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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Thursday, March 9, 1967

18-Across : Word derivation.

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,417
Across
1
Extent. : SCOPE
6
Identifying mark. : SCAR
10
Italian seaport. : BARI
14
Sultry. : HUMID
15
Hebrides island. : IONA
16
Betwixt. : AMID
17
Gladiator's milieu. : ARENA
18
Word derivation. : ETYMOLOGY
20
Bond or tie. : LIGAMENT
22
Starry. : ASTRAL
23
Bread shape. : LOAF
24
Pushover. : SNAP
26
Secret information. : TIP
27
Geometric figure. : OCTAGON
30
Cut short. : CHOP
33
Kind of recording. : STEREO
36
Biblical twin. : ESAU
38
Native of: Suffix. : OTE
39
Pepper variety. : CAYENNE
41
Take up, as a cause. : ESPOUSE
43
Yorkshire river. : URE
44
Incline. : TILT
46
Chargé d'affaires. : CONSUL
47
Inadequate. : POOR
49
City in Texas. : ABILENE
51
Golf term. : PAR
53
Egyptian god. : AMON
54
Three, in Spain. : TRES
58
Picturesque. : SCENIC
61
Meat dish. : POTROAST
63
Formal agreement. : CONCORDAT
65
Blood vessel. : AORTA
66
Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
67
Tops. : AONE
68
Express contempt. : SNEER
69
Region: Abbr. : TERR
70
Milldam. : WEIR
71
Intrinsically: Lat. : PERSE
Down
1
"___ We Dance?" : SHALL
2
Rare object. : CURIO
3
Greek letter. : OMEGA
4
Name of stage fame. : PINAFORE
5
Cheese. : EDAM
6
Earth pigment. : SIENNA
7
Country home. : COTTAGE
8
Some. : ANY
9
Hindu deity. : RAMA
10
European sea. : BALTIC
11
Shapeless. : AMORPHOUS
12
Latvian capital. : RIGA
13
Pastoral. : IDYL
19
East: Ger. : OST
21
Country on 10 Down. : ESTONIA
25
Affectation. : POSE
28
Coin. : CENT
29
Beginning to exist. : NASCENT
31
City near Kyoto. : OTSU
32
Scale off. : PEEL
33
Porgy. : SCUP
34
Edible root. : TARO
35
Something startling, as news. : EYEOPENER
37
Preposition. : UPON
40
Napoleon's principality. : ELBA
42
Unit per unit. : ONETOONE
45
Kettledrums. : TIMPANI
48
Ill will. : RANCOR
50
Marauder. : LOOTER
52
Brasilia's predecessor. : RIO
55
More tenuous. : RARER
56
___ Park. : ESTES
57
Gaze. : STARE
58
Clansman. : SCOT
59
Center. : CORE
60
Crop. : CRAW
62
Grate. : RASP
64
Cervine animal. : DOE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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