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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Monday, July 17, 1967

10-Down : Bitter-___.

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,547
Across
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Stringed instrument. : BANJO
6
Malice. : SPITE
11
Mil. award. : DSM
14
"What ___ boy am I!" : AGOOD
15
Like the bucket of song. : OAKEN
16
High IQ animal. : APE
17
Hollywood name. : TUESDAYWELD
19
Vote. : YEA
20
Hearty's partner. : HALE
21
___ Carlos. : SAN
22
Of a time in spring. : LENTEN
24
Army man. : PFC
26
Stopping points. : PERIODS
27
High IQ person. : EGGHEAD
31
Actor Bean. : ORSON
32
Louis XV. : ROI
33
Heavy stakes. : SPILES
35
Alias Connery. : BOND
38
Tapestry. : ARRAS
40
Word with going or away. : GET
41
Composer Franz. : LEHAR
42
Word with hard or soft. : SELL
43
"How ___ my heart ... " : DEARTO
45
Suffix with local or legal. : ITY
46
Sisters three. : FATES
48
Calls: Colloq. : YOOHOOS
50
Of now. : CURRENT
52
Indian. : OTO
53
Souls. : ANIMAS
54
High note. : ALT
56
Thing often given. : WORD
60
British inc. : LTD
61
Well-known evangelist. : BILLYSUNDAY
64
Through. : VIA
65
In any way. : ATALL
66
Cut ___. : NOICE
67
British cathedral town. : ELY
68
Romany. : GYPSY
69
Admitted. : OWNED
Down
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City on the Avon. : BATH
2
Water: Sp. : AGUA
3
December word. : NOEL
4
Amelia's brother, in "Vanity Fair." : JOSEPH
5
Extra. : ODD
6
Bean sauce. : SOYA
7
Chessman. : PAWN
8
White House nickname. : IKE
9
Counters. : TELLERS
10
Bitter-___. : ENDERS
11
Midwest city. : DAYTONOHIO
12
RPM or MPH. : SPEED
13
Partner of ways. : MEANS
18
Broadway initials. : ASCAP
23
Mourning mother of myth. : NIOBE
25
Band, in Heraldry. : FESS
26
Belles-lettres. : POETRY
27
Times. : ERAS
28
Senator from Tennessee. : GORE
29
Good secretary. : GIRLFRIDAY
30
Resumé. : DIGEST
34
Pasture: Poet. : LEA
36
International group. : NATO
37
W.C.T.U. members. : DRYS
39
Morning sound. : ALARM
41
Plunder. : LOOT
43
Consistency. : DENSITY
44
Street sounds. : TOOTS
47
Refreshment item. : TEABAG
49
First words of speech exercise. : HOWNOW
50
Diva Emma. : CALVE
51
To the point that. : UNTIL
54
Suffix with over or cover. : ALLS
55
16th-cen. British dramatist. : LYLY
57
Norse god. : ODIN
58
Track event. : RACE
59
Changed color. : DYED
62
Product of sitting. : LAP
63
One, in Spain. : UNO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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