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Norton Rhoades
Norton Rhoades

New York Times, Thursday, August 3, 1967

44-Down : Clever.

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,564
Across
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Takes one's ease. : SITS
5
Took a dip. : SWAM
9
Old-maidish. : PRIM
13
Eerie sound. : HOOT
14
Griddlecake: Sp. : AREPA
15
Purposeful conversation. : LINE
16
Unique. : ONEANDONLY
18
Chronic dissenter. : ANTI
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Type of art work. : PASTEL
20
Trust in. : DEPENDON
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Iris part. : UVEA
24
Former times (with "of"). : YORE
25
Hangs around. : LOITERS
28
Most up to date. : LATEST
32
Judge's command. : ORDER
33
TV reruns. : TAPES
36
Troy, N.Y. school. : RPI
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Cheers. : OLES
38
Beverages. : SODAS
39
Type of river: Abbr. : TRIB
40
Hawaiian acacia tree : KOA
41
Home sites. : ACRES
42
Came to life. : AWOKE
43
Big party: Slang. : SPLASH
45
Small stand. : TABORET
47
Portico. : STOA
49
To me: Fr. : AMOI
50
Good odds. : TENTOONE
54
Natural. : INNATE
58
___ ben Adhem. : ABOU
59
Children. : LITTLEONES
61
Tense. : TAUT
62
"___ Mio." : OSOLE
63
State: Abbr. : NDAK
64
British princess. : ANNE
65
Low peaty places. : FENS
66
Parts of pitchers. : EARS
Down
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Boutique. : SHOP
2
Hebrides isle. : IONA
3
"Ten little ___." : TOES
4
Laws. : STATUTES
5
B'way sign. : SRO
6
Make one's way. : WEND
7
Marquand's George. : APLEY
8
Playtime posts. : MAYPOLES
9
Pluto, for one. : PLANET
10
Peel. : RIND
11
Preposition. : INTO
12
German possessive. : MEIN
14
Stella of the stage. : ADLER
17
At no time. : NEVER
21
Noteworthy times. : ERAS
23
John Jacob. : ASTOR
25
Personal appearances. : LOOKS
26
Lower deck. : ORLOP
27
Just right. : IDEAL
29
Box-score item. : ERROR
30
Type of heel. : SPIKE
31
High land. : TIBET
34
Hoosier George. : ADE
35
Ravioli. : PASTA
38
___ thought. : SCHOOLOF
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Double. : TWOINONE
41
About. : ASTO
42
One of a poetic trio. : ABONE
44
Clever. : ASTUTE
46
Out by ___. : AMILE
48
Herb. : ANISE
50
Bye-bye. : TATA
51
Diplomat Abba. : EBAN
52
Part of speech. : NOUN
53
Tie or jacket. : ETON
55
Six ___ half. : ANDA
56
Violent rush. : TEAR
57
Some Alaskans: Abbr. : ESKS
60
Chinese money: Abbr. : TLS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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