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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Saturday, August 31, 1974

1-Down : Moslem beauty

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,149
Across
1
Padlock's place : HASP
5
Peninsula : GASPE
10
Air-pressure units: Abbr. : ATMS
14
___ podrida : OLLA
15
Ancient Troy : ILION
16
Chicago area : LOOP
17
Rubber trees : ULES
18
Behan autobiography : BORSTALBOY
20
Dinosaurs, e.g. : REPTILES
22
City on the Seine : ROUEN
23
Recites in a way : INTONES
24
Slow, in music : TARDO
25
Stool pigeon : RAT
26
Tarried : LOITERED
29
Author of "J'Accuse!" : ZOLA
32
Garden plant : CANNA
33
Recent: Prefix : NEO
34
Baal, for one : IDOL
35
"___ of Innocence" : SONGS
36
Mindanao native : MORO
37
Seagoing: Abbr. : NAV
38
Star in Virgo : SPICA
39
Bit : ATOM
40
Cat or cheese : CHESHIRE
42
Not civ. : MIL
44
Diving birds : LOONS
45
Recorded again : RETAPED
49
Poet Thomas : DYLAN
50
Turtle's shell : CARAPACE
51
Expurgate : BOWDLERIZE
53
Register : ROLL
54
Dies ___ : IRAE
55
News sections : ROTOS
56
Norwegian king : OLAF
57
Region: Abbr. : TERR
58
Horse sound : SNORT
59
English P.M. : PITT
Down
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Moslem beauty : HOURI
2
Ethan : ALLEN
3
Dozed : SLEPT
4
Beethoven's Sixth : PASTORAL
5
Gravy ingredient : GIBLET
6
Agalloch : ALOES
7
Knights : SIRS
8
Grammar case: Abbr. : POS
9
Climbs aboard : ENTRAINS
10
Refer to : ALLUDE
11
Start of a soliloquy : TOBEORNOT
12
Apollo's target : MOON
13
Cooper character : SPY
19
Heart link : AORTA
21
"___ Monastery Garden" : INA
24
Pacific islands : TONGA
26
Spear : LANCE
27
Saarinen : EERO
28
Condemn : DOOM
29
Galvanizing agent : ZINC
30
Turkish chamber: Var. : ODAH
31
"Oh What a ___" : LOVELYWAR
32
Coconut fibers : COIRS
35
Fishing lures : SPINNERS
36
Sheridan's Mrs. : MALAPROP
38
School of fish : SHOAL
41
Alloy used to join metals : SOLDER
42
Least : MEREST
43
P. I. native : ITA
45
Kind of clam : RAZOR
46
Phila. suburb : PAOLI
47
Brilliance : ECLAT
48
Pottery center : DELFT
49
Schary : DORE
50
Summon: Lat. : CITO
51
Took the bait : BIT
52
Rum: Sp. : RON

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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