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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Thursday, July 6, 1967

41-Down : Possessive pronoun.

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,536
Across
1
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
5
Woody plant. : SHRUB
10
Sponge. : SWAB
14
Opera role. : MIMI
15
Washington group. : HOUSE
16
Office boy's cousin. : PAGE
17
Locomotives. : IRONHORSES
19
To ___. : ATEE
20
Fabrics, clothing, notions, etc. : DRYGOODS
21
___ on one's laurels. : TOREST
23
Guitar's relative. : LUTE
24
Temperate. : SOBER
25
O'Neill. : EUGENE
28
Improved or corrected. : REFORMED
31
Calendar abbreviation. : APR
32
Beauty parlor item. : DRIER
34
Nautical term. : LIETO
35
Castile. : SOAP
37
Alone, on stage. : SOLUS
39
French statesman of W. W. II. : BLUM
40
Ambassador's colleague. : ENVOY
42
Less exciting. : TAMER
44
Poetic form. : ODE
45
Continuing. : DAYTODAY
47
Slowed up (with "in"). : REINED
49
See 31 Across. : THURS
50
Two matched horses. : SPAN
51
Mercury capsule of 1962. : AURORA
53
Voters. : ELECTORS
57
River into the Caspian. : URAL
58
Transportation, old style. : WAGONTRAIN
60
Girl's nickname. : EDIE
61
Not likely. : UNAPT
62
Nobel Institute site. : OSLO
63
Scores. : RUNS
64
Suffixes meaning feet. : PEDES
65
Cookbook entry. : STEW
Down
1
In company with. : AMID
2
Whirring sound. : BIRR
3
Fukien city. : AMOY
4
Hit of a kind. : SINGLE
5
Marbles. : SHOOTERS
6
Crowd. : HORDE
7
Slav. : RUSS
8
Function. : USE
9
Make the ___. : BESTOF
10
Pork cut. : SPARERIB
11
Large juicy fruit : WATERMELON
12
Stone, Bronze, etc. : AGES
13
Vegetable. : BEET
18
Sporting dog. : HOUND
22
Agora coin. : OBOL
24
Laboratory product. : SERUM
25
Mitigated. : EASED
26
"Once ___ midnight dreary ... " : UPONA
27
Profitable situation: Slang. : GRAVYTRAIN
28
Team race. : RELAY
29
Piece of music. : ETUDE
30
Having a cupola. : DOMED
33
Jots. : IOTAS
36
Part of the street scene. : POTHOLES
38
Ophidia. : SERPENTS
41
Possessive pronoun. : YOUR
43
Respond. : REACT
46
Draft legally. : DRAWUP
48
Opening bars, jazz style. : INTROS
50
Tilt. : SLOPE
51
Violinist Leopold. : AUER
52
Language of Pakistan. : URDU
53
Old oath. : EGAD
54
Malt drying kiln. : OAST
55
Pique: Colloq. : RILE
56
Weather word. : SNOW
59
Adjective suffix. : ANE

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

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