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Benson
Benson

New York Times, Saturday, April 5, 1980

Author:
Benson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 245 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Benson has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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W
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A
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N
4
D
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R
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A
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T
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A
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C
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A
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N
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D
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Y
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A
R
I
A
15
E
G
O
S
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A
W
A
R
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C
O
N
N
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N
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R
I
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R
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N
A
T
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I
O
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F
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I
S
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M
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E
N
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D
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R
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L
L
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P
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R
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E
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T
R
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D
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E
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N
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E
E
L
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R
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A
M
S
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R
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A
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C
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E
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W
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L
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C
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E
M
U
H
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A
M
M
A
D
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S
L
A
M
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E
V
E
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S
N
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P
L
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T
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C
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S
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N
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A
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R
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S
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M
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L
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M
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L
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A
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A
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B
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N
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D
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N
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T
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,106
Across
1
What Queen Mab waves : WAND
5
Pro ___ (proportionally) : RATA
9
"The ___ Man," Sammy Davis Jr. hit song : CANDY
14
Song for Leontyne Price : ARIA
15
Components of psyches : EGOS
16
Cognizant : AWARE
17
Loser to Joe Louis in 1946 : CONN
18
Blacks, in Bologna : NERI
19
Hayworth and Coolidge : RITAS
20
The Black Muslims : NATIONOFISLAM
23
Chisholm Trail town : ENID
24
Brioches : ROLLS
25
Before: Prefix : PRE
28
Part of a new car purchase, often : TRADEIN
31
Fisherman for congers : EELER
33
Morns : AMS
34
Black, e.g. : RACE
38
Black Muslims' leader : WALLACEMUHAMMAD
42
Goren's clean sweep : SLAM
43
Second person : EVE
44
Form of somniloquy : SNORE
45
Formative : PLASTIC
48
Brooke was one: Abbr. : SEN
49
Shakespearean character : ARIEL
52
Cupid : EROS
54
Black Muslim leader slain in 1965 : MALCOLMLITTLE
59
Ancient region of Asia Minor : IONIA
60
Paintings by Cassatt : OILS
61
Tip-top : AONE
63
Grinder's instrument : ORGAN
64
"It's a Sin to Tell ___" : ALIE
65
African tribesmen : IBOS
66
Requirements : NEEDS
67
Small marks : DOTS
68
Settle in cozily : NEST
Down
1
Army woman : WAC
2
Steinbeck character : ARON
3
Actress Foch : NINA
4
Alighieri : DANTE
5
Impressionist painter : RENOIR
6
Program : AGENDA
7
Tauromachy figure, in Madrid : TORO
8
Quasi : ASIF
9
Johnny or Kit : CARSON
10
"Where there's ___" : AWILL
11
Of birth : NATAL
12
Small amounts : DRAMS
13
Truckler's automatic response : YES
21
Prefix with mural : INTRA
22
Modern Celts : IRISH
25
Church parts : PEWS
26
Former Spanish coin : REAL
27
Fitzgerald or Logan : ELLA
29
Sirs' mates : DAMES
30
Australian bird : EMU
32
Popular street name : ELM
34
Successor to L.B.J. : RMN
35
Otis of the K.C. Royals : AMOS
36
"If I Didn't ___," 1939 song : CARE
37
Anthony of England : EDEN
39
Relative of a violin : CELLO
40
Actress Le Gallienne : EVA
41
Race track in Berkshire, Eng. : ASCOT
45
Pie ingredients : PECANS
46
Baldwin's "Go ___ on the Mountain" : TELLIT
47
Rainbows : IRISES
49
Love, to Carlo and Sophia : AMORE
50
Kitchen appliance : RANGE
51
Homeric work : ILIAD
53
Spoil : STAIN
55
Cargo : LOAD
56
Heller's Minderbinder : MILO
57
Part of the ear : LOBE
58
Son of Seth : ENOS
59
Charged atom : ION
62
Sum, es, ___ : EST

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

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