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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Saturday, July 13, 1974

10-Down : Son of Odin

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,100
Across
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Noted Socialist : DEBS
5
Transfer agent of a sort : DECAL
10
Kind of stool : TOAD
14
___ the finish : INAT
15
Divine revelation : APOCALYPSE
17
Common French verb : ETRE
18
Intentional : DELIBERATE
19
Exclude : DEBAR
21
Kind of statesman : ELDER
22
Cover : LID
23
Branch, in botany : RAMUS
25
Small land mass: Var. : ISLOT
27
Lawn equipment: Abbr. : SPR
28
Spots : SEES
30
Plant of the lily family : YUCCA
34
Rio de ___ : ORO
35
Ridge of land : SELION
38
Aaron : BURR
39
Confused : DISCOMBOBULATED
42
Bones : OSSA
43
Decrepit : SENILE
44
Imitate : APE
45
Kind of mouthed : MEALY
47
Cavity: Suffix : CELE
48
Marsh : FEN
49
Page of a book : FOLIO
52
Money substitute : SCRIP
54
Wind direction: Abbr. : SSE
57
Wrapped a package : DIDUP
59
Ishmael's mother : HAGAR
61
Get the best of : OUTGENERAL
64
Cat's-paw : DUPE
65
In a courageous manner : FEARLESSLY
66
Wroth : IRED
67
Guthrie : ARLO
68
Carved stone slab : STELE
69
Dry: Prefix : XERO
Down
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___ away (faded out) : DIED
2
Initiative : ENTERPRISE
3
Pirate name : BARBAROSSA
4
Kind of shovel : STEAM
5
Family member : DAD
6
Foil : EPEE
7
What the Stockholm and Andrea Doria were on : COLLISIONCOURSE
8
Carbolic and amino : ACIDS
9
Bottle reading matter : LABEL
10
Son of Odin : TYR
11
Jeweler's sale : OPAL
12
Italian wine center : ASTI
13
Legal document : DEED
16
Baby ___ of films : LEROY
20
___-Japanese War : RUSSO
24
Appears : SEEMS
26
Wind instrument : TUBA
27
Biblical city : SODOM
29
River to the North Sea : ELBE
31
Make a show : CUTAFIGURE
32
Decoration material : CREPEPAPER
33
Eve of TV : ARDEN
36
Off-Broadway award : OBIE
37
Zeros : NULLS
40
Leather : CALF
41
Hanger-on : LEECH
46
Alpine sound : YODEL
50
Actor's concern : LINES
51
Familiar Latin phrase : IDEST
53
Plant root : RADIX
54
Furniture piece : SOFA
55
Litigant : SUER
56
Relative of etc. : ETAL
58
Lose effectiveness : PALL
60
Furnish anew : REDO
62
Unit of quantity: Abbr. : GRO
63
Soap ingredient : LYE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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