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James A. Brussel
James A. Brussel

New York Times, Monday, July 1, 1974

18-Down : Fissure

Author:
James A. Brussel
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J M Q V W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
James A. Brussel has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,088
Across
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Historians' realm : PAST
5
Ergo : HENCE
10
Exam : ORAL
14
Standout : ONER
15
Upstate N. Y. city : OLEAN
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Prepare to pass a football : FADE
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Highly pleasing : DELECTABLE
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Mandolin ridge : FRET
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Confederate V.P. : STEPHENS
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Object to : RESENT
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Oz-book reader : CHILD
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Monster : OGRE
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Glossy materials : SATINS
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Monet, Manet, etc. : PAINTERS
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Make a ringing sound : PLINK
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Finishes last : LOSES
33
Destiny : LOT
34
Century plant : ALOE
35
Does modeling : POSES
36
Grant : CEDE
37
Barnyard creature : HEN
38
Hominy : GRITS
39
Track horse : PACER
40
Lloyd's and others : INSURERS
42
Ohio city : CANTON
43
Khartoum's river : NILE
44
___ Alegre, Brazil : PORTO
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Ancient Italian : SABINE
48
Puts back : RESTORES
51
Obey a stage cue : EXIT
52
Neutralize : COUNTERACT
54
___ a bat out of ... : LIKE
55
Moment : TRICE
56
Deer: Suffix : ATOR
57
Took off : FLED
58
More logical : SANER
59
Camera part : LENS
Down
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Groups of seals : PODS
2
Writer Claude : ANET
3
Choices : SELECTIONS
4
Surgical saw : TREPHINE
5
Ritz and Grand : HOTELS
6
Antelope : ELAND
7
Beaks : NEBS
8
Dieter's concern: Abbr. : CAL
9
Atomic and solar : ENERGIES
10
Kind of printing : OFFSET
11
Thin : RARE
12
Mideastern gulf : ADEN
13
Baltic native : LETT
18
Fissure : CHINK
22
Sea birds : ERNS
24
Drinking places : OASES
25
Algerian soldier : SPAHI
26
Steve or Woody : ALLEN
27
Emily and parcel : POSTS
28
Eligible voters : ELECTORATE
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Bronco-busters' event : RODEO
30
Strict : STERN
32
French river : LOIRE
35
Discourses publicly : PRELECTS
36
Of a church-choir area : CANTORAL
38
Pleased look : GRIN
39
Ex ___ : PARTE
41
"___ we stand ... " : UNITED
42
British hawker : COSTER
44
Peter's ___ : PENCE
45
Ego : SELF
46
Plant-stem angle : AXIL
47
Two-wheeler : BIKE
48
Make bankrupt : RUIN
49
School study: Abbr. : ECON
50
Ships: Abbr. : STRS
53
Mouths : ORA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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