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Threba Johnson
Threba Johnson

New York Times, Tuesday, July 4, 1967

44-Down : Well-known box opener.

Author:
Threba Johnson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Threba Johnson has 31 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,534
Across
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Park lanes. : PATHS
6
Explosive weapon. : ABOMB
11
Stuff. : RAM
14
Have ___. : AGOAT
15
City of the Italian Riviera. : GENOA
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Be beholden to. : OWE
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War vessel. : TORPEDOBOAT
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Musician of a sort. : CAT
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Famous picture gallery. : PRADO
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Name for the Vedic god, Indra. : SAKRA
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Cheese ingredient. : CASEIN
26
Child's toy. : PINWHEEL
29
Young animal. : LIONCUB
31
Damp. : MOIST
32
Subjoins. : ADDS
33
De Valera. : EAMON
35
Some students: Abbr. : SRS
38
Eisenhower's mother. : IDA
39
One theory of the beginning of the universe. : BIGBANG
41
First of an active trio. : HOP
42
___ room : REC
43
Beautify. : ADORN
44
Variety of cotton. : PIMA
45
Preliminary survey, for short. : RECON
47
Goes over the wall. : ESCAPES
50
Diamond ring: Slang. : SPARKLER
53
Two-wheeled carriage. : HANSOM
54
Opera role. : LUCIA
55
Henry ___ Wallace. : AGARD
57
Biblical vessel. : ARK
58
Dessert. : CHERRYBOMBE
64
Behold! : SEE
65
Hebrew prophet. : HOSEA
66
Constellation. : ORION
67
Pronoun. : HER
68
Hallway. : ENTRY
69
Part of USNA. : NAVAL
Down
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Opportune. : PAT
2
Gone by. : AGO
3
Rocky peak. : TOR
4
Comes to pass. : HAPPENS
5
Spatial. : STERIC
6
"In apprehension how like ___!" : AGOD
7
Jazz style. : BEBOP
8
Biblical town near Joppa. : ONO
9
Old bird. : MOA
10
Night flier's appendage. : BATSWING
11
Vehicles of our time. : ROCKETSHIPS
12
Cognizant. : AWARE
13
Nickel, for one. : METAL
18
Irish goddess. : DANU
22
Exclamations of appreciation. : AHS
23
___ de lune. : CLAIR
24
___ camp: Var. : AIDDE
25
Snack of a kind. : SODACRACKER
27
Vastness of space. : IMMANE
28
Time of day. : NOON
30
Go away! : BEGONE
34
Made shorter: Abbr. : ABR
36
Rival of Paris. : ROMEO
37
Sudden burst of energy. : SPASM
39
Gardener's ailment. : BACKACHE
40
Apple of one's eye. : IDOL
44
Well-known box opener. : PANDORA
46
Son of Gad. : ERI
48
Vehicle, old style. : SHAY
49
One of the elements. : CARBON
50
Cut. : SLASH
51
Soup dish. : PUREE
52
More unusual. : RARER
56
Color. : GRAY
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Courtesy title: Abbr. : HON
60
Id ___. : EST
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11th-cen. date. : MIV
62
Ophidian. : BOA
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Photographer's abbreviation. : ENL

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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