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Rachel F. Baker
Rachel F. Baker

New York Times, Wednesday, September 20, 1967

9-Down : Dance step.

Author:
Rachel F. Baker
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Rachel F. Baker has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,612
Across
1
Fennel, for one. : HERB
5
Counterfoil. : STUB
9
Toweling. : CRASH
14
Inter ___. : ALIA
15
Either Bear, astronomically. : URSA
16
Terre ___. : HAUTE
17
Ride of a kind. : LIFT
18
Mole. : PIER
19
Kind of cake. : ANGEL
20
Printed words. : LETTERPRESS
23
Hebrew letter. : MEM
24
St. Agnes's, etc. : EVES
25
Flowers. : ASTERS
27
Crown. : DIADEM
30
Inducement: Slang. : COMEON
32
Singular. : ODD
33
Reprimand. : REBUKE
35
Octagonal sign. : STOP
38
Be in the van. : LEAD
40
Objet d'art. : CURIO
41
Hindu deity. : SIVA
42
Kind of duck. : LAME
43
Bay windows. : ORIELS
45
Shrew's cousin. : NAG
46
Forswear. : ABJURE
48
Swing. : DANGLE
50
Football player. : CENTER
52
Capital city. : OSLO
53
Experienced. : HAD
54
Body of law. : STATUTEBOOK
60
Real-estate man. : AGENT
62
Roman statesman. : CATO
63
Opera box. : LOGE
64
Song-and-dance program. : REVUE
65
Bakery employe. : ICER
66
Hebrew priest and scribe. : EZRA
67
Tendency. : TREND
68
Flat-bottomed boat. : DORY
69
Poker term. : SEES
Down
1
Assembly room. : HALL
2
Gallic name. : ELIE
3
Crack. : RIFT
4
Stood in the box. : BATTED
5
Fortas, Marshall, etc. : SUPREMECOURT
6
Weekend activities. : TRIPS
7
Consumer. : USER
8
Unadorned. : BARE
9
Dance step. : CHASSE
10
Emulated Ryun. : RAN
11
Enlarging. : AUGMENTING
12
Guide. : STEER
13
Places of control. : HELMS
21
Always. : EVER
22
Repeated excuse. : SAMEOLDSTORY
26
Turn's partner. : TOSS
27
Amusement park prize. : DOLL
28
Notion. : IDEA
29
Famous couple. : ADAMANDEVE
30
Great name in science. : CURIE
31
Steinbeck character. : OKIE
34
Scottish accent. : BURR
36
Rounded. : OVAL
37
Senate worker. : PAGE
39
National figure. : DEBT
44
Buyer's boon. : SALE
47
Joked. : JESTED
49
Aristocrats. : NOBLES
50
Mariner's guide. : CHART
51
Keen. : EAGER
52
Kind of space. : OUTER
55
Sour. : ACID
56
Fried tortilla. : TACO
57
Escape slowly. : OOZE
58
Fee-faw-fum. : OGRE
59
N. Z. parrots. : KEAS
61
Poor Clare. : NUN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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