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Maura B. Jacobson
New York Times, Saturday, August 24, 1974
21-Down : Cations
Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q V W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Grid has duplicate clues.
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 R | 2 A | 3 G | 4 S | 5 A | 6 M | 7 B | 8 E | 9 R | 10 S | 11 A | 12 M | 13 S |
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14 O | N | I | T | 15 N | O | R | I | A | 16 T | R | I | O |
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17 T | O | R | A | 18 G | L | E | N | N | 19 B | E | A | L | L |
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20 H | A | T | F | 21 I | E | L | D | 22 D | O | L | L | E | D |
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23 F | O | R | S | 24 T | O | O | L | |||||||
25 B | 26 A | 27 R | O | N | S | 28 T | A | L | M | A | 29 D | 30 G | 31 E |
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32 I | T | E | R | S | 33 P | U | L | P | S | 34 R | E | S |
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35 B | R | A | D | 36 C | I | N | C | H | 37 T | E | S | T |
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38 L | I | D | 39 E | R | N | E | S | 40 I | H | A | T | E |
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41 E | A | S | 42 T | L | A | N | D | 43 E | L | U | D | E | S |
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44 E | D | N | A | 45 O | M | E | R | |||||||
46 A | 47 B | 48 O | D | E | S | 49 P | R | O | X | M | 50 I | 51 R | 52 E |
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53 R | O | B | E | R | T | 54 T | A | F | T | 55 O | D | O | R |
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56 A | L | O | U | 57 O | R | C | A | E | 58 N | E | L | L |
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59 S | T | E | M | 60 N | E | A | R | S | 61 D | O | L | E |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,142
Across
1
Beggar's garb : RAGS
5
Jewelry resin : AMBER
10
Senator Ervin et al. : SAMS
14
Step ___ : ONIT
15
Water wheel : NORIA
16
Duet, plus one : TRIO
17
African antelope : TORA
18
Senator : GLENNBEALL
20
Senator : HATFIELD
22
___ up (spiffy) : DOLLED
23
Pro votes : FORS
24
Handyman's item : TOOL
25
Magnates : BARONS
28
Senator : TALMADGE
32
Brain ducts : ITERS
33
Certain magazines : PULPS
34
Matter, in law : RES
35
Nail : BRAD
36
Tighten in : CINCH
37
Kind of tube : TEST
38
Eye part : LID
39
Sea birds : ERNES
40
"___ war" (F.D.R.) : IHATE
41
Senator : EASTLAND
43
Gets away from : ELUDES
44
Millay : EDNA
45
Biblical measure : OMER
46
Homesteads : ABODES
49
Senator : PROXMIRE
53
Senator : ROBERTTAFT
55
Sprayer's target : ODOR
56
Baseballer Matty : ALOU
57
Wide-bellied pots: Lat. : ORCAE
58
Miss Gwyn : NELL
59
Kind of ski turn : STEM
60
Comes close : NEARS
61
Senator : DOLE
Down
1
Senator : ROTH
2
Celebes ox : ANOA
3
Sea ___ (N. J. resort) : GIRT
4
Senator : STAFFORD
5
Infuriates : ANGERS
6
Distaff hoodlums : MOLLS
7
After high or thorough : BRED
8
One, in Bonn : EIN
9
Senator : RANDOLPH
10
Adler or Dallas : STELLA
11
U.S.S.R. sea : ARAL
12
Statute or nautical : MILE
13
Auctioneer's word : SOLD
19
Thunder sounds : BOOMS
21
Cations : IONS
24
After-bath items : TALCS
25
Senator : BIBLE
26
Roman forecourts : ATRIA
27
Uses the library : READS
28
Did a piano job : TUNED
29
Phobia : DREAD
30
"Beau ___" : GESTE
31
Former Senator Kefauver : ESTES
33
Feather : PINNA
36
Senator : CRANSTON
37
Senator : THURMOND
39
___ statesman : ELDER
40
Holly genus : ILEX
42
Hymn start : TEDEUM
43
Hams it up : EMOTES
45
"Whether near to me ___" : ORFAR
46
Parseghian et al. : ARAS
47
Gulp down : BOLT
48
Woodwind : OBOE
49
Tailless rodent : PACA
50
Notion: Prefix : IDEO
51
___ call vote : ROLL
52
Writer Gardner : ERLE
54
Three, in Rome : TRE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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