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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Saturday, January 3, 1976

36-Down : Speck

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,639
Across
1
Sunday sounds : PEALS
6
Kind of day : MOTHERS
13
Film critic and writer : REXREED
15
Go-between of a sort : ARBITER
16
Confused : UNCLEAR
17
___ pin : NEATASA
18
French cheese : BRIE
19
O.T. book : NEH
21
___ poetica : ARS
22
Realty units : LOTS
23
Egg on : GOAD
25
Dare, in Dieppe : OSER
29
Dutch town : EDE
30
Endures : LASTS
32
Urbane : SUAVE
33
Droop : SAG
34
Handhold for a hanger-on : COATTAIL
36
Button's parent : MOTHEROFPEARL
39
___ art (esthetes) : LOVERSOF
40
Nest of tables : SET
41
Side and false : STEPS
42
Following : AFTER
44
Literary monogram : RLS
47
Decades : TENS
48
Biblical name : ADER
49
"This ___ is taken" : SEAT
50
Crete, e.g.: Abbr. : ISL
52
Continent: Abbr. : EUR
54
Roof part : EAVE
55
Electric generator : MAGNETO
59
Wander aimlessly : MEANDER
61
Conspirator : ABETTOR
62
Pitchmen's spiels : PATTERS
63
Pearl White, always : HEROINE
64
Alligator and Seckel : PEARS
Down
1
Sam's friend : PENROD
2
Stir up : EXCITE
3
City on the Rhone : ARLES
4
Strasberg : LEE
5
O'Casey : SEAN
6
Irish-Sea isle : MAN
7
Mountain nymph : OREAD
8
Ski lift : TBAR
9
Attacks : HITSOUTAT
10
Greek letter : ETA
11
Legislative statement: Abbr. : RES
12
Spanish Mrs. : SRA
13
Moscow coin : RUBLE
14
Leavings : DREGS
20
Morning pick-me-up : HOTCOFFEE
24
___ now : ASOF
26
Moselle tributary : SAAR
27
Wicked : EVIL
28
Electrical unit : REL
30
Bert and family : LAHRS
31
Ripens : AGES
32
Control : STEER
33
Enters, as a room : STEPSINTO
35
Church recess : APSE
36
Speck : MOTE
37
Bakery unit : OVEN
38
Company or house : ROAD
39
Assault boat: Abbr. : LST
43
Playing card, at times : TRUMP
44
Elocutionist : READER
45
Edible seaweeds : LAVERS
46
Endings for gang and prank : STERS
48
Illinois city : ALTON
49
Actress Berger : SENTA
51
Bristle: Prefix : SETI
53
Harvest : REAP
55
Persian angel : MAH
56
Beame : ABE
57
Between Bel. and Pol. : GER
58
Neighbor of Nev. : ORE
60
Consumed : ATE

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

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