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Geraldine Von Maluski
Geraldine Von Maluski

New York Times, Monday, July 15, 1974

9-Down : Having a ribbed surface

Author:
Geraldine Von Maluski
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Geraldine Von Maluski has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,102
Across
1
Biblical pronoun : THOU
5
Heat: Sp. : CALOR
10
Metal beam : TBAR
14
Deserve : EARN
15
Dress style : ALINE
16
Extraordinary : RARE
17
Saint-Exupéry novel : THELITTLEPRINCE
20
Playground piece : SLIDE
21
"Rest ___" : INPEACE
22
Brewery items : KEGS
24
New or square : DEAL
25
Like the pine of song : LONESOME
29
Like a sari or toga : DRAPED
33
Silkworm : ERI
34
Kilmer poem : TREES
36
Type of drum : SNARE
37
Choir voice : ALTO
39
Conference site : YALTA
41
Unheeding : DEAF
42
Penalty: Lat. : POENA
44
Leather straps : REINS
46
Peer Gynt's mother : ASE
47
Wild doings : SPREES
49
Book borrower, later : RETURNER
51
Aunts: Sp. : TIAS
53
Dice cast : SISE
54
Used a ladle : SPOONED
57
Actress Darnell : LINDA
60
Stendhal novel : LEROUGEETLENOIR
63
Short jacket : ETON
64
Musical piece : ETUDE
65
Jane Austen heroine : EMMA
66
___-to-order : MADE
67
Flowers : ROSES
68
Tryout : TEST
Down
1
Oriental holiday : TET
2
Exclamations : HAHS
3
City in the U.S.S.R. : OREL
4
Different : UNLIKE
5
Group : CATEGORY
6
High-pitched, in music : ALT
7
Girl's name : LILI
8
Upright : ONEND
9
Having a ribbed surface : REPPED
10
___ error : TRIALAND
11
Judge's seat : BANC
12
Sister of Iris : ARCE
13
Dakota Indian : REE
18
What "i.e." stands for : IDEST
19
Cares for : REARS
23
Slander : SMEAR
25
___ and bounds : LEAPS
26
Ship's deck : ORLOP
27
Saltpeter : NITER
28
Fisherman : EELER
30
Song of praise : PAEAN
31
Obliterate : ERASE
32
Put off : DEFER
35
Pens : STIES
38
Type of correlation : ONETOONE
40
Greater or Lesser : ANTILLES
43
Vowel recital : AEIOU
45
Girl's name : SUSIE
48
Birth-control pioneer : SANGER
50
Curdling agent : RENNET
52
Take care of : SEETO
54
Bristle : SETA
55
Urge : PROD
56
God: Lat. : DEUS
58
Xanadu's pleasure ___ : DOME
59
Uses a gunsight : AIMS
60
Moon-landing craft : LEM
61
Chemical compound: Abbr. : TDE
62
Scoundrel : RAT

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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