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Victor Goldfarb
Victor Goldfarb

New York Times, Monday, August 26, 1974

47-Down : Draws a bead on

Author:
Victor Goldfarb
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Victor Goldfarb has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,144
Across
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Chums : PALS
5
Sky bear : URSA
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Accessories for a cowboy : SPURS
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"Pretty maids all in ___" : AROW
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Material for a hat : FELT
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Palmer : ARNIE
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Neighbor of Honduras : NICARAGUA
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Savoir-faire : POISE
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"Uncle Tom" girl : ELIZA
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College study : ARTS
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Type of gun : STEN
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Steel beam : IBAR
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Kilmer poem : TREES
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Neighbor of Wales : IRELAND
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___ Juana : TIA
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French form of boxing : SAVATE
33
Sports-schedule listing : HOMEGAME
38
Govt. agent : TMAN
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Certain, in France : COURU
41
Military group : UNIT
42
Gave the teacher the homework : HANDEDIN
44
Put aboard cargo : LOADIN
46
Serling : ROD
47
Neighbor of Italy : AUSTRIA
48
Finishing kick : SPURT
51
Man, for example : ISLE
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Famous Cardinal : STAN
53
Old Asian land : ELAM
56
Gives out : EMITS
60
Short and pithy : TERSE
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Neighbor of New Guinea : AUSTRALIA
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Potent beam : LASER
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Depots: Abbr. : STAS
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Partner of lease : LEND
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Creator of Lefty : ODETS
68
What to do with a barge : TOTE
69
African fox : ASSE
Down
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Sheet of stamps : PANE
2
Seed covering : ARIL
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Places : LOCI
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Neighbor of Mozambique : SWAZILAND
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Soviet city : UFA
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Concern : REGARD
7
Insult : SLUR
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Rat-___ : ATAT
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Maple-sugar source : SAP
10
Literary medium : PROSE
11
Combine : UNITE
12
Gets up : RISES
13
Observed : SEEN
18
Neighbor of Casablanca : RABAT
22
Incitement : STIMULUS
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Speaker's warm-up, often : ANECDOTE
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Girl's name : RAE
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Narrow land strip: Abbr. : ISTH
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Hindu incarnation : RAMA
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Writer Hunter : EVAN
31
High ___ : TOR
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Follower of Attila : HUN
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Neighbor of Mexico : GUATEMALA
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Male: Prefix : ANDR
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Roman 1003 : MIII
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Heater : ETNA
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Suffix for anthrop : OID
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Go astray : ERR
45
Canadian physician : OSLER
47
Draws a bead on : AIMSAT
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Advantage : STEAD
49
Do grammar work : PARSE
50
Like some gems : UNSET
52
French city : STLO
54
Shoemaker's need : LAST
55
Nader subject : AUTO
57
De France and others : ILES
58
Cans : TINS
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Author of "Justine" : SADE
61
Pause fillers : ERS
63
Part of Mao's name : TSE

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

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