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David Crosatto
David Crosatto

New York Times, Saturday, July 19, 1975

11-Down : Impulse

Author:
David Crosatto
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
David Crosatto has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
S
2
S
3
T
4
S
5
A
6
S
7
C
8
O
9
T
10
Q
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U
12
A
13
D
14
A
T
O
M
15
N
A
R
R
A
16
U
R
D
U
17
N
I
P
A
18
N
D
T
U
C
K
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A
G
A
R
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G
R
I
S
E
O
U
S
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E
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U
R
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K
A
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H
E
R
R
24
B
A
S
T
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S
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A
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P
I
D
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N
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O
R
W
E
S
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T
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E
32
R
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O
D
E
N
S
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E
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N
E
A
R
36
I
L
O
37
L
U
N
G
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N
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A
S
A
L
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E
L
I
A
41
F
L
A
42
A
L
L
E
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K
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E
N
T
O
N
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A
L
L
46
E
V
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T
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E
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L
A
S
T
S
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P
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S
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A
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K
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B
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R
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O
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H
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E
S
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R
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I
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C
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L
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N
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T
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O
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H
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L
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N
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62
A
S
H
Y
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E
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R
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E
V
I
L
65
B
A
U
M
66
N
O
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N
S
67
D
E
A
L
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,471
Across
1
Concordes : SSTS
5
Tie : ASCOT
10
Campus area : QUAD
14
Energy source : ATOM
15
Hardwood tree of P. I. : NARRA
16
Hindu language : URDU
17
Very close : NIPANDTUCK
19
Culture medium : AGAR
20
Gray : GRISEOUS
21
California's motto : EUREKA
23
Mr., in Mainz : HERR
24
Woody fiber : BAST
25
Palatable : SAPID
28
Cold gale : NORWESTER
33
H. C. Andersen's birthplace : ODENSE
35
Niggardly : NEAR
36
U. N. org. : ILO
37
Word with iron or aqua : LUNG
38
Twangy : NASAL
40
Lamb : ELIA
41
Neighbor of Ga. : FLA
42
Auk genus : ALLE
43
Bandleader Stan : KENTON
45
Lessen : ALLEVIATE
48
Endures : LASTS
49
Throws, as a baseball : PEGS
50
Actor Tamiroff : AKIM
52
Ornament : BROOCH
55
Recondite : ESOTERIC
59
___ shark : LOAN
60
Conform : TOETHELINE
62
Pale : ASHY
63
Matriculate : ENROL
64
Mischief : EVIL
65
Oz author : BAUM
66
High points : NOONS
67
Card-game unit : DEAL
Down
1
Squealed : SANG
2
Excite : STIR
3
Pith helmet : TOPI
4
Wonderful : SMASHING
5
Words of choice : ANDOR
6
Planet : SATURN
7
Shank : CRUS
8
Grampus : ORC
9
Leave in a huff : TAKEAWALK
10
Liquid measures : QUARTS
11
Impulse : URGE
12
Aleutian island : ADAK
13
___ mater : DURA
18
Wants : NEEDS
22
Addict : USER
24
Town near L. A. : BREA
25
Musical scale : SOLFA
26
"Never ___ moment" : ADULL
27
Kind of colony : PENAL
29
Start : ONSET
30
Jousts : TILTS
31
Romola's creator : ELIOT
32
Soft leathers : ROANS
34
Edify : ENLIGHTEN
39
Sorrowing sound : ALAS
40
Like cloisonné : ENAMELED
42
With: Fr. : AVEC
44
Choice part : ELITE
46
Name giver : EPONYM
47
Lafayette's city : EASTON
51
Eastern cosmetics : KOHLS
52
Talk loosely : BLAB
53
Painter Bonheur : ROSA
54
Honolulu's island : OAHU
55
Saarinen : EERO
56
Cleave : RIVE
57
Amazon cetacean : INIA
58
Battery part : CELL
61
Lennon's love : ONO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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