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Elizabeth M. Quackenbush
Elizabeth M. Quackenbush

New York Times, Monday, May 24, 1976

36-Down : André and family

Author:
Elizabeth M. Quackenbush
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { B J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 40.1
Elizabeth M. Quackenbush has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Name in 54-Across should have been "Swee'Pea" instead of "SweePea"; error was left in.

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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,781
Across
1
African lake : CHAD
5
Morning ___ : AFTER
10
Some remarks are off this : CUFF
14
Pueblo Indian : HOPI
15
Jewish scripture : TORAH
16
Oklahoma Indian : OTOE
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Voters in general : ELECTORATE
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___ Hari : MATA
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Gala : FESTAL
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Something often mixed : METAPHOR
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Wheel holder : AXLE
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Line on a voting machine : ROWA
26
Kind of politics : PARTISAN
30
Used-car deal : RESALE
34
Stranger : ALIEN
35
Chevalier film : GIGI
37
Side dish : SLAW
38
___ banana : TOP
39
U.S. writer Paul : GALLICO
42
Native: Suffix : ITE
43
Chemical suffixes : ENES
45
Reward : MEED
46
Break off : SEVER
48
Some candidates' goal : SENATE
50
Homesteaders : SETTLERS
52
Actress ___-Ellen : VERA
54
___Pea, baby in "Popeye" : SWEE
55
Kind of political son : FAVORITE
59
Smithy fixtures : ANVILS
63
Poet of old : OMAR
64
Campaigners : CANDIDATES
66
___ and shine : RISE
67
Highway to north : ALCAN
68
Product of 63 Across : TENT
69
Legal document : DEED
70
Lacks : NEEDS
71
Greek goddess : ERIS
Down
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Escoffier, for one : CHEF
2
___-in-one : HOLE
3
Copies : APES
4
Give orders : DICTATE
5
Bikini et al. : ATOLLS
6
Pro : FOR
7
Underground car : TRAM
8
" ... pumpkin ___" : EATER
9
Political bombast : RHETORIC
10
Helmsman's need : COMPASS
11
State : UTAH
12
Snapshot, Variety style : FOTO
13
Atlantic cape : FEAR
18
Trying : TAXING
22
Reverence : AWE
24
Emblematic bird : EAGLE
26
Hors d'oeuvres : PATES
27
Go it ___ : ALONE
28
Age : RIPEN
29
Blue and White : NILES
31
___ and kicking : ALIVE
32
Anon : LATER
33
Pitchers : EWERS
36
André and family : GIDES
40
New World resident : AMERICAN
41
Belgian port : OSTEND
44
Relished : SAVORED
47
Exalt : ELEVATE
49
Thrice: Prefix : TER
51
Mark et al. : TWAINS
53
"___ of Two Cities" : ATALE
55
President : FORD
56
Friend, in Paris : AMIE
57
Florist's item : VASE
58
Noun suffix : ENCE
60
Roman road : ITER
61
___ Lenape : LENI
62
Planes : SSTS
65
Family member : DAD

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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