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Samalin
Samalin

New York Times, Wednesday, May 7, 1975

Author:
Samalin
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 33.4
Samalin has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,398
Across
1
Pointed end : CUSP
5
Passover event : SEDER
10
Ships' rope : STAY
14
"___ take arms against a sea ... " : ORTO
15
"___ to bury Caesar" : ICOME
16
Mr. Gardner : ERLE
17
French sky : CIEL
18
It's often spontaneous : COMBUSTION
20
Grandson of Esau : AMALEK
22
Home source of tan : SUNLAMP
23
Chess actions : MOVES
25
Small spring : SEEP
26
Wisdom : SAPIENCE
29
More unheeding : DEAFER
33
Common Latin word : AMO
34
Caravan stop : SERAI
36
Search : PROBE
37
Capitol Hill output : LAWS
39
Hog breed : DUROC
41
Playing card : TREY
42
Dutch ___ : TREAT
44
African natives : BENAS
46
Italian numeral : TRE
47
Classified : SORTED
49
Misrepresents : DISTORTS
51
___ pricing : UNIT
53
Beloved, in France : CHERI
54
Meticulous : CAREFUL
57
"Hallelujah, ___" : IMABUM
60
Sun eruption : SOLARFLARE
62
Hindu wise man : GURU
63
French roof : TOIT
64
Young eel : ELVER
65
Common Latin abbr. : ETAL
66
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
67
Scads : REAMS
68
Broker's advice : SELL
Down
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Imogene : COCA
2
Thummim's partner : URIM
3
Kind of energy : STEAMPOWER
4
Hoi ___ : POLLOI
5
Disgusted : SICKENED
6
Environmental prefix : ECO
7
Monks' titles : DOMS
8
Board a vehicle : EMBUS
9
Met, as alumni : REUNED
10
Put in reserve : SETAPART
11
Adjust, as sails : TRIM
12
Off balance : ALOP
13
Craving : YEN
19
Be dormant : SLEEP
21
Morns' counterparts : EVES
24
Do brush work : SCRUB
26
Sailors : SALTS
27
Queiroz's "Sin of Father ___" : AMARO
28
Auriculate : EARED
30
" ... not one cent ___" : FORTRIBUTE
31
German president : EBERT
32
Spanish kings : REYES
35
Style of column : IONIC
38
Oversupply a market : SATURATE
40
Dismisses with disgrace : CASHIERS
43
Possess, in Madrid : TENER
45
Stern's partner : STEM
48
"I beg to ___" : DIFFER
50
French storms : ORAGES
52
Sheer material : TULLE
54
Bills and ___ : COOS
55
Landed : ALIT
56
Pompeii covering : LAVA
58
Soviet range : URAL
59
Spice, as wine : MULL
60
Furnace tender: Abbr. : STO
61
Radiation unit : REM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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