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Manny Miller
Manny Miller

New York Times, Saturday, August 16, 1975

63-Down : Amer. ship initials

Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,499
Across
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Handles rudely : PAWS
5
Player's game : GOLF
9
Anwar's predecessor : GAMAL
14
"___ first you don't succeed ... " : IFAT
15
Evening in Paris : SOIR
16
City in Turkey : ADANA
17
City in Michigan : KALAMAZOO
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Non-filling dessert : MELON
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Island in N. Y. Bay : ELLIS
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Elevating in rank : ENNOBLING
23
Jargon : SLANG
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Ankles : TALI
25
Like those in the rain longer : WETTER
29
Sailor who rode a roc : SINBAD
33
Kind of guard : REAR
35
Mild oath : EGAD
37
Food and clothing, i.e. : NEEDS
38
Signed up: Abbr. : ENL
39
City in Penna. : READING
41
Border : HEM
42
___ dot : POLKA
44
Part of a Louvre name : LISA
45
Sound of disapproval : HISS
46
Flowers and trees : PLANTS
48
Hockey-rink workers : ICEMEN
50
Particular piece : ITEM
52
River in Russia : ALDAN
55
Desert drivers : CAMELEERS
60
Prefix for glycerin : NITRO
61
"___ at the office" : IGAVE
62
Sue's city : SIOUXCITY
64
Schoolbag item : RULER
65
Otis of baseball : AMOS
66
Friend for Pierre : AMIE
67
Rooms at Lewisburg : CELLS
68
Adjusts : SETS
69
Wine settlings : LEES
Down
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Peak of West : PIKES
2
"Pride must have ___" : AFALL
3
City in Washington : WALLAWALLA
4
Dye worker : STAINER
5
Girls' org. : GSA
6
Trickle : OOZE
7
Cat : LION
8
Battle line : FRONT
9
Monaco specialty : GAMBLING
10
"Sweet ___" : ADELINE
11
Bamako is its capital : MALI
12
In a while : ANON
13
Like Burns's syne : LANG
18
N.C.O. : MSGT
22
Western alliance : OAS
26
___ off : TEE
27
Equal, in France : EGAL
28
Circle lines : RADII
30
Late : BEHINDTIME
31
Drinks : ADES
32
Mil. awards : DSMS
33
Ribbed cloth : REPP
34
Organic compound : ENOL
36
Record : DISC
39
Snakes : RATTLERS
40
No, from MacTavish : NAE
43
Famous daredevil : KNIEVEL
45
Spiral : HELICAL
47
Observe : SEE
49
Cat : MANX
51
Tablelands : MESAS
53
Shaw : ARTIE
54
English poet : NOYES
55
Leaflet: Abbr. : CIRC
56
Ailment : AGUE
57
Shopping center : MALL
58
Frost : RIME
59
Chimney substance : SOOT
63
Amer. ship initials : USS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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