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George Madrid
George Madrid

New York Times, Friday, August 22, 1975

Author:
George Madrid
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 54, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 60.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
George Madrid has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,505
Across
1
German pronoun : ICH
4
___ ice (be unimpressed) : CUTNO
9
Perplexed : ATSEA
14
Scottish explorer : RAE
15
"___ by land, and ... " : ONEIF
16
Front-porch vistas : LAWNS
17
Start of tourist's cliché : ITSANICEPLACETO
20
Yearn strongly for : STARVE
21
Inlet : RIA
22
Stone monument: Var. : KARN
23
Tax, in Britain : CESS
25
Israeli signature : GMEIR
27
German road : BAHN
29
Coin of old Rome : AES
31
Salamander : NEWT
33
More of 17 Across : VISITBUT
35
Clever : ADROIT
37
Savings abbr. : INT
38
Mistreats : ILLUSES
40
Chemical initials : RNA
41
Certain aper : PARROT
43
More of 17 Across : IWOULDNT
45
Diving bird : LOON
46
Youth org. : BSA
47
Flower : POSY
48
Tribe of Sudan : MOSGU
50
South Pacific boat : PROA
52
State: Abbr. : ALAS
54
Table scrap : ORT
56
Dupe into danger : ENTRAP
60
End of 17 Across : WANTTOLIVETHERE
63
Talk-show host : EMCEE
64
Plow, to Goya : ARADO
65
Quantity: Abbr. : AMT
66
Town in Penna. : SAYRE
67
Benchley sex-life subject : POLYP
68
River at Ghent : LYS
Down
1
Garden bloom : IRIS
2
Suffragist Carrie : CATT
3
"For ___ jolly good ... " : HESA
4
Bridge-bidders' aids : CONVENTIONS
5
Unicorn fish : UNIES
6
Plainclothesman, for short : TEC
7
Deny, to Zola : NIER
8
Bay ___ : OFPIGS
9
___ carte : ALA
10
More dowdy : TACKIER
11
Outgrowths of a barked shin : SWEARWORDS
12
___'acte : ENTR
13
"Unto us ___ is given" : ASON
18
Chief: Prefix : ARCHI
19
Take it on the ___ : LAM
24
Writer Bellow : SAUL
26
27
Double : BINAL
28
Star divination : ASTROMANCY
30
Small cases : ETUIS
32
Like some pianos : TINNY
33
Type of service: Abbr. : VIP
34
Sandwich order: Abbr. : BLT
35
School worker: Abbr. : AEO
36
Make lace : TAT
39
Exchange : SWAP
42
Feathered herald : ROOSTER
44
Unwilling : LOATH
46
Gunny : BURLAP
49
Sticky stuff : GOO
51
Like oboe notes : REEDY
52
Bedazzles : AWES
53
Dalai ___ : LAMA
55
Greenhorn: Var. : TIRO
57
Sincere : REAL
58
Brat or ant : ARMY
59
Sulks : PETS
61
Style of shirt : TEE
62
Type of lace : VAL

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

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