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Bill Scollon
Bill Scollon

New York Times, Wednesday, August 21, 1974

Author:
Bill Scollon
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 26.3
Bill Scollon has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,139
Across
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Letters on a transistor : AMFM
5
Matured : AGED
9
Explorer Johnson et al. : OSAS
13
Ibsen character : NORA
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Streamlined : SLEEK
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Seaweed : KELP
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Stern : DOUR
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Images : IDOLS
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U. S. Indian : ERIE
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Petty perfectionists : STICKLERS
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Poet Heinrich : HEINE
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Crowd : THRONG
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Buffeted : CUFFED
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Roman 1103 : MCIII
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Miss Simon of films : SIMONE
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Tire and leg items : IRONS
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Relative : AUNT
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___ carte : ALA
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Sounded : RANG
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Fast and frozen items : FOODS
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Certain billing : STAR
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Out of date: Abbr. : OBS
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Broad smile : GRIN
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Mississippi region : DELTA
40
Kingly domains : REALMS
42
Menotti boy : AMAHL
43
Praline ingredients : PECANS
46
Sycophant : YESMAN
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Writer Hoffer et al. : ERICS
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Instilled deeply : IMPLANTED
52
One opposed : ANTI
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Dispatch boat : AVISO
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Storied home near 30 Down : TARA
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Hundred, in Spain : CIEN
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Province of Can. : MANIT
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Operatic prince : IGOR
58
"The buck stops ___" : HERE
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Partners of odds : ENDS
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Type of load or study : CASE
Down
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Companions of ifs and buts : ANDS
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Debatable : MOOT
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Realizations : FRUITIONS
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"While we were ___ through ... " : MARCHING
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Suitor John et al. : ALDENS
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Song for Scarlett : GEORGIAONMYMIND
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Fish for jellying : EELS
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Playing-card units: Abbr. : DKS
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"His Majesty ___" (Lancaster film) : OKEEFE
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Letter stroke : SERIF
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Dress style : ALINE
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Celerity : SPEED
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Farm unit : SILO
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Malay dagger: Var. : KRIS
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Look for : HUNT
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Bamboozles : CONS
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Painter Joan : MIRO
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Stone or horseshoe : CRAB
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Rainy-day footing : MUD
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City near Stone Mountain : ATLANTAGA
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Wood strip : LATH
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Russian sea : ARAL
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Lippi and Angelico : FRAS
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Peanut by-product : OIL
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Of word meanings : SEMANTIC
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Grant and Lee: Abbr. : GENS
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Spanish lady : DAMA
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French dramatist : RACINE
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Toxic condition : SEPSIS
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Fruit : PEACH
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Ford or Pyle : ERNIE
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One who quotes : CITER
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Reno machine : SLOT
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___ the Terrible : IVAN
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Love god : EROS
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Venture : DARE
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French soul : AME

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

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