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Allan Blackman
Allan Blackman

New York Times, Wednesday, March 3, 1976

48-Across : One who makes extra effort

Author:
Allan Blackman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Allan Blackman has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,699
Across
1
Smell ___ : ARAT
5
First principle : ARCHE
10
Hand-cream unit : BLOB
14
Ness, for one : LOCH
15
Stigma : STAIN
16
Superior : AONE
17
Wine city : ASTI
18
Swedish pasture : SETER
19
Corner : TREE
20
Ancient ascetic : ESSENE
22
Most insensitive : CRASSEST
24
Firth of Scotland : FORTH
26
Architect I. M. : PEI
27
O'Neill's Anna : CHRISTIE
30
Cocktail-hour sound : TINKLE
34
"Kwai" director : LEAN
35
Hockey's Bobby et al. : ORRS
37
Groove : STRIA
38
Forbear : OMIT
39
Restrains : REINS
41
Multitude : HOST
42
Turkish title : PASHA
44
Ginger or dress : SNAP
45
She, in Paris : ELLE
46
U.S. and Bethlehem : STEELS
48
One who makes extra effort : TROUBLER
50
Zero : NIL
51
Former U.S. playwright : HERNE
52
___ against (have effect) : MILITATE
56
Great Lakes port : TOLEDO
60
Sleep like ___ : ALOG
61
Scandinavian : NORSE
63
Nansen's arctic ship : FRAM
64
Word of contempt : PISH
65
One who trifles : TOYER
66
Miss Moreno : RITA
67
Paving block : SETT
68
Great numbers : SLEWS
69
Revolutionary period : YEAR
Down
1
Wings : ALAE
2
Antarctic sea : ROSS
3
Dissembles : ACTS
4
Intruder : THIEFINTHENIGHT
5
One speaking positively : ASSERTOR
6
Hwy. : RTE
7
Salinger's intruder : CATCHERINTHERYE
8
Yesterday: Fr. : HIER
9
Absorbed in : ENRAPT
10
Intruders : BATSINTHEBELFRY
11
Body of traditions : LORE
12
Singles : ONES
13
Chard : BEET
21
Certain replies : NOS
23
Six, in Spain : SEIS
25
Bores : TIRES
27
Pavement sounds of yore : CLOPS
28
Blood: Prefix : HEMAT
29
Poker move : RAISE
31
U.S. painter Leon : KROLL
32
Hosiery material : LISLE
33
" ... pumpkin ___" : EATER
36
Kind of drum : SNARE
40
Big spenders : SPORTERS
43
Came down : ALIT
47
Angles : SLANTS
49
One, in Naples : UNO
52
Auto-club offerings : MAPS
53
Nastase of tennis : ILIE
54
Post-W.W. I generation : LOST
55
Saw or file : TOOL
57
U.S. Indian : ERIE
58
Statistics : DATA
59
Persian bard : OMAR
62
Monopolize, with "up" : SEW

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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