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Joli Quentin Kansil
Joli Quentin Kansil

New York Times, Thursday, April 10, 1975

53-Across : Kind of equivocal word

Author:
Joli Quentin Kansil
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { F H Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 20.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Joli Quentin Kansil has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,371
Across
1
Sand-trap shot : BLAST
6
Goddess of discord : ERIS
10
Newlywed's title : MRS
13
French income : RENTE
14
Sarazen or Littler : GENE
15
Maple genus : ACER
16
Access : ENTRY
17
F.B.I. agents : GMEN
18
Rival of U.S.C. : UCLA
19
Medicine-bottle word : DOSE
20
Between Mex. and Can. : USA
21
Two-under-pars : EAGLES
23
Self: Prefix : AUT
25
Newly enlisted one : RECRUIT
27
Well-known golfer : JACKNICKLAUS
31
Greek letter : ETA
32
Twenty: Prefix : ICOSI
33
Tea-service unit : TRAY
37
Asian food staple : SOYBEAN
39
Retards : DETAINS
42
Starting golfer : TEER
43
Judges : DEEMS
45
Number on a greens flag : ONE
46
Well-known golfer : ARNOLDPALMER
50
Spring golf tourney : MASTERS
52
Relative of bi- and tetra- : TRI
53
Kind of equivocal word : WEASEL
54
Top or doll : TOY
56
Golf stroke : PUTT
60
Initials for Jesus : INRI
61
Part of a pay phone : SLOT
63
One over par: Var. : BOGIE
64
Kind of gin : SLOE
65
Wine: Prefix : OENO
66
Miss Cather : WILLA
67
Age : EON
68
Noun suffix : NESS
69
Narrative poems : IDYLS
Down
1
Born and ___ : BRED
2
Woven fabric : LENO
3
Insects : ANTS
4
Run of luck : STREAK
5
Writer Josephine : TEY
6
Scrambled and goose : EGGS
7
Comments : REMARKS
8
Chemical suffix : INE
9
Roman philosopher : SENECA
10
Roman 1251 : MCCLI
11
Extend a lease : RELET
12
Spanish ladies: Abbr. : SRAS
15
Site of spring tourney : AUGUSTA
20
Upstate N. Y. city : UTICA
22
Indonesian island group : ARU
24
Unicorn fish : UNIE
26
Struck out : ELIDED
27
Witticism : JEST
28
Stub ___ : ATOE
29
Coral island: Fr. : CAYE
30
Large vulture : CONDOR
34
French town of W. W. II trials : RIOM
35
British queen : ANNE
36
French river : YSER
38
No. 2 wood : BRASSIE
40
Gas-gauge word : EMPTY
41
Ruler : TSAR
44
Baseball's Howard et al. : ELSTONS
47
Way: Abbr. : RTE
48
Golfer Byron : NELSON
49
Resembling fat : LIPOID
50
___ Park of Edison fame : MENLO
51
Golfer Tommy : AARON
53
Acre or crack : WISE
55
Indians of West : OTOS
57
Word for a duckling : UGLY
58
Cash box : TILL
59
Darjeeling and oolong : TEAS
62
Golfer Trevino : LEE
63
Caribbean group: Abbr. : BWI

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

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