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Marie West
Marie West

New York Times, Wednesday, December 25, 1974

Author:
Marie West
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Marie West has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,265
Across
1
Credit ___ : CARD
5
River to the Aare : SAANE
10
Gad : ROAM
14
Woodwind : OBOE
15
Community charcater : ETHOS
16
Lamb : ELIA
17
Splurge : GOOFFTHEDEEPEND
20
Total : SUM
21
Articles : ITEMS
22
Fashion : VOGUE
23
Ever's partner : ANON
24
___ Moines : DES
25
Splurges : SPENDSALLONEHAS
33
Presley : ELVIS
34
Charged atoms : IONS
35
Shade tree : ELM
36
Fence : RAIL
37
Conduits : DUCTS
39
Dancer's knee-bend : PLIE
40
Business abbr. : INC
41
Custody : CARE
42
Evergreen shrub : SALAL
43
Splurge : NOTCOUNTTHECOST
47
Summon a genie : RUB
48
Thousands of years : EONS
49
Famous fur trader : ASTOR
52
Head area : SINUS
54
Stir : ADO
57
Splurging : SHOOTINGONESWAD
60
Partner of beans : PORK
61
Viking's milieu : FIORD
62
Western pal : PARD
63
Heirs : SONS
64
"___ moi le ... " : APRES
65
Votes : AYES
Down
1
Gear teeth : COGS
2
Ben Adhem : ABOU
3
Space : ROOM
4
Dict. listing : DEF
5
Fights : SETTOS
6
Goddess of wisdom : ATHENA
7
Attention getter : AHEM
8
Signifies assent : NODS
9
Wind direction : ESE
10
Change a model's stance : REPOSE
11
Cassini : OLEG
12
Japanese native : AINU
13
Constructed : MADE
18
Ascertains : FINDS
19
Levels off : EVENS
23
Indigo : ANIL
24
Puts on : DONS
25
Finch : SERIN
26
Flatly: Prefix : PLANO
27
Dispossess : EVICT
28
Lawful: Lat. : LICET
29
Fortune : LOT
30
Greeting : HELLO
31
"___ Jimmy Valentine" : ALIAS
32
Food fish : SMELT
37
Paint unskillfully : DAUB
38
Samovar : URN
39
Moccasins : PACS
41
Tennis area : COURT
42
Meaning : SENSE
44
Swindlers : CROOKS
45
Caruso, in Milan : TENORE
46
Pesters : HOUNDS
49
Vipers : ASPS
50
Go away! : SHOO
51
" ... tattered and ___" : TORN
52
Insignificant one : SNIP
53
Stravinsky : IGOR
54
Not at home : AWAY
55
Venture : DARE
56
Advantage : ODDS
58
"___ body meet ... " : IFA
59
Health resort : SPA

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

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