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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Friday, August 4, 1967

40-Down : Puns' partners.

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { V Z }, Scrabble score: 322 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, 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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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,565
Across
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Wine region of France. : ANJOU
6
Syria's neighbor. : IRAQ
10
Silly. : DAFT
14
Rains. : POURS
15
Brian of Erin. : BORU
16
State. : OHIO
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Indian chief. : RAJAH
18
Partly: Prefix. : SEMI
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Coed. : GIRL
20
Sleep: Slang. : SHUTEYE
22
Sublime. : EXALTED
24
Galsworthy heroine. : IRENE
26
Turkish weight. : OKE
27
Agonizing struggles. : THROES
30
Become milder. : MITIGATE
35
Basset. : HOUND
36
Land of castles. : SPAIN
37
Edge. : RIM
38
Man's nickname. : RUSS
39
Alpine massif (with Mont). : BLANC
40
Not worth ___. : ARAP
41
N.Y. time. : EST
42
Machinations. : PLOTS
43
Equine sound. : SNORT
44
Old town SE of Boston. : WEYMOUTH
46
St. Lawrence, for one. : SEAWAY
47
Strummer's instrument. : UKE
48
Offspring. : YOUNG
50
Birthday feature. : PRESENT
54
Second plan. : REDRAFT
58
Smell. : REEK
59
Slangy exclamation. : OOPS
61
Places of refuge. : OASES
62
Home of Olaf V. : OSLO
63
Do, re, mi, for example. : TRIO
64
Eskimo boat. : UMIAK
65
Mythical river. : STYX
66
Vingt-___. : ETUN
67
Crowned heads of former days. : TSARS
Down
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Followers of Mars. : APRS
2
"Green Pastures" role. : NOAH
3
Charm of West Africa. : JUJU
4
Speeches. : ORATIONS
5
Escorted. : USHERED
6
Norwegian name. : IBSEN
7
Lobster coral. : ROE
8
Weapon: Fr. : ARME
9
Visionary. : QUIXOTIC
10
Type of golf hole. : DOGLEG
11
Makes ___ (is successful). : AHIT
12
Excitement. : FIRE
13
Reported. : TOLD
21
Moreover. : YES
23
Related. : AKIN
25
Fellow feeling. : EMPATHY
27
Cast. : THREW
28
Legislative body. : HOUSE
29
Out of practice. : RUSTY
31
Fleming and others. : IANS
32
Quiver item. : ARROW
33
Crown. : TIARA
34
Vacant. : EMPTY
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Kind of machine. : SLOT
39
Sad sound: Slang. : BLUENOTE
40
Puns' partners. : ANAGRAMS
42
Kind of bonnet. : POKE
43
Dispatch. : SENDOUT
45
Arctic animal. : MUSKOX
46
Woo. : SUE
49
Welles. : ORSON
50
Not tyros. : PROS
51
Remainder. : REST
52
Slithery. : EELY
53
Legal wrong. : TORT
55
One-third of the earth. : ASIA
56
Dismay. : FEAR
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Admonitory clucks. : TSKS
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More, in music. : PIU

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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