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Marie West
Marie West

New York Times, Friday, January 30, 1976

Author:
Marie West
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 20.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Marie West has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,666
Across
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Large rodent : PACA
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Kind of race : RELAY
10
Chew the rag : CHAT
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Major in : SPECIALIZE
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Garden fixture : HOSE
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Highway pest : SPEEDDEMON
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Football scores: Abbr. : TDS
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Rod of tennis : LAVER
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Malaccas : CANES
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College town in Kentucky : BEREA
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Hymnist Isaac : WATTS
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Did secret work : SPIED
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Tune in : DIAL
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Hops kiln : OST
31
Turner : LANA
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Get even with : AVENGE
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Cockney residence : OME
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Pie ___ : ALAMODE
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Certain payments : REBATES
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Ear or horn : TIN
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Evening star : VESPER
42
Fasting period : LENT
43
Bitter or dead : END
44
Choir voice : ALTO
45
Out of ___ (testy) : SORTS
46
Holmes's creator : DOYLE
48
Textile fiber : RAMIE
51
Adjusts to accuracy : TRUES
52
Kind of hanger : STRAP
53
Farm sound : BAA
56
Register : ROTA
57
Highway pests : TAILGATERS
59
Ben ___ Williams : AMES
60
___ the positive : ACCENTUATE
61
Saucy : PERT
62
City of India : POONA
63
Willow : ITEA
Down
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Attention-getter : PSST
2
Okayed: Abbr. : APPD
3
Letters : CEES
4
Honor card : ACE
5
Forecasting aid : RADAR
6
French pupil : ELEVE
7
Summer cooler : LIMEADE
8
Israeli town : AZOR
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Craving : YEN
10
Swindle : CHEAT
11
Highway pest : HORNTOOTER
12
Evaluation : ASSESSMENT
13
___ off (begins) : TEES
15
Wasted time : IDLED
21
One of Moses's spies : CALEB
22
Off the ___ (wrong) : BEAM
23
Mutuel transaction : WAGER
24
Schedule : SLATE
25
"Madam, I'm Adam," e.g. : PALINDROME
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Highway pest : INANDOUTER
28
Concerning : INRE
30
Tryouts : TESTS
32
Astaire : ADELE
33
Garment : VEST
36
Playing fields : OVALS
38
Lily plant : ALOE
41
Colonnade : PORTICO
45
Drink tentatively : SIPAT
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Beer ingredient : YEAST
49
Writer Michael : ARLEN
50
___ cum laude : MAGNA
51
Pitfall : TRAP
52
River in Maine : SACO
53
Pulsate : BEAT
54
Comedian Johnson : ARTE
55
Lost : ASEA
57
Wire job : TAP
58
Parson bird : TUI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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