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Ruth Lake Tepper
Ruth Lake Tepper

New York Times, Wednesday, June 6, 1979

Author:
Ruth Lake Tepper
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 54, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.7
Ruth Lake Tepper has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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Q
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J
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G
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W
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A
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K
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H
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K
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B
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O
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,802
Across
1
Pays homage to : HONORS
7
Pan or rap : SLAM
11
Mind measurements : IQS
14
It may be Western or Spanish : OMELET
15
Leslie Caron role: 1953 : LILI
16
Kook's cousin : NUT
17
George Washington, for one : BRIDGE
18
Picnic spread : EATS
19
Half a score : TEN
20
Pakistani region : SIND
21
"___ art thou Romeo?" : WHEREFORE
24
Start : ONSET
26
Kind of horse or man : IRON
27
Gobel, in Granada : JORGE
30
Deny : NEGATE
33
O'Neill's "The Hairy ___" : APE
34
Guard : WARDER
36
Web-footed diving birds : AUKS
40
In a crude way : CRASSLY
42
Submits : HANDSIN
44
___ Rote of football fame : KYLE
45
___-camp : AIDEDE
47
Chemical suffix : ENE
48
Town on L.I. Sound : DARIEN
50
Columbo carries one : BADGE
52
Court cry : OYEZ
54
Chekhov : ANTON
56
Polaris : NORTHSTAR
59
Spunky : GAME
63
___ canto : BEL
64
Apiece : EACH
65
Irregular : UNEVEN
67
Octopus defense : INK
68
Bludgeon : CLUB
69
Fine wool : MERINO
70
Drilling expert: Abbr. : DDS
71
Unspecified number : SOME
72
Annie Oakleys : PASSES
Down
1
Fireplace parts : HOBS
2
A king of Israel : OMRI
3
Herr's refusal : NEIN
4
Stephen Foster's "___ Tray" : OLDDOG
5
Ordinance: Abbr. : REG
6
Frets : STEWS
7
Relative of hailed : SLEETED
8
Mythomaniac : LIAR
9
Old man, in Mecklenburg : ALTE
10
Fish out of water : MISFIT
11
Preface, for short : INTRO
12
Kind of olive or crab : QUEEN
13
R.R. depot : STN
22
First of the Plantagenet kings : HENRYII
23
Mt. Ida maiden : OREAD
25
Tidings : NEWS
27
Mazuma : JACK
28
Grand Ole ___ : OPRY
29
Authentic : REAL
31
Place of torment : GEHENNA
32
City in Rumania : ARAD
35
Winged : ALAR
37
Secondhand : USED
38
Kind of cobra or crab : KING
39
Dirk of yore : SNEE
41
Passover feast : SEDER
43
Biblical mountain : NEBO
46
"___ not proud ... ": Donne : DEATHBE
49
Ancient Mexicans : AZTECS
51
Enrages : ANGERS
52
Upright : ONEND
53
Egg yellows : YOLKS
55
Ruff : TRUMP
57
Aureola : HALO
58
Floating algae : SCUM
60
Rara ___ : AVIS
61
Word on Belshazzar's wall : MENE
62
Son of Seth : ENOS
63
Command : BID
66
A.F.T. rival : NEA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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