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James A. Brussel
James A. Brussel

New York Times, Monday, July 19, 1976

49-Down : Maine river

Author:
James A. Brussel
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
James A. Brussel has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,837
Across
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Soft cheese : BRIE
5
West Pointer : CADET
10
Memphis deity : PTAH
14
Tiffs : ROWS
15
Past, to poets : AGONE
16
One of Pittsburgh's three : OHIO
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Common Latin word : AMAT
18
Restricts : BINDS
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Island off Honshu : SADO
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Lee and Grant, e.g. : GENERALS
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Verse part : SESTET
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Silas of 1700's : DEANE
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Genesis man : PELEG
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Loss of mental power : ASEMIA
28
Impair : HARM
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Show curiosity : ASK
32
Smoked, as meat : CURED
33
Marsh birds : SORAS
34
Article : THE
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___ off (miffed) : TEED
36
Picked : CHOSE
37
Deacon's masterpiece : SHAY
38
Roulette bet : ODD
39
Incline : SLOPE
40
Bjorn Borg, e.g. : SWEDE
41
Kind of pronoun: Abbr. : REL
42
Marbles : TAWS
43
Taunted : JEERED
44
Auguries : OMENS
46
More shrewd : CUTER
47
Musical kind of fork : TUNING
49
N.Y. racetrack : SARATOGA
52
Kitchen need : OVEN
53
Adult insect : IMAGO
55
Knit and ___ : PURL
56
Take out : DELE
57
More exact : NICER
58
Arthurian wife : ENID
59
Salad and olden : DAYS
60
Merchandise : GOODS
61
Tots up : ADDS
Down
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Crow : BRAG
2
Hilly city : ROME
3
"___ as a cloud ... " : IWANDEREDLONELY
4
Respected : ESTEEMED
5
Beach house : CABANA
6
Lively : AGILE
7
English tutors : DONS
8
Remnant : END
9
Mosaic pieces : TESSERAE
10
Search party : POSSE
11
"The clouds ___ the setting sun" : THATGATHERROUND
12
Staff person : AIDE
13
Not give a ___ : HOOT
21
Air or panty : RAID
23
Trees : ELMS
25
Dissect a sentence : PARSE
26
Fonda or Lunt, e.g. : ACTOR
27
Glove leather : SUEDE
28
Barrel parts : HOOPS
30
Ghost : SHADE
31
___ up (agog) : KEYED
33
Presents : SHOWS
36
Like Sunday church bells : CLANGING
37
Garden flower : SWEETPEA
39
British weapon : STEN
40
Bristle : SETA
43
Occupants of a certain box : JURORS
45
Pits : MINES
46
Confined : CAGED
47
Mike or Thelma : TODD
48
Eye part : UVEA
49
Maine river : SACO
50
Network : GRID
51
City officials: Abbr. : ALDS
54
"O Sole ___" : MIO

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

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