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Betty Leary
Betty Leary

New York Times, Thursday, May 18, 1967

Author:
Betty Leary
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { H J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 10.0
Betty Leary has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,487
Across
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Catching ailment. : FLU
4
City on the Rhine. : BASLE
9
Grief: Poet. : DOLOR
14
Japanese coin. : RIN
15
Popular poet. : RILEY
16
Shade of green. : OLIVE
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Poorly cooked. : UNDERDONE
19
S-curves. : OGEES
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The same: Lat. : IDEM
21
Possessive pronoun. : ITS
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Begone! : AVAUNT
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People of Phoenicia. : TYRIANS
25
Cinnabar. : ORE
26
Small eel: Dial. : SNIG
27
Catch up to. : OVERTAKE
32
Clan symbol. : TOTEM
34
Arabian trouble spot. : ADEN
35
O.T. book: Abbr. : OBAD
36
"___ For All Seasons." : AMAN
37
Coquette. : FLIRT
38
Overextended. : LONG
39
Seat or bench: Fr. : BANC
40
Maid. : LASS
41
Resort on Lake Geneva. : VEVEY
42
Play with too great restraint. : UNDERACT
44
Not well-done. : RARE
45
Boat. : ARK
46
Altar shelf. : RETABLE
49
Fencing position. : QUARTE
53
Hill, in South Africa. : KOP
54
Black: Fr. : NOIR
55
Overturn. : UPSET
56
Enter into or upon. : UNDERTAKE
58
Make reparation. : ATONE
59
Large net. : SEINE
60
Acknowledgment: Abbr. : REC
61
Philanthropist. : DONOR
62
Wagnerian role. : SENTA
63
Summer time: Abbr. : DST
Down
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Dates. : FRUIT
2
Famous nickname of 1927. : LINDY
3
Perceive clearly. : UNDERSTAND
4
Chilly sound. : BRR
5
Befriending. : AIDING
6
Where the money goes. : SLOTS
7
Monocle. : LENS
8
Look. : EYE
9
Redecorate. : DOOVER
10
Girl's name. : OLGA
11
In ___ of. : LIEU
12
Kitchen equipment. : OVEN
13
Be tranquil. : REST
18
Lofty place or thing. : EMINENCE
22
Negative verbal contraction. : ARENT
24
Goal. : AIM
25
Passes above: Poet. : OVERS
27
Type of poet. : ODIST
28
Forebearing. : TOLERANT
29
Honest. : ABOVEBOARD
30
"Citizen ___." : KANE
31
Irritable. : EDGY
32
Forbidden. : TABU
33
Part of Arabia. : OMAN
34
Alas and ___! : ALACK
37
Brief blaze. : FLARE
41
Large tank. : VAT
43
Cat or terrier. : RATTER
44
Feel remorse. : REPENT
46
French sculptor. : RODIN
47
Pleasures. : LIKES
48
Upright. : ERECT
49
Campus area, for short. : QUAD
50
Occupied with. : UPTO
51
"Unto us ___ is born." : ASON
52
Major at Little Big Horn, 1876. : RENO
53
Joint. : KNEE
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Seagoing initials. : USS
57
Govt. agency. : REA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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