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Marie West
Marie West

New York Times, Tuesday, September 21, 1976

24-Down : Brass and hard

Author:
Marie West
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Marie West has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,901
Across
1
Constellation : LIBRA
6
Show approval : CLAP
10
Spar : MAST
14
Bermuda, for one : ONION
15
Frost : HOAR
16
Peruvian : INCA
17
Lewis Mumford book : FROMTHEGROUNDUP
20
Honduran port : TELA
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Gold, in Granada : ORO
22
Originate : CREATE
23
Abbr. on a label : NTWT
25
Successor : HEIR
26
Card from a vacationer : POSTAL
29
Hint : CUE
30
Pintail duck : SMEE
34
Caper : ANTIC
35
Pals, out West : PARDS
37
Gershwin : IRA
38
Mumford book : STICKSANDSTONES
41
Container : CAN
42
Apply DDT : SPRAY
43
Spice, to Pierre : EPICE
44
Chooses : OPTS
46
Abner : LIL
47
Welcomes : GREETS
48
Musical work : OPUS
50
City on the Rhine : BONN
51
Rude one : STARER
54
Theater sign : SRO
55
Move suddenly : DART
59
Mumford book, with "The" : PENTAGONOFPOWER
62
Part of a play : ACTI
63
Composer Satie : ERIK
64
Sicilian wine : CORVO
65
"Of ___ I Sing" : THEE
66
Entry on a coin : DATE
67
Meeting : TRYST
Down
1
Golf stroke : LOFT
2
Concerning : INRE
3
School subj. : BIOL
4
Fanciful : ROMANTIC
5
Opposite of syn. : ANT
6
Fine-grained rock : CHERT
7
Trademark : LOGO
8
River to the Rhine : AAR
9
Amount cleared in a deal : PROCEEDS
10
U.M.W. members : MINERS
11
Time ___ half : ANDA
12
Rabbit's tail : SCUT
13
Ticker ___ : TAPE
18
Loud laugh : HOWL
19
Swiss canton : URI
24
Brass and hard : TACKS
25
___-gurdy : HURDY
26
City near Walla Walla : PASCO
27
Ready for action : ONTAP
28
Limit : STINT
29
Erie or Panama : CANAL
31
Conical bullet : MINIE
32
Set up : ERECT
33
Lets up : EASES
35
City with well-known banks : PARIS
36
Relentless : STERN
39
Spent lavishly : SPLURGED
40
Unrestricted access : OPENDOOR
45
Sally : SORTIE
47
Make a boo-boo : GOOF
49
Vegetable : PEA
50
Sans funds : BROKE
51
Quarrel : SPAT
52
Kind of inst. : TECH
53
Word with bellum : ANTE
54
In a ___ (angry) : SNIT
56
Twisted : AWRY
57
Accelerates : REVS
58
Jog : TROT
60
A feast ___ famine : ORA
61
Agt.'s cut : PCT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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