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Margery Bernstein
Margery Bernstein

New York Times, Tuesday, September 9, 1975

53-Down : Investigate

Author:
Margery Bernstein
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Margery Bernstein has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,523
Across
1
Jib or main : SAIL
5
Winter-slope lift : TBAR
9
Bark or aluminum craft : CANOE
14
Hawaiian city : HILO
15
British composer : ARNE
16
Rocket booster : AGENA
17
Kill time : IDLE
18
Miss Naldi : NITA
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Foolish error : BONER
20
Vanishing sea queens : PASSENGERLINERS
23
Advantage : STEAD
24
Parts of yds. : INS
25
Caroline island : YAP
28
Fish-eating bird : ERN
29
Vestment : ALB
30
Bar order : ALE
33
Down with!, in Paris : ABAS
35
Symbols of slowness : TORTOISES
38
The ___ (everything) : WORKS
40
Corporate initials : IBM
41
Courageous or Intrepid : YACHT
42
Ill-fated ship of W.W. I : LUSITANIA
44
Biblical skipper : NOAH
45
___ Jeanne : STE
46
Prior to : ERE
47
Mil. medal : DSC
50
Board officials: Abbr. : TRS
51
" ... eyes but ___ not" : SEE
52
Watched the late TV : SATUP
54
Naval giant : AIRCRAFTCARRIER
61
Barton : CLARA
62
Innocent fun : LARK
63
Other, in Spain : OTRA
64
Put on a new label : RETAG
65
Helm position : ALEE
66
Sailing vessel : BARK
67
River in Missouri : OSAGE
68
Evergreens : YEWS
69
In addition : ELSE
Down
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Lollipop or Pinafore : SHIP
2
Operatic slave : AIDA
3
Misfortunes : ILLS
4
Soil deposit : LOESS
5
Leather worker : TANNER
6
Two-masted vessel : BRIGANTINE
7
Paid up : ANTED
8
Kind of admiral : REAR
9
Seagoing bellhop : CABINBOY
10
Dramatic struggles : AGONS
11
Goose of Hawaii : NENE
12
Distinctive person : ONER
13
" ... ___ but hear not" : EARS
21
Printemps' follower : ETE
22
Spirited tune : LILT
25
Relatives of ketches : YAWLS
26
Come ___ (change tacks) : ABOUT
27
Recite in grammar class : PARSE
29
Spanish sailors in 1588 : ARMADACREW
30
English race site : ASCOT
31
Composer Franz : LEHAR
32
Baltic people : ESTHS
34
Sports piece : SKI
36
Sash : OBI
37
Belonging to: Suffix : IAN
39
Immigrants' accommodation : STEERAGE
43
Space : AREA
48
Marks off, as a claim : STAKES
49
Mongrel : CUR
51
Scrawny animal : SCRAG
52
Overused : STALE
53
Investigate : PROBE
54
Height: Prefix : ACRO
55
Azores, e.g., to French : ILES
56
Pro ___ : RATA
57
Excoriate : FLAY
58
Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
59
Goes amiss : ERRS
60
Slant, as of a mast : RAKE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle.

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