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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

New York Times, Friday, July 11, 1975

5-Down : Dress decoration

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J K Q U X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,463
Across
1
Mideast gulf : ADEN
5
Explorer Hedin : SVEN
9
Snaky formations : COILS
14
Hill, in Scotland : BRAE
15
Faint : PALE
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___ of (in control) : ONTOP
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Yeast formation : BARM
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Came down : ALIT
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Snide : NASTY
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Carpenter's choice : AWLORNOTHING
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Sneaky : SLY
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Monster : OGRE
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Person in want : NEEDER
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Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
30
Grow together : ACCRETE
31
Realized : SAWTHELIGHT
36
Article : THE
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___ up (be mum) : CLAM
38
Sched. notation : ARR
39
States : SAYS
40
Farming: Abbr. : AGR
41
Increases, carpentry style : ADZEALITTLE
45
Aquatic mammal : MANATEE
47
Some : ANY
48
Grinding implement : PESTLE
49
Tablets : PADS
51
Hand or grab : BAG
54
Advice to a lecturing carpenter : HAMMERITHOME
57
Physician : GALEN
60
Emerald Isle : ERIN
61
Seven ___ of man : AGES
62
Consequence : EVENT
63
___-ran : ALSO
64
Heaven-___ : SENT
65
Judith Anderson role : MEDEA
66
Virginia family : LEES
67
London park : HYDE
Down
1
Eban and others : ABBAS
2
Southern ___ : DRAWL
3
Type of bird : EARLY
4
Fictional captain : NEMO
5
Dress decoration : SPANGLE
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Soldierly quality : VALOR
7
Opposite of hoi polloi : ELITE
8
Eur. country : NETH
9
Join : CONNECT
10
Asian ass : ONAGER
11
"___ your move" : ITS
12
Job or vacant : LOT
13
Mail-drop user : SPY
21
Lillian of films : ROTH
22
Creep slowly : INCH
26
Coup ___ : DETAT
27
Antiknock gas : ETHYL
28
Della : REESE
29
Air: Abbr. : ATM
30
City of India : AGRA
31
Rascal : SCAMP
32
Seaweeds : ALGAE
33
Gives notice : WARNS
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Fritter away time : LAZE
35
Wrath : IRE
39
Eye trouble : STY
41
Braves' home : ATLANTA
42
Judge : DEEM
43
Central Americans : LADINOS
44
Letter abbr. : INST
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Greek goddess : ATHENE
49
Mesta : PERLE
50
Get ___ out of : ARISE
51
Golf score : BOGEY
52
Rectify : AMEND
53
Beau ___ : GESTE
55
Corn or Indian : MEAL
56
Kind of mark : HASH
57
Sapphire. e.g. : GEM
58
Map abbr. : AVE
59
Played the first card : LED

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

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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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