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R. Kaplan
R. Kaplan

New York Times, Tuesday, July 20, 1976

7-Down : Needle case

Author:
R. Kaplan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q V Y }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,838
Across
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Kind of gas or sheet : TEAR
5
Blisters : BLEBS
10
Evil: Prefix : MALE
14
Desire : WISH
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Tombstone abbr. : AETAT
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Zetas' followers : ETAS
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Involved with : INTO
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Finnish exports : SAUNABATHS
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Subject for Euclid : GEOMETRICFIGURE
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Steinbeck's was wayward : BUS
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Rival : FOE
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___-de-lis : FLEUR
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Period : ERA
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Itinerant freighter : TRAMP
34
Betsy or Harold : ROSS
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Play opener : SCENEI
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One of the Stooges : MOE
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W.W. II agency : OSS
39
Of the open sea : PELAGIC
40
French wheat : BLE
41
Tappan or Zuider : ZEE
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Maternal relatives : ENATES
43
Kind of trap : CLAP
44
Artist Max : ERNST
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Paper or baby : TAR
47
South Africans : BOERS
48
Thrice: Prefix : TER
50
Drink : RUM
51
Tools for Euclid : RULERANDCOMPASS
60
Once-rare Sunday sights : OPENSTORES
61
Pillage : LOOT
62
Words for Nanette : NONO
63
Miss Bordoni : IRENE
64
Organic compound : ENOL
65
Gene components: Abbr. : DNAS
66
Skips : OMITS
67
Foreign: Prefix : XENO
Down
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Shoot : TWIG
2
German article : EINE
3
Regarding : ASTO
4
Example of 20 Across : RHOMBUS
5
Hemp fibers : BASTS
6
Goneril's father : LEAR
7
Needle case : ETUI
8
Park seat, in Paris : BANC
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Kind of officer : STAFF
10
Skimpy : MEAGER
11
Aleutian island : ATTU
12
Bert or John : LAHR
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___ est percipi : ESSE
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Relating to life : BIOTIC
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Continent: Abbr. : EUR
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Stopped in one's tracks : FROZE
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Defeated one : LOSER
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Ruhr city : ESSEN
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Brilliance : ECLAT
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Gaucho's rope : REATA
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Displeasure : ANGER
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Mosey : AMBLE
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Part of a mouthful : MOLAR
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Incubator sounds : PEEPS
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Japanese coin : SEN
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German freezer item : EIS
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___ out (fades) : PETERS
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Intricate : COMPLEX
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Office people : STENOS
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Hobo : BUM
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Fraction : RATIO
50
Attar sources : ROSES
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___ de jambe : ROND
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"Once ___ a ... " : UPON
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Russian river : LENA
54
Standard : NORM
55
Between zwei and vier : DREI
56
Coin : CENT
57
First-rate : AONE
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Shortly : SOON
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Normandy town : STLO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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