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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Wednesday, December 10, 1975

28-Down : Wrongdoing

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 38.1
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,615
Across
1
Sandwich or soda : CLUB
5
Belle of the West : STARR
10
Gang : CREW
14
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
15
Flower bract : PALEA
16
Stray : ROVE
17
Agitate : STIR
18
Willa Cather's "___ Lady" : ALOST
19
U.S. labor leader : ABEL
20
Treat unfairly : HITBELOWTHEBELT
23
"___ well!" : ALLS
24
Nursery item : BIB
25
Nest-building fish : ACARAS
28
Isolate : CLOSEOFF
33
Affirm : POSIT
34
Farah's country : IRAN
35
"And that ain't ___" : HAY
36
Start the daily grind : PUNCHATIMECLOCK
40
Away from: Prefix : APO
41
Jabberwocky word : MOME
42
Eldest, in France : AINEE
43
Not to mention : LETALONE
46
Medieval helmets : ARMETS
47
Irish sea god : LER
48
Part of a French play : ACTE
49
Musical of 1929 : STRIKEUPTHEBAND
57
Sounds of surprise : HOHO
58
Banal : TRITE
59
In ___ of : LIEU
60
Border on : ABUT
61
Basketball play : TAPIN
62
Seed plant of India : URAD
63
Reminder : MEMO
64
In reserve : ONICE
65
Italian town : ESTE
Down
1
Blackjack, in Britain : COSH
2
French novelist : LOTI
3
Monad : UNIT
4
Wild : BARBARIC
5
Stone fragments : SPALLS
6
Brass guardian of Crete : TALOS
7
Not topside : ALOW
8
Musical sign : REST
9
Actor Basil : RATHBONE
10
Buster of films : CRABBE
11
Mantle : ROBE
12
Knievel : EVEL
13
Shoe part : WELT
21
Port of Israel : ELATH
22
Ice, in Germany : EIS
25
Dismay : APPAL
26
Sedan's relative : COUPE
27
Like ___ (probably) : ASNOT
28
Wrongdoing : CRIME
29
Rich fabric : LAME
30
Irish exclamation : OHONE
31
Phase : FACET
32
Fishing nets : FYKES
34
Lay ___ : ITON
37
Cherub : AMORETTO
38
Blanche or du jour : CARTE
39
Greenish shade : LIMEBLUE
44
San Francisco mayor : ALIOTO
45
Albanian coin : LEK
46
One-seeded fruit : ACHENE
48
Greek : ATTIC
49
Fake : SHAM
50
"___ sure!" : TOBE
51
French drink : RHUM
52
Monitor lizard : URAN
53
N.Z. mollusk : PIPI
54
Tunes : AIRS
55
Tidy : NEAT
56
Kind of ranch : DUDE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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