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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Wednesday, August 25, 1976

3-Down : Tit for tat

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { F Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, 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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C
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A
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R
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P
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P
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I
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C
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O
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T
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S
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C
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A
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B
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A
B
E
L
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A
L
L
T
H
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E
S
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M
E
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J
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V
A
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T
E
E
T
O
T
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L
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R
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O
L
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N
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T
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M
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S
A
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I
R
A
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L
O
N
E
R
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B
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R
E
T
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B
I
T
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E
N
G
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E
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L
O
N
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S
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T
A
G
E
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D
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E
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P
S
E
A
T
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E
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D
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E
N
O
S
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A
S
I
S
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L
I
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S
T
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O
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C
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A
S
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S
T
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R
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K
E
H
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O
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M
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E
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C
O
L
T
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S
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O
D
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R
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N
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X
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E
R
A
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C
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R
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A
P
E
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G
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H
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N
T
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L
O
B
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A
U
N
E
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E
A
T
E
R
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O
N
A
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L
L
S
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D
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E
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S
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S
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R
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T
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M
P
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N
A
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M
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M
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S
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E
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T
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,874
Across
1
Complain : CARP
5
Embroidery loop : PICOT
10
Strike-breaker : SCAB
14
Biblical character : ABEL
15
Notwithstanding : ALLTHESAME
17
Coffee : JAVA
18
Sober one : TEETOTALER
19
Odorous : OLENT
21
Tableland : MESA
22
Gershwin : IRA
23
Hermit : LONER
24
Headwear : BERET
25
Cameo part : BIT
26
Eur. country : ENG
27
N.C. college : ELON
29
Kind of fright : STAGE
31
Entrenched : DEEPSEATED
35
Genesis character : ENOS
36
Store-counter sign : ASIS
37
Tilt : LIST
39
Edible tubers : OCAS
42
Make an impression : STRIKEHOME
47
Derby entries : COLTS
49
River to the Baltic : ODER
50
No soap : NIX
51
Age : ERA
52
Kind of hanger : CRAPE
55
Belgian port : GHENT
57
Return for Ashe : LOB
58
Old French measure : AUNE
59
Restaurant customer : EATER
60
Extensively : ONALLSIDES
64
Father : SIRE
65
___ teapot : TEMPESTINA
66
Moslem priest : IMAM
67
Depots: Abbr. : STAS
68
Bore lambs : EANED
69
Distant: Prefix : TELE
Down
1
Wheedled : CAJOLED
2
Mother-of-Pearl source : ABALONE
3
Tit for tat : REVENGE
4
Jet : PLANE
5
Stand ___ : PAT
6
Martinique, for one : ILE
7
Mild : CLEMENT
8
Playful animal : OTTER
9
"___ were the days" : THOSE
10
Senior-citizens' org. : SSA
11
Shakespearean slave : CALIBAN
12
Vespucci : AMERIGO
13
Chides : BERATES
16
___ Unis : ETATS
20
Lock : TRESS
24
Show one's vanity : BOAST
28
Hawaiian drapings : LEIS
30
Hebrew letter : TETH
32
Beyond : PAST
33
Shorten : ELIDE
34
Holland feature : DIKE
38
Suiting : SERGE
39
Cats : OCELOTS
40
Ornamental headband : CORONET
41
Mobile home : ALABAMA
43
Enticed : ROPEDIN
44
Former : ONETIME
45
Kind of water : MINERAL
46
Ultra : EXTREME
48
Climb : SCALE
53
Charlotte ___ : RUSSE
54
Santa ___ : ANITA
56
___ made (succeeds) : HASIT
61
Certain records : LPS
62
Wind dir. : ENE
63
Kind of sack : SAD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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