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Manny Miller
Manny Miller

New York Times, Saturday, January 18, 1964

38-Across : ___ a fruitcake.

Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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J
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O
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H
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B
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A
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T
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,284
Across
1
Banter: Slang. : JOSH
5
Amount made in one baking. : BATCH
10
Temple University symbols. : OWLS
14
Pillar or pier. : ANTA
15
Grand ___. : OPERA
16
Detain. : KEEP
17
Diplomat's status, at times. : PERSONANONGRATA
20
One ___ time. : ATA
21
Deer. : HARTS
22
Plastering bases. : LATHS
23
Black: Fr. : NOIRE
25
See 15 Across. : TOSCA
27
Margin. : HEM
28
Suffix with penta or hepta. : GON
29
Strip of dough. : NOODLE
31
On land. : ASHORE
34
Beyond: Prefix. : SUR
35
City in Turkey. : URFA
38
___ a fruitcake. : NUTTYAS
40
Diplomatic. : TACTFUL
42
Relative of a pub. : CAFE
43
Pronoun. : SHE
45
City in Pakistan. : LAHORE
46
Trying experience. : ORDEAL
48
Language: Abbr. : GER
49
Time of year: Abbr. : APR
51
Egyptian dancing girl. : ALMEH
53
One of the Horae. : IRENE
56
Farmer, at times. : SOWER
58
Nut. : ACORN
60
Certain accounts: Abbr. : CAS
61
Lurking danger. : SNAKEINTHEGRASS
64
Being: Fr. : ETRE
65
Infective agent. : VIRUS
66
Town near Padua. : ESTE
67
Letters. : ZEDS
68
Rascal. : SCAMP
69
River in Hades. : STYX
Down
1
Varnish. : JAPAN
2
"And ___ pray ... " : ONETO
3
Honest. : STRAIGHTFORWARD
4
Takes. : HAS
5
___ fide. : BONA
6
Separated. : APART
7
Capacity of some trucks. : TENTONS
8
Delete. : CROSSOUT
9
River into the Yangtze. : HAN
10
Gumbo. : OKRA
11
News item. : WEATHERFORECAST
12
River in Hades. : LETHE
13
Muscular contraction. : SPASM
18
William S. Porter. : OHENRY
19
Pleased. : GLAD
24
Fan. : ROOTER
26
Shade of red. : CORAL
30
Current drama. : LUTHER
31
Kind of history: Abbr. : ANC
32
___ sponte (of his own will): Lat. : SUA
33
Display rack. : EASEL
36
Baum marten. : FUR
37
Brew. : ALE
39
Of medicine men. : SHAMANIC
41
Confining. : CAGING
44
One of the Pleiades. : ELECTRA
47
Challenge. : DARE
49
Enough: Fr. : ASSEZ
50
___ Vecchio, in Florence. : PONTE
52
Exclamation of ennui. : HOHUM
54
Very unpleasant. : NASTY
55
Newark's county. : ESSEX
57
Barely manages (with "out"). : EKES
59
Breathing: Abbr. : RESP
62
Clock numbers. : IVS
63
Dwelling place: Abbr. : RES

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

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