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Carl H. Winston
Carl H. Winston

New York Times, Monday, January 21, 1974

52-Down : Early land holding

Author:
Carl H. Winston
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Carl H. Winston has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,927
Across
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Smeltery leavings : SLAG
5
Pillages : LOOTS
10
Carry on : WAGE
14
Kangaroo feature : TAIL
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___ nous : ENTRE
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Hamilton, for short : ALEX
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Strong hint : INDICATION
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Straight : NEAT
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Observed the seventh day : RESTED
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Anti-fly weapons : SWATTERS
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Asian weight : TAEL
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Old promenade : STOA
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German china city : DRESDEN
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Shade of pale green : ONDINE
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Poet Marianne : MOORE
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Isle of romance : CAPRI
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Relative : SON
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Responsibility : ONUS
38
Slip-ons : SHOES
39
Lump : CLOD
40
Scottish explorer : RAE
41
Musical subject : THEMA
42
Fontaine and Crawford : JOANS
43
Dempsey's successor : TUNNEY
45
Welcome words from a bartender : ITSONME
47
Slippery ones : EELS
49
Slash : SLIT
50
Result of power shortage : BROWNOUT
54
Make improvements : ENRICH
58
Opera role : AIDA
59
In a praiseworthy way : CREDITABLY
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Souvenir of a fracas : SCAR
62
Movie light : KLIEG
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Attired : CLAD
64
Polio name : SALK
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Slender one : SYLPH
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Newcastle's river : TYNE
Down
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Move slightly : STIR
2
Bowling area : LANE
3
Lends support : AIDS
4
Sparkles : GLITTERS
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Spaced out, as newspaper lines : LEADED
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Can. province : ONT
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Bustard genus : OTIS
8
Believes, old style : TROWS
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Son of 43 Across et al. : SENATORS
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Classified item : WANTAD
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On the safer side : ALEE
12
Equipment : GEAR
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Phone adjuncts: Abbr. : EXTS
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___ fire : CEASE
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Little Antoinette : TONI
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Milk, in Madrid : LECHE
26
Vienna's river, to natives : DONAU
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City on the Seine : ROUEN
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Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
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Eastern faith : ISLAM
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"___ but you" : NOONE
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Goals : ENDS
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Sahl : MORT
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Fuels : PEATS
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Shakespearean man and others : SHYLOCKS
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Shrink : CONTRACT
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___ age : TEEN
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Clip ___ : JOINT
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Neighbor of New York : NEWARK
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Vehicle : SLEIGH
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Bad-tempered : SURLY
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Type of voice : BASS
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Wealthy: Sp. : RICA
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Early land holding : ODAL
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Linden tree : TEIL
55
Adverbial suffix : IBLY
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Social unit : CLAN
57
Stevenson's Mr. : HYDE
60
Travel-board abbr. : DEP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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