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Sophie Fierman
Sophie Fierman

New York Times, Friday, January 25, 1974

38-Down : Durable one

Author:
Sophie Fierman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 35.3
Sophie Fierman has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,931
Across
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N.M. art colony : TAOS
5
West German area : SAAR
9
Manila hemp : ABACA
14
Parliament or roast : RUMP
15
Outsized : HUGE
16
Anguish : DOLOR
17
Scope : AREA
18
At the end ___ (done for) : OFONESROPE
20
Medicinal plant : YARROW
22
Thicken : GEL
23
Farm animals : EWES
24
Tastes : SIPS
26
African ravine : WADI
28
Bottling-plant machines : LABELLERS
32
U.S. poet : ENGLE
36
World aid org. : IRO
37
Consumed : ATE
38
Paris subways : METROS
39
Made allowances : STRETCHEDAPOINT
43
Steinbeck's half-wit : LENNIE
44
Italian port: Abbr. : VEN
45
Vegetable : PEA
46
Sidestep : ELUDE
47
Flutes : RECORDERS
50
Music group : TRIO
52
___ cry : AFAR
53
Besides : ALSO
56
Highway user : BUS
58
Style of type : ITALIC
62
Acrobat : ROPEDANCER
65
Do modeling : POSE
66
Straighten : ALINE
67
Dear, in Italy : CARO
68
Sligo's land : ERIN
69
Give and take : BANDY
70
Israeli name : EBAN
71
Pause : REST
Down
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Cafeteria item : TRAY
2
Subtle quality : AURA
3
Hebrew measure : OMER
4
Thin : SPARSE
5
Tourist attraction : SHOWPLACE
6
___ Wiedersehen : AUF
7
Eager : AGOG
8
Freshens : RENEWS
9
Help-wanted items : ADS
10
Make a hole : BOREINTO
11
Near the deck : ALOW
12
Manage somehow : COPE
13
Son of Zeus : ARES
19
High note : ELA
21
Sweet-talk : OIL
25
Mr. Thomas : SETH
27
One of the pool ends : DEEP
28
Cotton thread : LISLE
29
Russian co-op : ARTEL
30
Nigerian province : BORNU
31
Female of the ruff : REEVE
33
Complain : GRIPE
34
Seclusive one : LONER
35
These, in Spain : ESTAS
38
Durable one : MANOFIRON
40
Certain positioning : ENDTOEND
41
Layer : TIER
42
Ten: Prefix : DECA
47
Printing-press handle : ROUNCE
48
Hairpiece : RAT
49
Clothing merchant : DRAPER
51
P.I. tree : IBA
53
Fine steed : ARAB
54
"Damn Yankees" girl : LOLA
55
Start the roulette game : SPIN
57
Memento of a scrape : SCAB
59
Poe's "volume of forgotten ___" : LORE
60
Egyptian goddess : ISIS
61
Relative of Fahr. : CENT
63
Tunisian title : DEY
64
Period : ERA

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

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