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Marie West
Marie West

New York Times, Thursday, July 18, 1974

18-Down : Declines

Author:
Marie West
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Marie West has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,105
Across
1
Eternal : AGELESS
8
Roof timbers : RAFTERS
15
Slight : NOMINAL
16
Advent : ARRIVAL
17
Deflates the ego : TRIMSDOWNTOSIZE
19
Caravansary : SERAI
20
Box-office take : GATE
21
Wallace : LEW
22
American artist : SLOAN
24
Women's ___ : LIB
27
Ammo storehouse: Abbr. : ARS
30
Sea birds : ERNES
32
Convulse with laughter : PANIC
36
___ the line : TOES
38
Edna of stage : BEST
39
Kind of drum : SNARE
40
Blind alley : IMPASSE
42
Copywriters, at times : IDEAMEN
44
Permission : LEAVE
45
French island in Oceania : RAPA
47
Camera part : LENS
48
Window sign : TOLET
49
Incites : SPURS
51
Observe : SEE
52
Flatfish : DAB
54
Alder-tree genus : ALNUS
56
Lettuce : COS
59
Site of the Taj Mahal : AGRA
61
Variable stars : NOVAS
65
Where to sign : ONTHEDOTTEDLINE
69
Hodgepodge : MELANGE
70
Unpredictable : ERRATIC
71
Spends time in a bookstore : BROWSES
72
Aridity : DRYNESS
Down
1
Opposite of syns. : ANTS
2
Triangular inset : GORE
3
Moslem prince : EMIR
4
Beans : LIMAS
5
Store fodder : ENSILE
6
Blue : SAD
7
Campaign-placard writers : SLOGANEERS
8
Carry on : RANT
9
Russian co-op : ARTEL
10
To and ___ : FRO
11
"___ folly to be wise" : TIS
12
Kind of minded : EVIL
13
Demolish : RAZE
14
Great amount : SLEW
18
Declines : WANES
23
Spheres : ORBS
25
___ dixit : IPSE
26
Hackneyed : BANAL
27
Like Pisa's tower : ATILT
28
Lover : ROMEO
29
Part of a flower : SEPAL
31
Specified : STIPULATED
33
Identifies : NAMES
34
Miss Dunne : IRENE
35
Perfume : CENSE
37
Economized : SAVED
41
___ precedent : SETA
43
Mild swear-word : DARN
46
To one side : APART
50
Various : SUNDRY
53
Scout wear : BADGE
55
Gannet : SOLAN
56
Search thoroughly : COMB
57
Unique thing : ONER
58
City in France : STLO
60
"Anything ___" : GOES
62
Lively, in music : VITE
63
Blackbirds : ANIS
64
Parts of a min. : SECS
66
Hem's partner : HAW
67
Naval officer: Abbr. : ENS
68
Misjudge : ERR

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

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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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