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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Wednesday, December 8, 1976

55-Down : Beast

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,979
Across
1
Calif. wine area : NAPA
5
Gordon : FLASH
10
Mandrill : APE
13
Counts : ENUMERATES
15
French marshal : SAXE
17
Stimulus : MOTIVATINGFORCE
19
Pacific mackerel : ONO
20
In ___ (disordered) : AMESS
21
Before : UNTIL
22
Part of a cow : UDDER
24
Upright : ERECT
25
European measure : METRE
27
Taro : EDDO
29
Poetic contraction : OER
31
Pilasters : ANTAS
32
Playbill, in London : PROGRAMME
34
Pack : STOW
35
Gruff : SURLY
36
Graf ___ : SPEE
37
Popular official stamp : TOPSECRET
39
___ for (permit) : STAND
40
Wee, in Scotland : SMA
41
Meter ___ : MAID
42
Slacks : PANTS
43
Award : OSCAR
45
Stew : WORRY
47
Asian mountains : ALTAI
48
Lawyer's concern : ALIBI
50
Kind of horse : WAR
53
Card game : DOUBLESOLITAIRE
56
Farming prefix : AGRO
57
Proven over a long period : TIMETESTED
58
Still : YET
59
Two of these are better : HEADS
60
Scat! : SHOO
Down
1
Verne character : NEMO
2
Presently : ANON
3
Retired : PUTOUTTOPASTURE
4
Parisian friend : AMI
5
Trumped-up charge : FRAME
6
Subsequently : LATER
7
Philippine natives : ATIS
8
Members of Cong. : SENS
9
Ghetto need: Abbr. : HSG
10
Unanimously : ASONE
11
Separate : PARTCOMPANYWITH
12
To-do : EXCITEMENT
14
Dodges : EVADES
16
Smoked delicacy : EEL
18
Rage : FUROR
23
Sketches : DRAWS
24
Skittish : EDGY
25
Spars : MASTS
26
Bug field : ENTOMOLOGY
27
Booted one : ERRED
28
Stupid one : DOLT
30
Marsh growths : REEDS
32
Hindu pilgrimage center : PURI
33
"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
35
Surgeon's concern : SCAR
38
Greenish blue : EMAIL
39
Elf : SPRITE
44
English explorer : CABOT
45
Enticed : WILED
46
Newspaper pieces : OBITS
47
Oklahoma city : ADA
48
Continent, to French : ASIE
49
Hill of Southwest : LOMA
51
Mars: Prefix : AREO
52
Furnish anew : REDO
54
Biblical word ending : ETH
55
Beast : ASS

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

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