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William A. Chambrun
William A. Chambrun

New York Times, Thursday, April 4, 1974

Author:
William A. Chambrun
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 50.5 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
William A. Chambrun has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,000
Across
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Spotted cavy : PACA
5
Like rice pudding : BLAND
10
Recent Met manager : BING
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Street show : RAREE
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Welsh John : EVAN
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Parlor diversion : TELEVISIONDRAMA
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Building extension : ELL
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Don Juan's mother : INEZ
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Kind of tube : INNER
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Kind of mission : INTER
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Fasten firmly : RIVET
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Enthusiasms : MANIAS
29
Gazelle : CORA
30
Presidential initials : HST
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Acute or right : ANGLE
34
Word with wash or storm : BRAIN
35
Poetic word : EER
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Refer to : CITE
37
Endow : BLESS
38
Legal man: Abbr. : ATTY
39
Grayish color : ASH
40
At ___ (in any case) : LEAST
41
Comes across : MEETS
42
Word for post-midnight hours : WEE
43
Kiln : OAST
44
Shoulder décor for John Silver : PARROT
45
Used up : SPENT
47
Kind of butterfly : SATYR
48
Character of a group : ETHOS
50
Fireplug attachment : HOSE
51
Chemical suffix : IDE
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Relative of a slow boat to China : CROSSCOUNTRYBUS
58
Network : RETE
59
Poe house : USHER
60
Dash : ELAN
61
Neighbor of Hung. : USSR
62
Domineering : BOSSY
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Distant: Prefix : TELE
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Meat spread : PATE
2
Son of Adam : ABEL
3
In command : CALLINGTHESHOTS
4
Peer Gynt's mother : ASE
5
Sea waters : BRINES
6
Kind of beam : LASER
7
Tempe's state: Abbr. : ARIZ
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Recent: Prefix : NEO
9
Room : DEN
10
Swiss city : BERNE
11
Famed despot : IVANTHETERRIBLE
12
Reputation : NAME
13
Snarl : GNAR
18
Short life-sketches : VITAE
19
Couch : DIVAN
24
Khartoum's river : NILE
25
Prepare the turkey : ROAST
26
Rainbow : IRIS
27
Brightly-plumed bird : MACAW
28
Cordial flavor : ANISE
29
Kind of fallen : CREST
31
Bout : SETTO
32
Meeting : TRYST
34
Destroy : BLAST
37
Coffee-tree yield : BEAN
38
High nest: Var. : AERY
40
Soil deposit : LOESS
41
Latin parent : MATER
44
Baker's output : PASTRY
46
Sticky problem : POSER
47
Units of loudness : SONES
48
Pale color : ECRU
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___ bien : TRES
50
Sounds of surprise : HUHS
52
Twofold : DUAL
53
Early slave : ESNE
55
Wrigley Field player : CUB
56
Bear, in Spain : OSO
57
Nevertheless : YET

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