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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Friday, July 14, 1978

3-Down : Rude person

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { B J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,562
Across
1
Pre-Nadia sensation : OLGA
5
Birds from Down Under : EMUS
9
Silent one : CLAM
13
Idlers : LOONS
15
Insurance adjuster's concern : DENT
16
Whet : HONE
17
Investigated : LOOKEDINTO
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Years without end : EONS
20
Specter : APPARITION
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___ out (makes do) : EKES
22
Handle, in Haiti : ANSE
23
Executed paramour of Elizabeth I : ESSEX
25
Evil intent : MALICE
29
Took a break : RESTED
31
Balanchine ballet : AGON
32
Ostrich's cousin : RHEA
34
Parisian school : ECOLE
37
Stipulation : PROVISO
39
Fills in the potholes : REPAVES
41
"___ alive!" : SAKES
42
"Pen" part : CELL
44
Containers for beer : KEGS
45
___ Pete (cheap liquor) : SNEAKY
47
Loath : AVERSE
49
Weird Sisters : FATES
50
Ferrara family : ESTE
52
A sound of music : HIFI
53
Resembled : LOOKEDLIKE
59
"Hep" : ONTO
60
Pictured : ENVISIONED
61
Hammer part : PEEN
62
British statesman : EDEN
63
Pent up : CAGED
64
Boots one : ERRS
65
___ up (freshen) : PERK
66
Gainsay : DENY
Down
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___ podrida (stew) : OLLA
2
Plane maneuver : LOOP
3
Rude person : GOOP
4
Songwriter Paul : ANKA
5
Revises : EDITS
6
Physician connected with an aural ailment : MENIERE
7
Biblical preposition : UNTO
8
Sticks' partner : STONES
9
Rich dessert : CHEESECAKE
10
Examined : LOOKEDOVER
11
Subjoin : ANNEX
12
Kind of kit : MESS
14
Glacial ice form : SERAC
18
Oblong eateries : DINERS
24
___ up (intensify) : STEP
25
Atlas contents : MAPS
26
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
27
Cares for : LOOKSAFTER
28
Wheels, reels, etc. : INVENTIONS
30
Title held by 23 Across : EARL
33
Pawn : HOCK
35
Shanks' mare : LEGS
36
Being : ESSE
38
Words of understanding : ISEE
40
Cheers : ELATES
43
Run the ___ (scan) : EYEOVER
46
Dozing : ASLEEP
48
___ Sanskrit : VEDIC
49
More elegant : FINER
51
Lizard : SKINK
52
Motto of Rhode Island : HOPE
54
Wave, on the Riviera : ONDE
55
Burden : LOAD
56
He wrote "A Loss of Roses" : INGE
57
Sharp : KEEN
58
MacDonald's co-star : EDDY

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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