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Evelyn B. Rosenthal
Evelyn B. Rosenthal

New York Times, Thursday, December 9, 1976

Author:
Evelyn B. Rosenthal
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 8, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 13.3
Evelyn B. Rosenthal has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,980
Across
1
Playbill listing : CAST
5
Norwegian playwright : IBSEN
10
Clumsy boat : SCOW
14
Always : EVER
15
Spruce : NATTY
16
Sea bird : ERNE
17
Wolfe : NERO
18
See 45 Down : STATE
19
Frost or Millay : POET
20
See 58 Across : TRADE
22
Consumed : ATE
23
U.S. soldiers : GIS
24
Sixth sense: Abbr. : ESP
25
Herr's mate : FRAU
27
Uses a pencil end : ERASES
30
Arikara : REE
31
Window, in Calais : FENETRE
33
Bikini part : BRA
34
Record of a trip : LOG
35
Fuel sought offshore : OCEANOIL
37
New York, New York : WONDERFULTOWN
40
At the lower limit : MARGINAL
41
Kind of couple : ODD
42
Yore : ELD
43
Spiny anteater : ECHIDNA
45
Double curve : ESS
48
Fatty's opposite : SKINNY
50
Hobgoblin : BOGY
51
Cambridge campus : MIT
52
"Like it or ___" : NOT
53
Reina's mate : REY
54
Tops : SUPER
56
Pequod's captain : AHAB
58
Twin towers, with 20 Across and 1 Down : WORLD
60
Neighbor of 61 Across : PINE
61
Stock Exchange site, with 47 Down : WALL
62
Chips in : ANTES
63
French river : ORNE
64
Or ___ : ELSE
65
Final authority : SAYSO
66
Orderly : NEAT
Down
1
See 58 Across : CENTER
2
Disinclined : AVERSE
3
Mexican shawl : SERAPE
4
Walked on : TROD
5
Parts of yds. : INS
6
Luzon peninsula : BATAAN
7
Harbor landmark : STATUEOFLIBERTY
8
Suffix for major or luncheon : ETTE
9
U.S. humorist : NYE
10
Brown : SEPIA
11
Key weapon at Battle of Crecy : CROSSBOW
12
Seven divided by seven : ONE
13
Rainy : WET
21
Burrowing, in zoology : EFFODIENT
23
Glorious times : GREATDAYS
26
1811 to 1820 in Britain : REGENCY
27
Soon : ERELONG
28
Emerald Isle : ERIN
29
Gal of song : SAL
32
Rival of S.M.U. : TCU
34
Coat part: Abbr. : LNG
36
Gesture of approval : NOD
37
Pedestrian sign : WALK
38
Certain numbers : ORDINALS
39
Cheer : RAH
40
French possessive : MES
44
Sir Arthur Conan and family : DOYLES
45
Tall building, with 18 Across : EMPIRE
46
Yellowish-brown pigment : SIENNA
47
See 61 Across : STREET
49
Peer : NOBLE
53
Writer Barrett : RONA
55
Atop : UPON
56
Reverence : AWE
57
Prince ___ : HAL
58
Used to be : WAS
59
British award: Abbr. : DSO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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