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G. Gordon Cook
G. Gordon Cook

New York Times, Monday, June 3, 1974

38-Down : Wildcatters and dentists

Author:
G. Gordon Cook
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
G. Gordon Cook has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,060
Across
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Grape residue : MARC
5
Bath accessory : ROBE
9
Lump : CLOT
13
Citizen of U. S. or Can. : AMER
14
Provide protection : ENARM
16
Nathan : HALE
17
Javanese carriage : SADO
18
Veld animal : ZEBRA
19
Assistant : AIDE
20
Advice from Smokey Bear : STOPFORESTFIRES
23
Puts on : DONS
24
Hawks of Hawaii : IOS
25
Like much river water : IMPURE
28
Save soundly : CONSERVE
33
Loop : NOOSE
34
Derby winner's wear : ROSES
35
Shakespearean prince : HAL
36
Finger clump : FIST
37
Moth stages : PUPAE
38
Printer's instruction : DELE
39
Prior to : ERE
40
Boatman : POLER
41
Sadness : GRIEF
42
Checked the timber measure : RESCALED
44
Photos : PRINTS
45
Lion's share : ALL
46
Place for some salt : TAIL
47
Woods slogan : SAVEOURWILDLIFE
55
Turf positions : LIES
56
Crown : TIARA
57
Tennyson character : ENID
58
Marine growth : ALGA
59
Cattle bird : EGRET
60
Frenchman's name : RENE
61
Time period : YEAR
62
French handle : ANSE
63
Observed : SEEN
Down
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Bach work : MASS
2
Schoolboy's Latin verb : AMAT
3
Decorate again : REDO
4
Do a farm-pest control job : CROPDUST
5
Change an area designation : REZONE
6
Unique people : ONERS
7
The Blue Ox : BABE
8
Does wrong : ERRS
9
Carriage : CHAISE
10
Den : LAIR
11
Word for a shoppe : OLDE
12
Golfers' aids : TEES
15
Saturday offering : MATINEE
21
Fairway word : FORE
22
Moat : FOSS
25
Surmise : INFER
26
Watered silk : MOIRE
27
Portraitists' concerns : POSES
28
Handled the situation : COPED
29
Glacial ridges : OSAR
30
Lorelei's home, to Germans : RHEIN
31
Manservant : VALET
32
Hebrew letters : ELEFS
34
Golden or slide : RULE
37
Add debris : POLLUTE
38
Wildcatters and dentists : DRILLERS
40
___ Alto : PALO
41
Kind of iron : GRID
43
Popular salad : CAESAR
44
Sense of taste : PALATE
46
Wearies : TIRES
47
Do in : SLAY
48
Wing: Fr. : AILE
49
Star in Lyra : VEGA
50
Baltic capital : RIGA
51
Advise of danger : WARN
52
Arrow poison : INEE
53
Judge's concern : FINE
54
Garden : EDEN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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