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New York Times, Monday, August 2, 1971

44-Down : Greek measures

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,024
Across
1
Rum cake : BABA
5
Doleful : DREAR
10
Old Spanish coin : REAL
14
Repute : ODOR
15
Arterial trunk : AORTA
16
All: Prefix : OMNI
17
Bonbon : CONFECTION
19
One of Omar's wishes : WINE
20
Peer Gynt's mother : ASE
21
King of bag : TOTE
22
Minos, for one : CRETAN
24
Skating star : HENIE
26
Sound: Prefix : PHON
27
Rinehart play : THEBAT
29
Of a motif : THEMATIC
33
Gets wind of : HEARS
34
Conscious : AWARE
35
Big bird : EMU
36
Asian land: Prefix : INDO
37
Mexican alder : ALISO
38
___ Rabbit : BRER
39
Compass point : NNE
40
Overweight : OBESE
41
___ much as (up to) : FORAS
42
Restless one : GADABOUT
44
Part of H.S.H. : SERENE
45
Knox or Wayne : FORT
46
Friend of Smollett's Random : STRAP
47
Luncheon dish : OMELET
50
Capone feature : SCAR
51
French law : LOI
54
Nimbus : HALO
55
Obstacle : IMPEDIMENT
58
___ Ticsi, Incan god : ILLA
59
Nemo, translated : NOONE
60
Assistant : AIDE
61
Kiln : OAST
62
Accesses : GATES
63
___ cat : ONEA
Down
1
Mouth: Sp. : BOCA
2
Flurries : ADOS
3
Stupid : BONEHEADED
4
Dog's word in comic strip : ARF
5
Asian robber : DACOIT
6
Celtic instrument : ROTTE
7
Indian : ERIE
8
From ___ Z : ATO
9
Landowner of West : RANCHERO
10
"Ivanhoe" girl : ROWENA
11
Utter : EMIT
12
Karenina : ANNA
13
Legal claim : LIEN
18
Heating vessels : ETNAS
23
Where all roads meet : ROME
25
Spanish river : EBRO
26
Aspect : PHASE
27
Do one's ___ : THING
28
Rinse : HENNA
29
Dance : TWIST
30
Rampart platform : TERREPLEIN
31
"___ what I say" : IMEAN
32
Malediction : CURSE
34
Eskimo : ALEUT
37
Cutting short : ABORTING
38
Adriatic wind : BORA
40
Woodwind : OBOE
41
Iron: Prefix : FERRI
43
On board ship : AFLOAT
44
Greek measures : STADES
46
Location : SCENE
47
Taft territory : OHIO
48
Part of a bird's jaw : MALA
49
Old cloth measures : ELLS
50
Problem of Lady Macbeth : SPOT
52
Wave, in France : ONDE
53
Virginia shrub : ITEA
56
Extinct bird : MOA
57
Peking name : MAO

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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