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Francis Huether
Francis Huether

New York Times, Thursday, July 22, 1976

Author:
Francis Huether
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 29.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Francis Huether has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,840
Across
1
Reward for a Trevi coin : WISH
5
Range of activities : ORBIT
10
Planted : SOWN
14
Contra : ANTI
15
Snare : NOOSE
16
Pelvic bones : ILIA
17
Drinker at eve : STAG
18
How Mark Spitz gets along : SWIMMINGLY
20
People with short fuses : HOTHEADS
22
Makes a court move : PLEADS
23
U.S. playwright Augustin : DALY
24
Kind of hard : BLOW
25
Counsel : ADVISE
28
Certain bus ticket : TRANSFER
32
Shore bird : REEVE
33
Feature of 1964–65 fair : PIETA
34
Before : ERE
35
Abundant source : MINE
36
Water plants : ALGAE
37
Mine vehicle : TRAM
38
Wood sorrel : OCA
39
Threat for Damocles : SWORD
40
Kind of porridge : PEASE
41
Find a new home : RELOCATE
43
Small sea extension : ARMLET
44
Chinese cooking units : WOKS
45
After L : MNOP
46
Means of approach : AVENUE
49
Mattress support : BEDSTEAD
53
Preoccupation of Washington : GOVERNMENT
55
In a casual way : IDLY
56
Caesar's street : ITER
57
Lyric Muse : ERATO
58
Light : NEON
59
French cathedral town : SENS
60
Fiber shrub : RAMIE
61
Part song : GLEE
Down
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Laundry : WASH
2
From outside : INTO
3
Law: Abbr. : STAT
4
Acapulco spectacle : HIGHDIVE
5
Reduced : ONSALE
6
Unruly : ROWDY
7
French woodland : BOIS
8
Ideology : ISM
9
Metal pattern : TEMPLATE
10
Tendons : SINEWS
11
Korbut : OLGA
12
Unruly : WILD
13
Certain votes : NAYS
19
Actress Massey : ILONA
21
Relieve : EASE
24
Livelihood : BREAD
25
Wear for Longfellow's skeleton : ARMOR
26
Thaw : DEICE
27
Corrupt : VENAL
28
French zoo animal : TIGRE
29
Wild : FERAL
30
Clear off : ERASE
31
Joined anew : REMET
33
Garden areas : PLOTS
36
Alarm clock, e.g. : AWAKENER
37
Enticing : TEMPTING
39
Search thoroughly : SCOUR
40
Some stars : PROS
42
Haves : OWNERS
43
Heel ___ : ANDTOE
45
Mind: Prefix : MENTI
46
Spartan king : AGIS
47
Use a certain machine : VOTE
48
Tied : EVEN
49
Off the ___ (erring) : BEAM
50
Noble, in Germany : EDEL
51
Lily : ALOE
52
Force unit : DYNE
54
Buchman's org. : MRA

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

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