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William Jarvis
William Jarvis

New York Times, Thursday, November 8, 1979

50-Down : ___ apso

Author:
William Jarvis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.6
William Jarvis has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,957
Across
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Disappear : VANISH
7
Tramp : SLOG
11
R. E. Lee's cause : CSA
14
"___ of Honey" : ATASTE
15
Travel through various lands : TOUR
16
Alternative to R.O.T.C. : OCS
17
More intimate : COZIER
18
Liturgical verse : ANTIPHON
20
"The Stagirite" : ARISTOTLE
22
Teacher of 20 Across : PLATO
23
Mt. Rushmore site : SDAK
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Part of B.T.U. : UNIT
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"Down with!" in Dijon : ABAS
29
River pronounced "waz" : OISE
31
"___ Wonderful Life," Capra film : ITSA
32
Singles-bar rara avis : ESCORT
34
Meat imprint : USDA
36
Wag : FARCEUR
38
"The Luck of ___ Camp" : ROARING
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Stevens of "Carmen" fame : RISE
43
Fruit-jelly substance : PECTIN
44
What Mrs. Sprat avoided : LEAN
46
British wingding : BASH
49
Beatles film : HELP
50
Springy cadence : LILT
51
Lows : MOOS
53
Poet who lived before 700 B.C. : HOMER
55
Dramatist who influenced O'Neill : AESCHYLUS
60
Liqueur for espresso : ANISETTE
62
Bronson Alcott's famous daughter : LOUISA
63
Part of a salutation : SIR
64
Christian of couture : DIOR
65
High gloss : ENAMEL
66
Newspaper org. : ANA
67
G.O.P. opponents : DEMS
68
Wences and Vargas : SENORS
Down
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Explorer Cabeza de ___ : VACA
2
One that does: Suffix : ATOR
3
Hakenkreuzler : NAZI
4
Mother of Horus : ISIS
5
Proofreaders' words : STETS
6
"Father of History" : HERODOTUS
7
Pursues stealthily : STALKS
8
Like Tonto's friend : LONE
9
Opposite of safe, sometimes : OUT
10
Hold firmly in one's hand : GRIP
11
Family in a Cagney film : COHANS
12
Nova ___ : SCOTIA
13
As like ___ : ASNOT
19
His "Lives" influenced Shakespeare : PLUTARCH
21
___ Babilonia, figure-skating star : TAI
25
W.W. I army : AEF
26
Boys' org. : BSA
27
Summit: Comb. form : ACR
28
Xanthippe's philosophical mate : SOCRATES
30
Locale of Ger., Nor., etc. : EUR
31
Zoological suffix : IDAE
33
Curb : REIN
35
Great Greek tragedian : SOPHOCLES
37
Member of 11 Across : REB
39
Suffix with Canaan or Yemen : ITE
40
Zero : NIL
41
U.S. output : GNP
44
"The ___ Winter," 1968 film : LIONIN
45
Site of Twain's remains : ELMIRA
47
Afghan bigwigs : AMEERS
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"___ your old man!" : SOS
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___ apso : LHASA
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Was eminent : SHONE
54
Foxx of TV : REDD
55
Item studied by Niels Bohr : ATOM
56
Money in Peking : YUAN
57
Long car, for short : LIMO
58
Addict : USER
59
Bando and Mineo : SALS
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Sleeper between tracks : TIE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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