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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Saturday, March 25, 1967

23-Across : Smooth.

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,433
Across
1
Sounds of disbelief. : PAHS
5
De ___ (anew): Lat. : NOVO
9
Set up. : ERECT
14
College course: Abbr. : ANAT
15
Genus of sheep. : OVIS
16
Pewter, for one. : ALLOY
17
TV specialty. : PANELDISCUSSION
20
One of de Gaulle's names. : ANDRE
21
French girl's name. : DIANE
22
Macaque. : APE
23
Smooth. : SATINY
25
Angler's prize. : TROUT
27
Cephalopods. : OCTOPI
29
Common mechanical device. : SPACER
33
Tree. : ASH
35
Card game. : GIN
36
Beefsteak. : TBONE
37
Hangouts. : STAMPINGGROUNDS
42
TV part. : TUNER
43
Charge. : FEE
44
"I should say ___!" : NOT
45
Flusters. : ADDLES
47
Transfix. : IMPALE
50
Way up. : STAIR
52
Ancient Jewish spice. : STACTE
55
___ king. : ALA
58
Nine: Prefix. : ENNEA
60
Dvorak. : ANTON
61
Debutante's forte. : BALLROOMDANCING
64
Giraffe's cousin. : OKAPI
65
Familiar negative. : NEIN
66
___ and anon. : EVER
67
Card game. : WHIST
68
River into the Danube. : ENNS
69
Claret and Burgundy. : REDS
Down
1
P.T.A. members: Colloq. : PAPAS
2
Pineapple: Sp. : ANANA
3
At close quarters. : HANDTOHAND
4
Spatial, in chemistry. : STERIC
5
Drowse. : NOD
6
Latin poet. : OVID
7
Sight-seers of a sort. : VISITINGFIREMEN
8
Hollywood name. : OSCAR
9
Approach: Colloq. : EASEUPTO
10
Literary initials. : RLS
11
Lamb. : ELIA
12
Confine. : COOP
13
Newcastle's river. : TYNE
18
Imparted. : LENT
19
Ones: Sp. : UNOS
24
Hindu mystic. : YOGI
26
Ban. : TABU
28
Fasten. : PIN
30
Preposition, for one. : CONNECTIVE
31
Within: Prefix. : ENDO
32
___ easy. : REST
33
Dog's name. : ASTA
34
Kind of poker. : STUD
38
Ott and others. : MELS
39
Signifying past time: Gram. : PRETERIT
40
Stone. : GEM
41
Materials. : REPS
46
In corpore ___. : SANO
48
___ end. : ATAN
49
Cavalry soldier. : LANCER
51
Hole ___. : INONE
53
Word with down or up. : TONED
54
Certain college grads: Abbr. : ENGRS
55
Take ___. : ABOW
56
100,000, as of rupees. : LAKH
57
Jai ___. : ALAI
59
Tennis score. : ADIN
62
Records. : LPS
63
Reply: Abbr. : ANS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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