47
Way of doing something : METHOD
50
City on the Rhone : ARLES
51
Loop and running knot : NOOSE
53
Add jewels to : BEGEM
54
"I Cain't ___," 1943 song : SAYNO
55
Cooking instruction : STIR
56
"___ La Douce" : IRMA
57
Anna's place abroad : SIAM
59
Gibraltar is one: Abbr. : STR
61
Espy : SPOT
62
Slave on Anglo-Saxon estates : ESNE
63
Coloring agents : DYES
65
Give it ___ (try) : AGO
66
Season after printemps : ETE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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