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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Friday, May 25, 1962

5-Across : Infrequently: Abbr.

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 37.1
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,697
Across
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Spanish stew. : OLLA
5
Infrequently: Abbr. : OCCAS
10
___ dry. : DRIP
14
Travels. : GOES
15
Girl's name. : RHODA
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Facility. : EASE
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Sheep's relative. : GOAT
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Mercenary one. : GOLDDIGGER
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Of a part of Asia. : INDIC
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Necklace of a sort. : LEI
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Lawyer's work. : CASES
24
Ordinary writing. : PROSE
26
"___ brillig ... " : TWAS
28
Chemical suffix. : ANE
30
Cat. : PERSIAN
32
Record: Colloq. : TAB
35
Spears. : LANCES
37
Fabricate. : CONTRIVE
39
In ___ parentis. : LOCO
40
Colorful speech. : SLANG
42
Soon. : ANON
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Thing left out. : OMISSION
45
___ on (flatters). : LAYSIT
47
Thread: Fr. : FIL
48
Yarn. : WORSTED
50
Certain uniforms, for short. : ODS
51
Catch: Colloq. : LAND
52
Perfection. : IDEAL
54
Cylinder. : SPOOL
57
Aves. : STS
59
Tame sea bird. : NODDY
62
Rattler's relative. : COPPERHEAD
65
Split. : RIVE
66
Sheltered. : ALEE
67
Girl in old song. : DIANE
68
Linden tree. : TEIL
69
Baby-sit. : TEND
70
Berlin's river. : SPREE
71
Seed covering. : ARIL
Down
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Today, in Italy. : OGGI
2
Water bird. : LOON
3
Steno's tool. : LEADPENCIL
4
Up and about. : ASTIR
5
Assn. : ORG
6
Wrath. : CHOLER
7
King of rhyme. : COLE
8
Something new. : ADDITION
9
Woebegone. : SAD
10
Painter of the theatre. : DEGAS
11
Pieces of music. : RAGS
12
Expression of enlightenment. : ISEE
13
Kind of pronoun: Abbr. : PERS
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"___ Do the Sum." : ICANT
21
Be a match for. : COPE
25
Legislative period. : SESSION
27
Finagled. : WANGLED
28
Quite; fully. : ALLOF
29
Biblical mother-in-law. : NAOMI
31
Goes over hastily. : SCANS
32
Child's toy. : TINSOLDIER
33
Shirk. : AVOID
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Tendencies. : BENTS
36
Romaine. : COS
38
Skate. : RAY
41
Dominion. : LORDSHIP
44
Marshy place. : SWALE
46
Arabian gulf. : ADEN
49
Herb tea. : TISANE
51
Took long strides. : LOPED
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Artery. : AORTA
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Go away! : SCAT
55
Mast. : POLE
56
Frank. : OPEN
58
Rush. : TEAR
60
507. : DVII
61
Call out. : YELL
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See 57 Across. : RDS
64
Letter. : DEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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