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Hugh P. Holland
Hugh P. Holland

New York Times, Wednesday, September 1, 1976

41-Down : Kitten

Author:
Hugh P. Holland
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Hugh P. Holland has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,881
Across
1
Busy creatures : ANTS
5
Sour : ACERB
10
Soviet agency : TASS
14
Reiner or Carmer : CARL
15
Mushroom : MOREL
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Can. province : ALTA
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Bewildered : ASEA
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Acid prefix : AMIDO
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Tide : NEAP
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Shunners of evil : THETHREEMONKEYS
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Kind of rule : MOB
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Candlenut tree : AMA
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Shoe molds : LASTS
29
Grain beard : AWN
31
Gay ___ : PAREE
36
Movie dog : ASTA
37
German pronoun : ICH
38
Precisionist : PEDANT
39
Symbol of disruption : THEMONKEYWRENCH
42
Publicize : HERALD
43
Spanish town : ROA
44
Paris parent : PERE
45
McCarthy sidekick : SNERD
46
Peleg's son : REU
47
Man the tiller : STEER
48
Miss Lupino : IDA
50
Seamen's org. : NMU
52
Trifling : MONKEYINGAROUND
61
Thought: Prefix : IDEO
62
Choose : ELECT
63
Employ: Lat. : UTOR
64
Fasten : SEAL
65
Moroccan port : RABAT
66
Irish kings' home : TARA
67
Mrs. Roosevelt : SARA
68
Bounces, in Scotland : STOTS
69
Counterfeit : SHAM
Down
1
Weak as ___ : ACAT
2
Defunct auto : NASH
3
Catalpa or elm : TREE
4
Blind part : SLAT
5
Italian peak : AMARO
6
Smart retort : COMEBACK
7
Fisk's railroad : ERIE
8
American Indian : REDMAN
9
Flourish : BLOOM
10
Thinking place : TANK
11
Sheltered : ALEE
12
Restrain : STAY
13
Military trenches : SAPS
21
Initials on a limey's cap : HMS
22
Nebraska town : NAPER
25
Wood strips : LATHS
26
Colorless : ASHEN
27
Cubic measure : STERE
28
Sister of Absalom : TAMAR
30
Seeker's question : WHERE
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Adroit : ADEPT
33
Hindu title : RANEE
34
Ink, in France : ENCRE
35
Empyrean : ETHER
37
Neither Dem. nor Rep. : IND
38
Depression org. : PWA
40
Stale joke : OLDIE
41
Kitten : YOUNGCAT
46
Scold : RAILAT
47
Big ___ of Calif. : SUR
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Fabric workers : DYERS
51
Dillon et al. : MATTS
52
Muffet or America : MISS
53
Old Greek theaters : ODEA
54
Approach : NEAR
55
Caffeine nut : KOLA
56
Biblical mount : NEBO
57
Election losers : OUTS
58
Where Bryce Canyon is : UTAH
59
Ibsen character : NORA
60
Small drink : DRAM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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