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Thomas Sheehan
Thomas Sheehan

New York Times, Saturday, July 27, 1974

68-Across : Flower garden

Author:
Thomas Sheehan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.3
Thomas Sheehan has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 7-Down clue had "Pryne"; corrected this to "Prynne."

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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,114
Across
1
Shocker of 1898 and 1938, with 1 Down : WAROFTHE
9
Moorish drum : ATABAL
15
Intimidated : OVERAWED
16
Ritual prayer : LITANY
17
Fruit-buyer's concern : RIPENESS
18
Roulette bets : BLACKS
19
Thai language : LAO
20
Agreed upon : SET
21
Favorite : PET
22
Ceylon shipment : TEA
23
Defeat decisively : DRUB
25
Creator of 64 Across : DEFOE
27
Sea bird : TERN
28
Table item : SYRUP
30
Cariocas' city : RIO
31
Ghastly : LURID
32
Claimable : DUE
34
Minor wound : FLEABITE
36
Blockhead : ASS
39
Ocean debris : FLOTSAM
41
Gas: Prefix : AER
42
Relax, in musicians' jargon : TAKEFIVE
44
File clerk's jargon : TAB
46
Drudges : TOILS
47
Beyond, to poets : OER
49
Prefix for iliac : SACRO
53
Residence units: Abbr. : APTS
54
Jazzdom's Fatha : HINES
56
Rainless : ARID
57
Observer of the king : CAT
58
Mobster's hardware : ROD
59
Headwear : CAP
61
River in Sweden : UME
62
Nazis' political claim : KULTUR
64
Famous castaway with 50 down : ROBINSON
66
Football team : ELEVEN
67
Plausible : SPECIOUS
68
Flower garden : ROSARY
69
Innsbruck citizen : TYROLESE
Down
1
See 1 Across : WORLDS
2
Zoo adjunct : AVIARY
3
Do a bartender's encore : REPOUR
4
Minnesota shipment : ORE
5
Bleacherites : FANS
6
Subject for Thomas Nast : TWEED
7
Miss Prynne : HESTER
8
Copy chiefs: Abbr. : EDS
9
"Tiny Alice" author : ALBEE
10
Pinball term : TILT
11
___ loss : ATA
12
Disease sources : BACTERIA
13
Iron mineral : ANKERITE
14
Spartan naval leader : LYSANDER
21
Drivers' and divers' facilities : POOLS
24
Item for a small vase : BUD
26
Football penalty yardage : FIFTEEN
27
Clumsy boat : TUB
29
Press-agents' items : PUFFS
31
Actor Fernando : LAMAS
33
Wallach : ELI
35
Consume : EAT
36
One on the offensive : ATTACKER
37
Metropolis in Brazil : SAOPAULO
38
Beer's companion : SKITTLES
40
Like an egg : OVOID
43
Vanishing street sights : ELS
45
Pasture sound : BAA
48
Make a new duplicate : RECOPY
50
See 64 Across : CRUSOE
51
Fissured : RIMOUS
52
Hans Andersen's birthplace : ODENSE
54
Callous : HORNY
55
Scimitar's relative : SABER
58
Penitent one : RUER
60
Beak: Sp. : PICO
63
New Deal initials : TVA
64
After O, P, Q : RST
65
Zero : NIL

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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