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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

New York Times, Thursday, August 12, 1976

35-Down : Bullfighter

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,861
Across
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Ibn ___ : SAUD
5
Discernment : TASTE
10
Ordinal ending : ETH
13
Con : ANTI
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Trojan War epic : ILIAD
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Tinker and infield cohorts, e.g. : TRIO
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Rich soil : LOAM
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Decathlon star : BOBMATHIAS
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Golfer : ZAHARIAS
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Least dense : RAREST
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Spur on : GOAD
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Plot size : ACRE
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Maxims : ADAGES
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Swimmer : CHADWICK
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Actress Virna and family : LISIS
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Gray-haired : HOARY
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Stan the ___ : MAN
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"Tell ___ the judge" : ITTO
35
Latin dance : MAMBO
36
Angler's delight : BITE
37
N.Y. transit org. : MTA
38
Ship and room : MATES
39
Jury group : PANEL
40
Golfer : BOBJONES
42
Minnesota name : HUBERT
43
Aerosol target : ODOR
44
Use an auger : BORE
45
Engine : DIESEL
48
Boxer : SUGARRAY
52
Tennis star : CHRISEVERT
54
Congo river : UELE
55
Partner of ave : VALE
56
Ankles : TARSI
57
Fed : TMAN
58
Carp's relative : IDE
59
Growing out : ENATE
60
One of the Cartwrights : HOSS
Down
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Bonn seasoning : SALZ
2
Celebes ox : ANOA
3
Beehive State : UTAH
4
Baseball star : DIMAGGIO
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Shinbones : TIBIAS
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"That's ___ off my mind!" : ALOAD
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Kin : SIBS
8
Highland headgear : TAM
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Jockey : EDARCARO
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Perry's conquest : ERIE
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Madre's sisters : TIAS
12
Home team : HOST
15
Pitched : THREW
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Behindhand : TARDY
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Shad delicacies : ROES
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Melville mariner et al. : AHABS
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Out on ___ : ALIMB
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Repetition mark : DITTO
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Make ___ at (try) : ASTAB
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___ on (finds) : COMES
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Chemical compound : IMINE
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Curry favor, with "to" : CATER
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Genuflected : KNELT
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Misanthrope : HATER
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Bullfighter : MANOLETE
36
Baseball star : BABERUTH
38
Couturier's concerns : MODES
39
Aqua ___ : PURA
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Miss Baker, familiarly : JOSIE
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Incapacitate in a way : HOGTIE
44
Explode : BURST
45
Caesar's 606 : DCVI
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"___ a little nut tree" : IHAD
47
Gardner : ERLE
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Antitoxins : SERA
49
San ___ : REMO
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Cry of woe : ALAS
51
Urges : YENS
53
Dancer Bobby : VAN

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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