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Marjorie K. Collins
Marjorie K. Collins

CITY LANDMARKS

New York Times, Sunday, February 8, 1970

69-Across : Gangsters' disciplinarian

Author:
Marjorie K. Collins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 502 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 114, Cheaters: 21, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 29.2
Marjorie K. Collins has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original solution grid had DDT at 37-Across instead of DDE; corrected this.

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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,484
Across
1
Loos : ANITA
6
Christie and Magnani : ANNAS
11
Malay sailboat : PROA
15
___ Nova : ARS
18
Grinder : MOLAR
19
Had in mind : MEANT
20
Civil War men : REBS
21
Voltage term in physics : BEV
22
Literary work : SATIRE
23
Philadelphia : BETSYROSSHOUSE
26
Burdened man : ATLAS
27
Musical passage : CODA
28
Sheep : EWE
29
European blackbird : OUSEL
30
Boston : BEACONHILL
32
New York City : WALLSTREET
34
Not in vogue : OUT
35
Move with care : EASE
36
Seamen's quarters : FOCSLE
37
Presidential initials : DDE
38
Cherish : TREASURE
41
Binge : TOOT
42
Wound memento : SCAB
45
Churchill : SIR
46
Prepare for action : GIRD
47
Man's name : OREN
49
Cur : MUTT
51
Rhythmic tunes : LILTS
52
Make an opinion : CONCLUDE
56
Style : GENRE
57
Witch town : SALEM
58
Steering blade: Abbr. : RUD
59
"Zhivago" character : LARA
60
Word of afterthought : ALSO
61
San Francisco : EMBARCADERO
64
City in Oklahoma : ENID
65
Egg on : GOAD
66
Recent: Prefix : NEO
67
Insect homes : HIVES
68
Wild and white : RICES
69
Gangsters' disciplinarian : ENFORCER
71
Hair jobs : PERMS
72
Handled : USED
73
Jannings : EMIL
74
Chemical suffixes : ENES
75
Diamond lady : LIL
76
Gabor and Little : EVAS
78
Companion on the range : PARD
79
Woolen fabric : PRUNELLA
84
College degree: Abbr. : SCB
87
Bedaubed : SMEARY
89
Valley : GLEN
90
Scull : OAR
91
Washington : THECAPITOL
94
Miami : ORANGEBOWL
97
God of Islam : ALLAH
98
Wire: Abbr. : TEL
99
Outer coat : RIND
100
1964 Olympic site : TOKYO
101
Pittsburgh : GOLDENTRIANGLE
105
Printers' frames : CHASES
106
Before, to poets : ERE
107
Hymn word : AMEN
108
Did business : DEALT
109
Goliath, for one : LOSER
110
Two: Sp. : DOS
111
Beach sight : DUNE
112
Europeans : DANES
113
Kefauver : ESTES
Down
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Certain sportsman : AMATEUR
2
On time : NOTLATE
3
Of the lower back : ILIAC
4
Foot bone: Prefix : TARSO
5
Metric measure : ARE
6
French town : AMBOISE
7
Heckle : NEEDLE
8
Port of Brazil : NATAL
9
Reply: Abbr. : ANS
10
Farm area : STY
11
Does squad-car duty : PROWLS
12
Disposes of again : RESELLS
13
Outmoded: Abbr. : OBS
14
___ in the dark : ASHOT
15
Maligned : ABUSED
16
Take care of the lawn : RESEED
17
Blandly urbane : SVELTE
22
Peasant's shoe : SABOT
24
Respond : REACT
25
Pronoun : OUR
27
Burn : CHAR
31
Medical prefix : NEUR
32
Copse : WOODS
33
After primo, in Italy : SECONDO
36
Baltimore : FORTMCHENRY
39
Houston : ASTRODOME
40
Venue : SITE
41
Terrazzo worker : TILER
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Bow shape : ARC
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Detroit : BELLEISLE
46
River of Southwest : GILA
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Subtle shading : NUANCE
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Persian, for one : MELON
50
Risky : UNSAFE
51
Cabinet post : LABOR
52
U.S. Indians : CREES
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Possessive pronoun : OURS
54
Evaporated : DRIED
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U.S. inventor : EADS
56
Plum variety : GAGE
57
Pintail duck : SMEE
61
Seize and hold : ENCLASP
62
Exposed : AIRED
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Veterinary degrees : DVMS
68
Downfall : RUIN
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Red or Yellow: Abbr. : RIV
71
5-point type : PEARL
75
Respirator : LUNG
77
Much in love : SMITTEN
78
Main Line town : PAOLI
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Sky sights : PLANETS
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Split : REND
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Quick glance: Slang : LOOKSEE
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Perry Mason and others : LAWYERS
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Guthrie and others : ARLOS
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Put on : STAGED
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Green: Prefix : CHLORO
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Beauties : BELLES
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Forever, in poetry : ETERNE
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Openwork barrier : GRILLE
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Ill-bred person : CAD
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___ of steam : AHEAD
94
Kidney or liver : ORGAN
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Spirit of a people : ETHOS
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Crow : BOAST
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Seamen's group: Abbr. : NMU
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Do sums : ADD
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Teachers' group: Abbr. : NEA
105
Little one: Suffix : CLE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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