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Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg

New York Times, Saturday, June 28, 1975

42-Across : Mournful song

Author:
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { C J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,450
Across
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Attention-getting sounds : PSTS
5
Avon V.I.P. : BARD
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Pro ___ : TEM
12
Words of surprise : OHOH
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He has his army : ARNIE
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U. S. cartoonist : ARNO
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Prefix for mutuel : PARI
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Non-users of trash cans : LITTERBUGS
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Torrent : SPATE
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Tantrum : FIT
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W.W. II invasion beach : OMAHA
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South African statesman : SMUTS
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East, in Emden : OST
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Ride a bike : PEDAL
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Vacation spot : SPA
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Quite ___ (several) : AFEW
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Gets tobacco ready for a pipe : TAMPSIN
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Pie : ALAMODE
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Miss Adams : EDIE
40
___ Passos : DOS
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Mournful song : DIRGE
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Hideaway : DEN
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Goose of basketball : TATUM
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Madison Ave. employees : ADMEN
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Japanese statesman : ITO
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Wastelands : MOORS
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Walrus's words : OFSHOESANDSHIPS
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Got even with : RETALIATED
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Live ___ (be gay) : ITUP
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Max or Buddy : BAER
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Pub game : DARTS
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French father : PERE
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Watercraft: Abbr. : STR
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Persian and Roman : ERAS
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Ad offering : SALE
Down
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Boston orchestra : POPS
2
Iranian leader : SHAH
3
Convex moldings : TORI
4
Trim : SHIPSHAPE
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Miss Ekland et al. : BRITTS
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Pre-game offerings : ANTHEMS
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Ceremony : RITE
8
Home-owner's concern : DEED
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Run ___ (be characteristic) : TRUETOFORM
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Railroad man: Abbr. : ENGR
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Greatest part : MOST
13
African grass : ALFA
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Bedouin tribesmen : ABSI
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Ring men, for short : REFS
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Gems : OPALS
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Chose : OPTED
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Civil War general : MEADE
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Superintend : ADMINISTER
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___ tree : UPA
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European chess master : TAL
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Forage grass : SEDGE
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Twixt : TWEEN
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Position on a vessel : AMIDSHIPS
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Girl in a song : IDA
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Negative : NOT
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Hebrew months : ADARS
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Neighbor of Borneo : SUMATRA
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Dupe : TOOL
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Certain French paintings : MONETS
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Wild goat: Var. : THAR
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Toteboard listings : ODDS
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Spheres : ORBS
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Exploit : FEAT
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Ideas, in Platonism : EIDE
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___ Basin : SAAR
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Willow tree : ITEA
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Knit in reverse : PURL
57
German admiral : SPEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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