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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Wednesday, August 28, 1974

14-Down : Jargon

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,146
Across
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Husing of radio days : TED
4
"Call Me ___" : MADAM
9
Distaste : HATE
13
Syrian city, to French : ALEP
15
Area of north Brazil : AMAPA
16
Cheers : OLES
17
Money for Miss Lisi : LIRA
18
Flimsily constructed : JERRYBUILT
20
Nast creation : CARTOON
22
O. T. book : OBADIAH
23
"___ truly" : YOURS
24
Thatch grass : NETI
25
Examines books : AUDITS
27
Incomes, in France : RENTES
31
Coarse : GROSS
32
Most robust : STURDIEST
35
Gresham's or Salic : LAW
36
Kemble or Bryce : FANNY
37
Way: Abbr. : RTE
38
Embellishes : ORNAMENTS
41
Sultan's entourage : HAREM
43
Novelist Owen : WISTER
44
Fauns : SATYRS
45
Road surfaces : TARS
47
Breed of hog : DUROC
48
Grammarian's word : ANTONYM
51
"___ Arms" : ACALLTO
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Clamorous : LOUD
57
Farah's country : IRAN
58
Lost : ATSEA
59
City in France : STLO
60
Douceurs : SOPS
61
Approaches : NEARS
62
Pronoun : HER
Down
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Bath powder : TALC
2
Essay name : ELIA
3
Old ballads : DERRYDOWNS
4
Bush-leaguers' goal : MAJORS
5
Words of agreement : AMENS
6
Women's org. : DAR
7
Airport area : APRON
8
Prickly shrub : MAYBERRY
9
Famed escape artist : HOUDINI
10
Et ___ : ALII
11
Tissue, in anatomy : TELA
12
Baltic land: Abbr. : ESTH
14
Jargon : PATOIS
19
Diminished : BATED
21
On the ___ (at odds) : OUTS
25
Radiant : AGLOW
26
Arrow poison : URARI
28
Beach-robe fabric : TERRYCLOTH
29
Glyceride : ESTER
30
Flower holders : STEMS
32
___ Remo : SAN
33
Explosive : TNT
34
German pronoun : UNS
36
Charon, for one : FERRYMAN
39
Transfers, in law : ATTORNS
40
Labor leader : MEANY
41
___-kiri : HARA
42
Some islands : ATOLLS
44
For example : SUCHAS
46
Destroyed : SMOTE
47
Office machine : DATER
48
Writer Kingsley : AMIS
49
Pianist Peter : NERO
50
Kind of door : TRAP
52
Bulrush : TULE
53
Scent : ODOR
55
Campus group: Abbr. : NSA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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