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Janke
Janke

New York Times, Tuesday, September 18, 1979

55-Down : She wrote "Seven Women": 1977

Author:
Janke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Janke has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,906
Across
1
Item purchased at Reno : CHIP
5
Essayist : LAMB
9
"I ___ the Craziest Dream," 1942 song : HAD
12
Ike, to Mac: 1930's : AIDE
13
Straight-laced : SOBER
14
Alone : SOLO
15
Island or terrier : SKYE
16
Menace in India : COBRA
17
Old Mexican coin : TLAC
18
"Catch-22" author : HELLER
20
Spell-caster : EVILEYE
22
Morning reception : LEVEE
24
Express contempt : SNEER
25
Connectives for Cato or Corneille : ETS
27
Of air or gases: Comb. form : AERO
29
Herod's niece : SALOME
32
To and ___ : FRO
33
Row : SCRAP
35
Trucking rigs : SEMIS
36
Powerless floater : RAFT
38
Bunk : HOKUM
40
Declaim : RANT
41
___ John, singer from Middlesex : ELTON
43
Clean the floor again : REMOP
45
Prefix with classic or Platonic : NEO
46
Composer Gustav : MAHLER
48
Space org. : NASA
49
Seers have it : ESP
50
Inventor Howe : ELIAS
52
___ und Drang : STURM
54
Comedian for whom Carson once wrote jokes : SKELTON
56
Juliet or Jessica : ELOPER
59
Agitate : STIR
60
Small groups : TRIOS
62
Short hair : PILE
63
Bills : TENS
64
Word with press or travel : AGENT
65
Toledo's lake : ERIE
66
Part of G.B. : ENG
67
Rudolph's rubicund feature : NOSE
68
Ornamental stamp : SEAL
Down
1
Word with carry : CASH
2
Scoutmaster's suggestion : HIKE
3
Notable series of narrative poems : IDYLLSOFTHEKING
4
Contemporary of Shakespeare : PEELE
5
Old card game : LOO
6
Secular ecclesiastic of France : ABBE
7
Griffin et al. : MERVS
8
Sheer intellect : BRAINS
9
A realm of the Hapsburgs : HOLYROMANEMPIRE
10
Wings for Amor : ALAE
11
Brother of Bashful : DOC
13
Tire sound : SCREECH
14
Super Bowl player in 1979 : STEELER
19
A Perón and a Gabor : EVAS
21
Pastures : LEAS
23
Fault : ERROR
25
Zimbalist : EFREM
26
"The flowers that bloom in the spring, ___" : TRALA
28
Kind of bucket : OAKEN
30
Where adits are : MINES
31
Bar legally : ESTOP
34
Cougars : PUMAS
37
Dogs that decoy ducks : TOLLERS
39
"Hostess with the ___" : MOSTEST
42
Playwright Simon : NEIL
44
Vintner Masson : PAUL
47
Caner's material : RATTAN
51
A source of sugar and syrup : SORGO
53
On the ___ (in trouble) : ROPES
54
Carbine : STEN
55
She wrote "Seven Women": 1977 : NIES
57
See 5 Across : ELIA
58
Lively dance : REEL
59
___-Anne-d'Auray, French resort : STE
61
Número uno : ONE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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