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Sara V. Tuckerman
New York Times, Saturday, June 8, 1974
37-Down : Finishes
Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 O | 3 S | 4 S | 5 R | 6 A | 7 A | 8 B | 9 D | 10 A | 11 M | 12 A | 13 N |
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14 A | L | L | I | 15 A | B | R | A | 16 U | S | A | G | E |
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17 A | L | U | M | 18 G | E | S | T | 19 S | H | I | N | E |
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20 M | A | R | S | 21 A | L | A | 22 H | 23 A | T | 24 L | I | D |
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25 L | A | M | 26 B | S | K | I | 27 N | |||||||
28 P | 29 E | 30 P | 31 S | I | N | 32 R | A | I | N | Y | 33 D | 34 A | 35 Y |
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36 A | B | U | T | 37 B | O | L | T | 38 A | U | R | A |
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39 C | O | R | A | 40 B | U | T | T | E | 41 S | C | U | M |
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42 A | L | I | T | 43 E | T | H | S | 44 S | A | L | E |
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45 S | I | M | U | 46 L | A | T | E | 47 B | 48 E | A | T | E | N |
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49 S | O | N | O | R | 50 O | U | S | |||||||
51 W | 52 A | 53 G | 54 U | S | N | 55 S | T | P | 56 A | 57 U | 58 L | 59 S |
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60 I | R | A | 61 N | I | 62 S | 63 E | A | T | 64 S | P | E | T |
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65 S | A | L | I | S | 66 U | R | G | E | 67 I | D | E | A |
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68 P | U | L | L | A | 69 P | I | E | R | 70 R | O | S | Y |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,065
Across
1
Tree-trunk growth : MOSS
5
Austrian statesman : RAAB
9
Animal of Mideast : DAMAN
14
"___ do is dream ... " : ALLI
15
Start of an incantation : ABRA
16
Custom : USAGE
17
Styptic : ALUM
18
Exploit : GEST
19
Excel : SHINE
20
Sicilian wine : MARSALA
22
Billycock : HAT
24
Cover : LID
25
Leather : LAMBSKIN
28
Digestive aid : PEPSIN
32
Time to use one's savings : RAINYDAY
36
Border on : ABUT
37
Roll of cloth : BOLT
38
Atmosphere : AURA
39
Uncas's love : CORA
40
City in Montana : BUTTE
41
Dross : SCUM
42
Got down : ALIT
43
Old English letters : ETHS
44
White or fire : SALE
45
Feign : SIMULATE
47
Much-used, as a path : BEATEN
49
Full-toned : SONOROUS
51
Joker : WAG
54
Service initials : USN
55
London cathedral : STPAULS
60
Abadan man : IRANI
62
Kind of belt : SEAT
64
Small barracuda : SPET
65
Cum grano ___ : SALIS
66
Impulse : URGE
67
"The very ___!" : IDEA
68
___ fast one : PULLA
69
Bridge support : PIER
70
Optimistic : ROSY
Down
1
Form of address : MAAM
2
Spanish jar : OLLA
3
Direction in music : SLUR
4
U. S. admiral : SIMS
5
Kind of sleeve : RAGLAN
6
Nautical position : ABEAM
7
___ poetica : ARS
8
Additive for a tub : BATHSALTS
9
Actor Hoffman : DUSTIN
10
Hard wood : ASH
11
Kind of box or order : MAIL
12
Vedic fire god : AGNI
13
Indigence : NEED
21
Arab caliph : ALI
23
"Go fly ___" : AKITE
26
"Oh, ___!" : BROTHER
27
Lake in Africa: Var. : NYASSA
28
S. A. rodents : PACAS
29
Town near Salerno : EBOLI
30
Jewish holiday : PURIM
31
Word with quo or symbol : STATUS
33
Gold coin : DUCAT
34
As ___ (generally) : ARULE
35
Mandarin's residence : YAMEN
37
Finishes : BUTTONSUP
40
Full of ___ : BEANS
46
Alcott : LOUISA
47
Kind of fingers : BUTTER
48
Clairvoyance : ESP
50
River to the Missouri : OSAGE
51
Small bit : WISP
52
New Guinea native : ARAU
53
Bitterness : GALL
56
Arabian area : ASIR
57
Hairstyle : UPDO
58
Famous Virginians : LEES
59
Abide : STAY
61
Zero : NIL
63
Silkworm : ERI
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 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.