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Alice H. Kaufman
Alice H. Kaufman

New York Times, Thursday, August 19, 1976

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Author:
Alice H. Kaufman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 332 (avg 1.77)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Alice H. Kaufman has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,868
Across
1
Neil Simon's suite : PLAZA
6
Telly network : BBC
9
Mongol of Asia : TATAR
14
Protection : AEGIS
15
Unit of resistance : REL
16
Flabbergast : AMAZE
17
___ of Terror : REIGN
18
Southern state: Abbr. : ALA
19
Spaghetti : PASTA
20
Groove in a barrel stave : CROZE
21
Founder of old Persian religion : ZOROASTER
23
Expected : AWAITED
25
Brief moments: Abbr. : SECS
26
Hopping dance : SHAG
29
Soaked : RETTED
31
Boggy areas : QUAGMIRES
33
Mountains of Midwest : OZARK
38
Study again : REREAD
39
Affectionate word : DEARIE
40
Color workers : DYERS
41
Disfiguring : DEFORMING
44
Pilfered : STOLEN
46
Morning-after adjuncts to eyes : BAGS
47
Robert or Alan : ALDA
51
Rival : EMULATE
53
High-level animal tracker : ZOOLOGIST
55
Refreshing air : OZONE
59
Open in a way : UNZIP
60
Our, in France : NOS
61
Tank ship : OILER
62
Sandpiper : REEVE
63
Old English money : ORA
64
Stories : TALES
65
Sea eagles : ERNES
66
Charles Chaplin's son : SYD
67
Trap : SNARE
Down
1
Bois de Boulogne, e.g. : PARC
2
Ogle : LEER
3
Exchange premium : AGIO
4
Sewing-machine attachment : ZIGZAGGER
5
As good ___ : ASNEW
6
Pan for cookout coals : BRAZIER
7
French card game : BELOTTE
8
Wines : CLARETS
9
Pacific cloth : TAPA
10
Hoard : AMASS
11
Sample : TASTE
12
Early Mexican : AZTEC
13
Brings up : REARS
22
Poem : ODE
24
Barren : ARID
26
Area measure: Abbr. : SQRD
27
Mr. Long : HUEY
28
Swiss river : AARE
30
Active one : DOER
32
Kind of media : MASS
34
Of Victoria Falls's river : ZAMBEZIAN
35
Sutherland offering : ARIA
36
Wagnerian grouping : RING
37
Casks : KEGS
39
Spanish lady : DONA
41
Half masks : DOMINOS
42
Deceptive : ELUSORY
43
Had downcast feelings : FELTSAD
45
Young sheep : TEG
47
Blue : AZURE
48
Aloof one : LONER
49
Daily ___ : DOZEN
50
Vibrant : ALIVE
52
Binges : TOOTS
54
Begins, to poets : OPES
56
Spanish jar : OLLA
57
Kind of do-well : NEER
58
Gaelic : ERSE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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