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Christine Tilgner
Christine Tilgner

New York Times, Tuesday, July 9, 1974

42-Down : Movie-musical inn

Author:
Christine Tilgner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Christine Tilgner has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,096
Across
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Striking sport : GOLF
5
Violin : AMATI
10
Beer ingredients : HOPS
14
Birthstone : OPAL
15
Played in a way : MIMED
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Hodgepodge : OLIO
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Groove in a column : DADO
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Muckraker : IDATARBELL
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General known for his ride : SHERIDAN
22
Phase : ANGLE
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Roman time : IDES
24
Pet's name : FIDO
26
Poetess Doolittle et al. : HILDAS
29
Colorful pitcher : VIDABLUE
33
Fancies : IDEAS
34
Kind of energy : SOLAR
35
Common word : AND
36
Hebrew letter : TAV
37
Row : MELEE
38
Corporate monogram : RCA
39
Guevara : CHE
40
Hudson's Bay commodities : PELTS
41
Eye watering : RHEUM
43
Traveling bags : HOLDALLS
45
Knocks, to some : BOOSTS
46
Garfunkel and Carney : ARTS
47
Kazakh sea : ARAL
48
Black cat and broken mirror : OMENS
51
Calypso island : TRINIDAD
55
Met spectacular : VERDISAIDA
58
Challenge : DARE
59
English composer : ARNE
60
Put into effect : ACTON
61
Inter ___ : ALIA
62
Edward or Norman : LEAR
63
Some sisters : WEIRD
64
Time period : YEAR
Down
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Jupiter and Mars : GODS
2
Fish : OPAH
3
Put on cargo : LADE
4
State of many keys : FLORIDA
5
Chemical compounds : AMIDES
6
Touchy king : MIDAS
7
"___ for All Seasons" : AMAN
8
Holiday in Asia : TET
9
Mount ___ : IDA
10
Socialize : HOBNOB
11
Cassini : OLEG
12
Disagreeable one : PILL
13
Singular fish : SOLE
19
Weather forecast aid : RADAR
21
One of the Argonauts : IDAS
24
Office proliferations : FILES
25
Zoological suffix : IDAE
26
Snag : HITCH
27
Potato : IDAHO
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Kind of headed : LEVEL
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Con Ed measures : VOLTS
30
___ and penates : LARES
31
Whole : UNCUT
32
Cheeses : EDAMS
34
Hard or soft approaches : SELLS
37
Defrost : MELT
40
Zoroastrian : PARSI
41
Horse color : ROAN
42
Movie-musical inn : HOLIDAY
44
Anger : DANDER
45
Kellogg's pact partner : BRIAND
47
Passion : ARDOR
48
Famous office : OVAL
49
Word with bagatelle : MERE
50
Girl's name : ERNA
51
Monkey : TITI
52
Hill's partner : DALE
53
Melody : ARIA
54
Expensive : DEAR
56
Kind of horse : SAW
57
Card : ACE

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

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