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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Saturday, January 7, 1967

42-Across : As a friend: Fr.

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { G J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 46.2
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,356
Across
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Takes on. : HIRES
6
Bow: It. : ARCO
10
Craving. : ITCH
14
What "venite" means. : OCOME
15
Try out, as for a part. : READ
16
Ryun's record run. : MILE
17
With 41 and 63 Across, quote from Burke. : YOUCANNEVERPLAN
20
One of the Brontës. : ANNE
21
African river. : UELE
22
Hammer locks. : HOLDS
23
Grammarian's abbreviation. : DECL
25
Litigant. : SUER
27
Stubborn: Dial. : SOT
29
State: Abbr. : ALAS
32
Sulfide mixtures. : MATTES
36
Personage of the street scene. : TRAFFICCOP
39
Not care ___. : ARAP
40
Contemporary playwright. : ALBEE
41
See 17 Across. : THE
42
As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
43
Part. : ROLE
44
Boundary. : LIMITATION
46
Tolls. : KNELLS
48
Arena cheers. : OLES
49
Compass point. : NNE
50
6-1, 6-4, etc. : SETS
52
Common Latin abbreviation. : ETAL
54
Aspect. : PHASE
57
Skip. : OMIT
60
Wry look: Fr. : MOUE
63
See 17 Across. : FUTUREBYTHEPAST
66
Musical instrument: Abbr. : CLAR
67
Evening, in Milan. : SERA
68
"Stardust," for one. : OLDIE
69
Compos mentis. : SANE
70
Unwritten. : ORAL
71
Western scenery. : MESAS
Down
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Valley, as in the Andes. : HOYA
2
Work of art. : ICON
3
Discussion group. : ROUNDTABLE
4
Variety show spokesman. : EMCEE
5
Large amount. : SEA
6
English composer. : ARNE
7
Spool. : REEL
8
Early dwellings. : CAVES
9
Triolet's relative. : ODE
10
Significant. : IMPORTANT
11
Cultivate. : TILL
12
Arrayed. : CLAD
13
Poultry. : HENS
18
None: Prefix. : NULLI
19
Daughter of Uranus. : RHEA
24
Coffeehouse. : CAFE
26
Ref.'s relative. : UMP
27
Without ornamentation. : STARK
28
Material. : ORLON
30
Part of a play. : ACTI
31
Naive person: Slang. : SCHMO
33
Capacities of certain vehicles. : TRAINLOADS
34
De Valera. : EAMON
35
Thorn. : SPINE
37
Believes. : FEELSSURE
38
Eye: Fr. : OEIL
42
One of the winds. : EAST
44
W. W. II craft. : LST
45
Cogs. : TEETH
47
Look of a sort. : LEER
51
Moderate. : SOBER
53
Spacious. : AMPLE
54
Army men. : PFCS
55
Dance. : HULA
56
___ end. : ATAN
58
Dame Hess. : MYRA
59
Type style: Abbr. : ITAL
61
Initials in the news. : USIA
62
Opposites of "hivers." : ETES
64
Inner: Prefix. : ESO
65
Business abbreviation. : EOM

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

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