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Anthony Morse
Anthony Morse

New York Times, Wednesday, August 16, 1967

1-Down : Dibbles.

Author:
Anthony Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Anthony Morse has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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I
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N
4
E
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O
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G
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A
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M
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G
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A
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Z
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A
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A
S
O
N
14
G
15
F
I
F
I
16
O
M
E
N
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P
L
A
T
O
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F
R
O
S
19
T
B
I
T
E
20
S
A
H
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B
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S
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L
O
C
H
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D
A
W
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A
B
E
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S
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T
H
I
27
S
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B
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E
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G
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L
E
T
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S
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A
N
I
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M
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A
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L
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O
T
O
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E
N
A
C
39
T
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G
L
O
V
E
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W
H
A
42
T
D
O
Y
O
U
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C
A
L
L
I
T
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I
A
T
R
Y
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S
O
D
O
M
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A
A
U
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E
N
S
I
G
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N
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T
O
R
A
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R
N
S
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P
O
O
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L
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R
A
J
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A
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O
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A
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S
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O
B
O
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E
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L
I
T
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O
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U
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T
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K
N
O
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C
K
O
U
T
66
S
67
G
A
B
B
Y
68
A
S
I
A
69
D
I
R
K
70
S
L
E
E
K
71
Y
E
L
P
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Y
S
E
R
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L
Y
R
E
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,577
Across
1
Feast. : DINE
5
Old Irish alphabetic system. : OGAM
9
Biblical place in the news. : GAZA
13
For ___ (cheaply). : ASONG
15
Cousin of Gigi. : FIFI
16
Foreshadow. : OMEN
17
Great philosopher. : PLATO
18
Winter sailing regatta. : FROSTBITE
20
Kipling and others. : SAHIBS
22
Feature of Scotland. : LOCH
23
Kind of crow. : DAW
24
Fortas, et al. : ABES
26
Pronoun. : THIS
28
Ask as a favor. : BEG
31
Allows. : LETS
33
One of three kingdoms. : ANIMAL
37
Indian. : OTO
38
Legislate. : ENACT
40
Hand's companion. : GLOVE
41
Nameless object. : WHATDOYOUCALLIT
44
Medical treatment: Suffix. : IATRY
45
Lot's home. : SODOM
46
Athlete's group. : AAU
47
Flag. : ENSIGN
49
Hartebeest. : TORA
50
Members of A.N.C. : RNS
51
Status symbol. : POOL
53
Title in 68 Across. : RAJA
55
Headline initials. : OAS
58
One of the reeds. : OBOE
60
Hit the road. : LITOUT
64
Lalapaloozas. : KNOCKOUTS
67
Fond of chitchat. : GABBY
68
Location of a subcontinent. : ASIA
69
Weapon. : DIRK
70
Glossy. : SLEEK
71
Kennel sound. : YELP
72
River to the North Sea. : YSER
73
Harp's cousin. : LYRE
Down
1
Dibbles. : DAPS
2
___ de Pinos. : ISLA
3
Ancient mariner. : NOAH
4
Abstract beings: Lat. : ENTIA
5
Away. : OFF
6
Heroine. : GIRL
7
Brewing. : AFOOT
8
Elman. : MISCHA
9
Chunk: Colloq. : GOB
10
Surrounded by. : AMID
11
Greek letter. : ZETA
12
Again. : ANEW
14
Bureaucratese. : GOBBLEDYGOOK
19
Gadgets: Var. : THINGAMAJIGS
21
"___ evil." : SEENO
25
Abides. : STAYS
27
Part of a door frame. : SILL
28
Kind of knife. : BOWIE
29
An Allen. : ETHAN
30
Sheep's kin. : GOATS
32
Hurry along. : SCOOT
34
Canine's cousin. : MOLAR
35
Of the birds. : AVIAN
36
___ pray. : LETUS
39
British royal name. : TUDOR
42
Err. : TRIP
43
Color. : CORAL
48
Nonentity. : NOBODY
52
French royal name. : LOUIS
54
In the least. : ATALL
55
Approval: Colloq. : OKAY
56
Handle: Fr. : ANSE
57
Good earth. : SOIL
59
Basic French verb. : ETRE
61
Be guided by. : OBEY
62
Above: Ger. : UBER
63
Child: Colloq. : TYKE
65
Top piece. : CAP
66
Anc. language: Abbr. : SKR

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

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