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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Saturday, August 20, 1977

30-Down : Watchword or catchword

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q U Y Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,234
Across
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Items for the blind : SLATS
6
School event : PROM
10
___ bien : TRES
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___ nth degree : TOTHE
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"Arrivederci ___" : ROMA
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Numerical prefix : HEXA
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Pungent : ACRID
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Too severe : OVERRIGID
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Kind of concern : GOING
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Religious sect member : MENNONITE
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Military headgear : KEPI
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Fraternal organization : ELKS
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Tacks on : ADDS
28
Literary collections : ANAS
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Suffixes with room, kitchen, etc. : ETTES
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"Leave no ___ unstoned" (Spoonerism) : TERN
35
Hebrew letter : RESH
36
Kind of music : SHEET
37
Medley : OLIO
38
Caper : ANTIC
40
Literary first name : ERLE
41
Steals, as in a store : LIFTS
43
Woman's workbasket : CABA
44
"___ no more ... " : WEEP
45
Shop equipment : LATHE
46
Wanes : EBBS
47
Bookmaker's concern : ODDS
48
Starts' companion : FITS
50
To dare: Sp. : OSAR
52
Exactly alike : IDENTICAL
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Squanders the moola : BLOWS
60
Hit song for Helen O'Connell : TANGERINE
61
Own up to : ADMIT
62
Tropical American dog : ALCO
63
State, in France : ETAT
64
Western city : BOISE
65
Willingly : LIEF
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Adam's third son : SETH
67
Following : AFTER
Down
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Hunter's quarry : STAG
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In ___ parentis : LOCO
3
Town in a Longfellow poem : ATRI
4
Treats casually : THINKSNOTHINGOF
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Plant sometimes woven into mats : SEDGE
6
Distinction : PROMINENCE
7
Gad : ROVE
8
Augury : OMEN
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W. W. I battle site : MARNE
10
Treasure; cherish : THINKTHEWORLDOF
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Enrolled : REGISTERED
12
Sign in a theater : EXIT
13
Infamous marquis : SADE
19
Romeo and Juliet : ROLES
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Prefix with chute or graph : PARA
25
Bikini, e.g. : ATOLL
26
Festival of Apollo : DELIA
27
Structure preventing cattle from roaming : DRIFTFENCE
29
Make ___ at (try) : ASTAB
30
Watchword or catchword : SHIBBOLETH
32
Fished for congers : EELED
33
Staircase : STEPS
39
Lewis's Mr. Timberlane : CASS
42
Seven, in Sicilia : SETTE
49
Fathers : SIRES
51
Addis ___ : ABABA
52
Type style: Abbr. : ITAL
53
Painter of melting telephones : DALI
54
Mention or quote : CITE
55
Course for a future M.D. : ANAT
57
Skip : OMIT
58
Knowing : WISE
59
Suffix with young or old : STER

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

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