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Ben Finn
Ben Finn

New York Times, Thursday, February 24, 1977

Author:
Ben Finn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.47, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 14.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Ben Finn has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,057
Across
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Flightless birds : EMUS
5
Salmon or steeple : CHASE
10
Math branch : TRIG
14
One of the tenses : PAST
15
Moss and namesakes : HARTS
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Heavenly wear : HALO
17
Roman way : ITER
18
Steinbeck people : OKIES
19
Russian sea : AZOV
20
Music by Rodgers : CAROUSELWALTZ
23
___-med : PRE
24
Peer at : EYE
25
Ship's petty officer : BOSN
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Hatter or money : MAD
29
Treaty city of 1814 : GHENT
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Fleming : IAN
35
L.A. athlete : RAM
36
Water drainers : SIEVES
37
Music by Rodgers : THELADYISATRAMP
41
Scatters : STREWS
42
Weight : TON
43
___ Passos : DOS
44
Yoga posture : ASANA
45
Parallel word: Abbr. : SYN
46
U.S. Indians : UTES
48
Holy ___ : SEE
50
Bit of French land : ILE
51
Music by Rodgers : JOHNNYONENOTE
58
Projecting rock : CRAG
60
___ time (formerly) : ATONE
61
Kind of race : DRAG
62
Play an "it" game : HIDE
63
Hostility's end : TRUCE
64
Pacific root : TARO
65
Sword : EPEE
66
Fictional Jane and family : EYRES
67
Cheers : OLES
Down
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"Odyssey," for one : EPIC
2
Hari : MATA
3
Customer : USER
4
Barbers' items : STROPS
5
Elected : CHOSE
6
Codlike fish : HAKE
7
Seed cover : ARIL
8
Besotted : STEWED
9
Lamb's forte : ESSAY
10
"All ___ jazz" : THAT
11
Heckle : RAZZ
12
U.N. agency : ILO
13
Certain exec. : GOV
21
Keats's was Grecian : URN
22
On the level : LEGIT
25
Thai coins : BAHTS
26
Burdens, to Caesar : ONERA
27
Elaine or come-what : MAY
28
Friendship : AMITY
30
Part of H.R.H. : HER
31
Get away : EVADE
32
Verne captain et al. : NEMOS
33
Recipe units: Abbr. : TSPS
34
"___ long way to ... " : ITSA
35
Highways: Abbr. : RDS
36
___ Remo : SAN
38
Writer Deighton : LEN
39
Flooded : AWASH
40
Family member : SON
45
One on watch : SENTRY
46
Rubber tree : ULE
47
Be disposed : TENDTO
49
Growing out : ENATE
50
Arrow poisons : INEES
51
Gemstone : JADE
52
Curved molding : OGEE
53
"It's ___ turn" : YOUR
54
"___ more unto the breach" : ONCE
55
Exam : ORAL
56
Weed : TARE
57
Conceits : EGOS
58
Who, in Naples : CHE
59
Tear : RIP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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