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Mary Dorman
Mary Dorman

New York Times, Tuesday, July 8, 1975

9-Down : February gem

Author:
Mary Dorman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Mary Dorman has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,460
Across
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Leaguer or ranger : TEXAS
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Type size : PICA
10
School subj. : MATH
14
Strident : HARSH
15
Father of Seth : ADAM
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Indeed, in Ireland : AROO
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Spout off : ORATE
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"As you ___!" : WERE
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Italian painter : RENI
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Disjoin : UNYOKE
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Backgrounds : SETTINGS
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Donna or Rex : REED
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Try to attain : SHOOTAT
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Recorded with raised dots : BRAILLED
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Craving : YEN
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Lists : ROTAS
33
Lock of hair : TRESS
35
Roof piece : EPI
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Word of agreement : AMEN
39
Man's counterpart : BEAST
40
Short trip : SPIN
41
Certain doctors: Abbr. : GPS
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Fragrant rootstock : ORRIS
43
Dress style : ALINE
44
Japanese herb : UDO
45
Slights : NEGLECTS
47
Sea off Iran : CASPIAN
51
Kind of brush : SAGE
52
Harkened : ATTENDED
54
One's image : REPUTE
58
Soft book leather : ROAN
59
Distort : WARP
61
Implant again : RESOW
62
Strong-scented : OLID
63
Tract : AREA
64
Burned-up : IRATE
65
French seas : MERS
66
River to the North Sea : YSER
67
"But ___ me, give me liberty ... " : ASFOR
Down
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"___ shalt not ... " : THOU
2
Win : EARN
3
Roentgen's find : XRAY
4
Certain Oregon resident : ASTORIAN
5
Biblical coins : SHEKELS
6
Handle roughly : PAW
7
Forum date : IDES
8
"Who ___?" (so what) : CARES
9
February gem : AMETHYST
10
Francis the Swamp Fox : MARION
11
Common contraction : ARENT
12
South Pacific islands : TONGA
13
Davit or crane : HOIST
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Wriggler : EEL
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Boot parts : TOES
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Dissuade : DETER
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Sound off : BRAG
28
Horse around : ROMP
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Sweetsop : ATES
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Down the ___ (gone) : DRAIN
34
Curves : ESSES
35
Word for Homer's works : EPIC
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Pub measure : PINT
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Chemical endings : INES
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Place for Cohan's regards : BROADWAY
40
Unexpected winners : SLEEPERS
42
Nordic god : ODIN
43
Land of the casbahs : ALGERIA
44
Turns over : UPENDS
46
Civil War initials : GAR
47
Pool-table maneuver : CAROM
48
Thin gruel : ATOLE
49
Kind of way or case : STAIR
50
Draws close : NEARS
53
Suffer, in Glasgow : DREE
55
Mil. branch : USAF
56
In ___ : TOTO
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Spouted vessel : EWER
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Equality : PAR

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

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