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Edward J. O'Brien
Edward J. O'Brien

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New York Times, Sunday, May 14, 1972

Author:
Edward J. O'Brien
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 570 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 144, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 27, Grid flow: 48.8
Edward J. O'Brien has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,310
Across
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Worth ___ ransom : AKINGS
7
Ranges : SPECTRA
14
Fable : TALE
18
Custard: Sp. : NATILLA
20
Intuitions : HUNCHES
21
Aureoles : HALOS
22
Joy : ELATION
23
Glazes : ENAMELS
24
Scented : OLENT
25
Nickelodeon features : SILENTS
26
Headlight switch : DIM
27
Pallid : WAN
28
Meet : MERGE
29
"Home ___" (resort's seasonal sign) : FORTHEHOLIDAYS
32
Put on record : ENTER
33
Torpid : LOGY
34
Cries of dismay : OYS
35
Witty remark : MOT
36
Think tank? : HEADHOME
42
Fair Deal initials : HST
43
Impulse-sending devices : SENSORS
47
Dislodges : UPROOTS
48
U.N. agency: Abbr. : WHO
50
Musical group : OCTET
52
Morse code unit : DOT
53
Fall asleep : GONUMB
54
Noah's eldest : SHEM
55
Small yard : GARTH
56
Sonny and Cher, e.g. : DUO
57
Siouan : OSAGE
58
Verse: Fr. : POEME
59
Plump : OBESE
60
Embroider : SEW
61
Army surplus Quonset hut? : HOMEFROMTHEWARS
65
Vestment : ALB
68
Slices: It. : FETTE
69
"Young man with ___" : AHORN
70
Alan and Robert : ALDAS
74
Deer : ROE
75
Discuss : TREAT
76
Kipling hero and others : KIMS
77
Schulz figure : SNOOPY
78
N.C.O. : CPL
79
Strident : HARSH
80
Compass point : ENE
81
Rangoon sights : PAGODAS
82
Firmament : HEAVENS
84
Word with mark or king : EAR
86
Domestic wine? : HOMEPORT
87
Nigerian : IBO
88
Querying sounds : EHS
89
God: Lat. : DEUS
91
Mail : ARMOR
94
Where an enlisted man is quartered? : INAPRIVATEHOME
101
Miss Prentiss : PAULA
102
Round: Abbr. : CIR
103
Horace's hello : AVE
104
Plane-wing controls : ELEVONS
106
Single: Abbr. : INDIV
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"This seat ___" : ISTAKEN
109
Montalban : RICARDO
110
Left-Bank lapper : SEINE
111
Oligarch : ELITIST
112
Trimmer : NATTIER
113
Poultry : HENS
114
Opposes : RESISTS
115
Java's island group: Var. : SOENDA
Down
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Donkeys, in Paris : ANES
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Moslem leader: Var. : KALIF
3
Balbo : ITALO
4
Explosive ingredient : NITER
5
Sparkle : GLINT
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Indolence : SLOTH
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Lassie, for one : SHEDOG
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In a weak way : PUNILY
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As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
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Metric measures: Abbr. : CCM
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Baseball's "show-me" attitude : THEWAYTOGOHOME
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Passes on : RELAYS
13
Orgs. : ASSNS
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Parable subject : TALENTS
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Vigilant : ALERT
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Horse-training rope : LONGE
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Glyceride, for one : ESTER
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Namesakes of English saint : ANSELMS
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Short-order cook's theme song? : HOMEONTHERANGE
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Type of down : HOE
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Notes : DOS
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___ deadline (gets out on time) : MEETSA
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Quasimodo's creator : HUGO
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Body of poetry : EPOS
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Wild buffalo : ARNA
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Batter : DOUGH
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Atlanta stadium : HOMEOFTHEBRAVE
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N.Y.C. wagering : OTB
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William Levitt, for one : HOMEMAKER
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Disseminated : STREWN
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Ends' partner : ODDS
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Profligate : ROUE
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Store : STOW
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Deerstalker's home : WHERETHEHARTIS
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Blood: Prefix : HEMO
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Poles tossed by Scots : CABERS
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As ___ silk : SOFTAS
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Sellers and Lorre : PETERS
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City near Adige R. : MERANO
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Spare : THIN
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Sailboat : SLOOP
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Washington Sq. feature : ARCH
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Canter : LOPE
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Lugosi : BELA
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Pigeon's ancestor : DODO
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On ___ with : APAR
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Method: Abbr. : SYST
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Avuncular name : SAM
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Back door : POSTERN
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Strings : VIOLINS
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Viper : ASP
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Snail genus : HUA
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Set apart : ENISLE
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Strip : DIVEST
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Contests : EVENTS
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Imitative : APISH
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Rajah's wife : RANEE
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"Here's ___ your eye" : MUDIN
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More slippery : ICIER
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Turkish liqueurs : RAKIS
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Howe : ELIAS
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Hundred: Prefix : HECTO
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Egg-shaped : OVATE
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Yellow pigment : MORIN
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Over : ENDED
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Rail : SORA
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P.I. people : ATI

Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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