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Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg

New York Times, Wednesday, October 23, 1974

4-Across : Namath forte

Author:
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.4
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,202
Across
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Taste : SIP
4
Namath forte : PASS
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Baby transit : PRAM
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Kind of hanger : STRAP
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Date: Abbr. : APPT
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Playwright Elmer : RICE
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Steal : POACH
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Villain's smile : LEER
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Miss Kett : ETTA
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Ultimatum : TAKEITORLEAVEIT
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Arctic explorer : RAE
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Trite : STALE
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Gavilan or gloves : KID
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___ of luxury : LAP
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Cuts up : MINCES
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Infuriates : IRES
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Take time out : REST
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Electioneer : STAMP
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Warning to a Russian hiker : WATCHYOURSTEPPE
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Potato state : IDAHO
43
Tide : NEAP
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History-book entry : DATE
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Commence : SETOUT
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Foot: Prefix : PED
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Chaplin son : SYD
50
Golf-match situation : ONEUP
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Negative of a sort : NAH
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Challenge : STANDUPANDFIGHT
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Codlike fish : HAKE
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Cowfish : TORO
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Unshackled : FREED
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Eastern V.I.P. : EMIR
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Corker : ONER
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Long time : YEARS
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Rooms : DENS
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Space agency : NASA
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Sign of success : SRO
Down
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Colonnade : STOA
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Neighbor of Syria: Var. : IRAK
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Sulky horse : PACER
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___ Alto : PALO
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Imitators : APERS
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Variety of wheat : SPELT
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Gulf or slip : STREAM
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Forestalled : PREVENTED
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Ceremony : RITE
10
Part of a play : ACTI
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Food : MEAT
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Norfolk, for one: Abbr. : SPT
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Small glass bottle : PHIAL
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Lachrymal : TEARY
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Heeling : ALIST
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Flightless birds : KIWIS
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Turkish decree : IRADE
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Coup ___ : DETAT
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Lowly worker : PEON
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Matador's cloaks : CAPAS
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Meaningless : EMPTY
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Break a traffic law : SPEED
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Beer holders : SCHOONERS
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Girl's name : SUE
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Golf-ball holder : TRAP
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Wolf or fox : HOUND
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Use up : SPEND
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German : TEUTON
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Dizzy's brother : DAFFY
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Once ___ time : UPONA
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Cuts off : PARES
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Employs : HIRES
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Hangar : SHED
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Bring under control : TAME
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Similar : AKIN
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Bayes of stage : NORA
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Rigging : GEAR
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Leander's love : HERO
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Football scores : TDS

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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