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Macon Reed
Macon Reed

New York Times, Monday, July 2, 1962

61-Down : Clothe.

Author:
Macon Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Macon Reed has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,735
Across
1
4 Down and ___, historic flag. : BARS
5
Pigments. : BLUES
10
Day times: Abbr. : AFTS
14
End at. : ABUT
15
Bride's path. : AISLE
16
Behind the times. : SLOW
17
Blushing: Colloq. : REDASABEET
19
Familiar farewell. : TATA
20
Watchful. : ALERT
21
Edition of the Bible: Abbr. : ERV
22
Gaseous element. : ARGON
23
Boers' home: Abbr. : SAFR
25
Bequeath. : ENDOW
27
Science degree. : SCB
30
Well-informed. : LEARNED
32
White robe. : ALB
35
Part of armor. : PALLETTE
37
Wonder. : MARVEL
39
Water: Sp. : AGUA
40
Needle. : TEASE
42
Spike. : TINE
43
Tease. : NEEDLE
45
Some court opinions. : DISSENTS
47
Place for action. : GYM
48
Wandering. : ERRATIC
50
Brought. : GOT
51
Fat. : OBESE
53
Men of SAC. : USAF
55
Cues for a palmist. : LINES
57
Whistle stop: Abbr. : STA
59
Energy. : DRIVE
63
Probabilities. : ODDS
64
Midwinter events. : WHITESALES
66
Member's right. : SEAT
67
Buenos ___. : AIRES
68
Dining room of a sort. : MESS
69
Alleges. : SAYS
70
China. : SPODE
71
Punta del ___. : ESTE
Down
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Theda of early films. : BARA
2
Second son. : ABEL
3
Boorish. : RUDE
4
See 1 Across. : STARS
5
Farm sound. : BAA
6
Free. : LIBERATE
7
Consumer. : USER
8
Sixth prime number. : ELEVEN
9
Shampoo follower. : SET
10
Of a star: Prefix. : ASTRO
11
One kind of patriotism. : FLAGWAVING
12
In ___. : TOTO
13
White bird. : SWAN
18
Flat. : STALE
22
Po tributary. : ADDA
24
Chains. : FETTERS
26
Retribution. : NEMESIS
27
Abruptly: Colloq. : SPANG
28
Sly: Slang. : CAGEY
29
Hard day at the office. : BLUEMONDAY
31
"How to ___ Book." : READA
33
Slow: Mus. : LENTO
34
"___ be the tie ... " : BLEST
36
Youth. : LAD
38
U. S. 1: Abbr. : RTE
41
Placed. : SITUATED
44
Robert and Harry. : LEES
46
Oodles. : SCADS
49
Go to sea again. : RESHIP
52
Defeats. : BESTS
54
Part of glasses. : FRAME
55
Cause of red ink. : LOSS
56
Notion. : IDEA
58
Amateur. : TIRO
60
Islands: Fr. : ILES
61
Clothe. : VEST
62
Latin verb. : ESSE
64
Lived. : WAS
65
In the style of: Suffix. : ESE

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

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