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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Thursday, August 10, 1967

25-Down : ___ d'oeuvre.

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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G
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N
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H
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E
V
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F
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E
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T
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G
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T
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J
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O
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J
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N
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H
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S
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P
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H
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O
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C
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Y
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B
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R
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I
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L
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A
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W
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N
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T
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O
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D
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F
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O
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A
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R
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P
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R
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G
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R
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,571
Across
1
Hero of 1922-27. : ABIE
5
County division: Abbr. : TWP
8
Tapestry. : TAPIS
13
Clan, in ancient Rome. : GENS
14
Lose no time. : HIE
15
Although. : EVENIF
17
Performing. : ENACTING
19
Albania's capital. : TIRANA
20
London district. : STJOHNSWOOD
22
Naval officers, for short. : JGS
23
Sinewy. : WIRY
24
See 5 Across. : TOWN
25
Sentry's word. : HALT
26
Downy. : SOFT
27
Game. : POOL
28
Cottages. : HOMES
29
Slangy exclamation. : OOF
30
Slot machine item. : CANDYBAR
32
Poetry. : IDYLLS
34
Not cut. : UNSAWN
38
Latest (with "the"). : LASTWORD
42
___ good deed. : DOA
43
Bubbling. : FOAMY
46
Make angry. : ROIL
47
Stage item. : PROP
48
Slav. : RUSS
49
Musical instrument. : VIOL
50
Already spoken of. : SAID
51
Professional man: Abbr. : ATT
52
Certain craftsmen. : WOODTURNERS
55
Chewy candy. : NOUGAT
57
Not silly. : RATIONAL
58
Seam. : SUTURE
59
Pronoun. : ONE
60
Poetic preposition. : UNTO
61
Is apt (to). : TENDS
62
Time span: Abbr. : WKS
63
Try. : TEST
Down
1
A long time. : AGES
2
Designating a style of furniture. : BENTWOOD
3
Very quickly: Colloq. : INAJIFFY
4
Armed guard. : ESCORT
5
Flimsy. : THIN
6
Sir ___. : WINSTON
7
Spindle tree. : PEGWOOD
8
Range of the Rockies. : TETON
9
Keen. : AVID
10
For each. : PER
11
Having trouble: Colloq. : INAJAM
12
Diamond hit. : SINGLE
16
Eats sparingly. : FASTS
18
Poetic possessive. : THY
21
Like a bird. : OWLY
25
___ d'oeuvre. : HORS
26
___-disant (self-styled): Fr. : SOI
27
Football play. : PASS
28
Farm worker. : HAND
30
Earth. : CLAY
31
Fiber knot. : BURL
33
Law degrees. : LLMS
35
French girl's name. : ADRIENNE
36
Bushy-tailed rodents. : WOODRATS
37
Downy coating. : NAP
39
Musical group. : TRIO
40
Presidential middle name. : WOODROW
41
Basement item. : OILTANK
43
Hals of art. : FRANS
44
Two words from Macbeth. : OUTOUT
45
Sagacious. : ASTUTE
47
Go according to plan: Colloq. : PANOUT
49
Ballot. : VOTES
50
Title, in India. : SRI
52
City district. : WARD
53
Western Indians. : UTES
54
Animal track. : SLOT
56
Kind of metal. : GUN

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

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