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John Prytz
John Prytz

New York Times, Tuesday, August 26, 1975

44-Down : Bestowed lavishly

Author:
John Prytz
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
John Prytz has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,509
Across
1
Commercials : ADS
4
___ up to (indicates) : ADDS
8
Barking, old style : ABAY
12
S. A. city : LIMA
14
True, in Paris : VRAI
15
Garment-center worker : SEWER
17
Bring into being : PROCREATE
19
Like some wit : SALTY
20
Famous slayer : STGEORGE
21
Nickname of 36 Across : NESSIE
22
Chinese river : TSO
23
Baltic native : LETT
24
Kind of blood or lands : BAD
27
Flimsy : TENUOUS
29
Particularly: Abbr. : ESP
32
Pudgy : OBESE
34
Normal level : PAR
35
"___ us a child ... " : UNTO
36
Elusive creature : LOCHNESSMONSTER
40
Priam's home : TROY
41
___ in ambush : LIE
42
Sluggish : INERT
43
Farm unit : STY
44
Turtle, for one : REPTILE
47
Nucleic initials : RNA
48
Corresponding : SAME
49
___ room : REC
50
Water spirit : KELPIE
53
One who makes trouble : FOMENTER
58
Tiny amount : GRAIN
59
Extinct creatures : DINOSAURS
60
French housemaid : BONNE
61
Arabian port : ADEN
62
Balkan native : SLAV
63
Origin : SEED
64
Water and trundle : BEDS
65
Viper : ASP
Down
1
Hannibal's hurdle : ALPS
2
Pay ___ : DIRT
3
Pollution ingredient : SMOG
4
Opposed to : AVERSE
5
Victim of 20 Across : DRAGON
6
Appointment : DATE
7
She, in Bonn : SIE
8
Resources : ASSETS
9
___ of burden : BEAST
10
Pointed tools : AWLS
11
Elusive creature of Tibet : YETI
13
Expert : ACE
16
Kind of bread : RYE
18
Like Hamlet's Denmark : ROTTEN
21
Nerve: Prefix : NEURO
23
Soil : LOAM
24
Sweet Alice's Ben et al. : BOLTS
25
Cut short a mission : ABORT
26
Wooden duck : DECOY
28
Surprise in sports : UPSET
29
Put on the record : ENTER
30
Austere : STERN
31
Door, in Naples : PORTA
33
Recoil : SHY
35
Service initials : USN
37
Smyrna-fig variety : ELEME
38
Auto-tread groove : SIPE
39
Relatives : NIECES
44
Bestowed lavishly : RAINED
45
___ out (smoothed) : IRONED
46
Many used cars : LEMONS
48
Part of a book cover : SPINE
50
Russian secret police : KGB
51
Love god : EROS
52
Highway division : LANE
53
Bona ___ : FIDE
54
Mil. installation : NAS
55
Russian city : TULA
56
Time periods : ERAS
57
Invitation initials : RSVP
59
Smidgen : DAB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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