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Sophie Fierman
Sophie Fierman

New York Times, Friday, August 8, 1975

Author:
Sophie Fierman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 37.9
Sophie Fierman has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,491
Across
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Cranky one : CRAB
5
Prepared a cassette : TAPED
10
Popular tourist city : ROME
14
Bean : LIMA
15
French school : ECOLE
16
Kind of doer : EVIL
17
Takes advantage of : USES
18
Take five : PAUSE
19
Visit : CALL
20
Revolutionary traitor : BENEDICTARNOLD
23
___-da (pretentious) : LADI
24
Silent : MUM
25
Kind of tiger or moon : PAPER
28
U.S. leader acquitted of treason : AARONBURR
34
Mount in Calif. : SHASTA
36
Intellect : NOUS
37
Next, in music : POI
38
"___, sorry" : OOPS
39
Storms : RAGES
41
Spick's partner : SPAN
42
Least bit : RAP
43
Parisian friend : AMIE
44
Diners : EATERS
46
Nazi broadcaster of W.W. II : AXISSALLY
49
Dissect grammatically : PARSE
50
Cereal grass : OAT
51
U.S. citizen: Abbr. : AMER
53
Norwegian traitor of W.W. II : VIDKUNQUISLING
60
Unspoiled : GOOD
61
Poultry disorders : ROUPS
62
German river : EDER
63
Feminine suffix : ETTE
64
Mary Ann Evans's pen name : ELIOT
65
Arena figure : TORO
66
Kind of streak or time : MEAN
67
Ex-champ Liston : SONNY
68
Kind of poke : SLOW
Down
1
Kind of sandwich or steak : CLUB
2
Soar : RISE
3
Hymn word : AMEN
4
Lacking foundation : BASELESS
5
Halfhearted : TEPID
6
Tropical shrub : ACACIA
7
Sulk : POUT
8
"Lohengrin" heroine : ELSA
9
Woodland rodent : DEERMOUSE
10
Change a hair style : RECOMB
11
White House room : OVAL
12
Temperate : MILD
13
House addition : ELL
21
Move suddenly : DART
22
Hebrew letters : NUNS
25
Skin disease : PSORA
26
Play ___ on (deceive) : AHOAX
27
Dandelion tufts : PAPPI
29
Show backer : ANGEL
30
Fish eggs : ROE
31
___ crust (elite) : UPPER
32
Laughs loudly : ROARS
33
Hair preparation : RINSE
35
Protective structures : ARMATURES
40
Be under the weather : AIL
41
Budding actresses : STARLETS
43
East Indian tree : ASAK
45
Tarzan's friends : APES
47
Soaked through : SODDEN
48
Southern holly : YAUPON
52
Indistinct : MISTY
53
Go to the polls : VOTE
54
Particle : IOTA
55
___ contendere : NOLO
56
A Dionne, for short : QUIN
57
Object of admiration : IDOL
58
Roman emperor : NERO
59
"How does your garden ___?" : GROW
60
Jewel : GEM

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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