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Marie West
Marie West

New York Times, Wednesday, July 9, 1975

56-Down : Autocrat

Author:
Marie West
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Marie West has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,461
Across
1
Play area, in Paris : PARC
5
Wheezy : STALE
10
Piece of baseball gear : MITT
14
Oriental servant : AMAH
15
Wont : HABIT
16
Lake near Tahoe : ECHO
17
Prepackaged buy : PIGINAPOKE
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Travel-ad offering : TOUR
20
Hersey's town : ADANO
21
Miss Arden : EVE
22
Turning point : HINGE
23
Trench : FOSSE
25
___ doch-an'-dorris : WEE
26
Certify : ATTEST
29
Place with a view : TERRACE
33
TV offerings : HORSEOPERAS
36
Despicable one : CUR
37
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
38
Whining one : PULER
39
Normandy town : STLO
40
Blackbird : ANI
41
Tux and tails : MONKEYSUITS
43
Make more compact : DENSIFY
45
Come out against : OPPOSE
46
Santa's helper : ELF
47
Ransack : RIFLE
49
Elbowroom : SPACE
52
Haw's partner : HEM
53
Jargon : ARGOT
57
Part of a full house : PAIR
58
TV adjunct : RABBITEARS
60
Popular store name : ACME
61
Alaskan : ALEUT
62
Western lizard : GILA
63
Acid or high : TEST
64
Links features : HOLES
65
Rarity : ONER
Down
1
Parent : PAPA
2
Surrounded by : AMID
3
Shankar specialty : RAGA
4
Bull session : CHINFEST
5
Asian sheep : SHA
6
Recordings : TAPES
7
North of : ABOVE
8
"___ a bat out of ... " : LIKE
9
French season : ETE
10
Forte : METIER
11
Image : ICON
12
Hoodlum : THUG
13
Ripped : TORE
18
Hangman's gear : NOOSE
22
Towel marking : HERS
24
Visit en route : STOPOFF
25
Bored : WEARYOF
26
Get ___ in the world : AHEAD
27
River in Sweden : TORNE
28
Drill : TRAIN
29
Corner : TREE
30
Deed, in Roman law : ACTIO
31
Ritual groups : CULTS
32
Uneven : EROSE
34
Undersized : PUNY
35
___ Ridge, Md. : ELK
39
Part of the psyche : SUPEREGO
41
Denver's elevation : MILE
42
Chair back : SPLAT
44
Spy's stock-in-trade : SECRET
47
Mutineer : REBEL
48
Impregnate : IMBUE
49
Dispute : SPAT
50
Set the speed : PACE
51
Prepares to fire : AIMS
52
Nimbus : HALO
54
Advance : GAIN
55
Heraldic fillet : ORLE
56
Autocrat : TSAR
58
Cheer : RAH
59
"___ now or never" : ITS

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

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