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McAulay
McAulay

New York Times, Monday, May 5, 1975

40-Down : Support

Author:
McAulay
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F Q V W }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
McAulay has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,396
Across
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Cordelia's father : LEAR
5
Admired ones : IDOLS
10
Lamb or karate : CHOP
14
Pale color : ECRU
15
Brazilian port : NATAL
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Fix over : REDO
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Melville's skipper : AHAB
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Dinnerware : CHINA
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Give off : EMIT
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Refinement : POLISH
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17 and 40 Across, e.g. : CAPTAINS
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South Pacific navigator : COOK
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Mrs. Cantor et al. : IDAS
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Abutted : ADJOINED
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Areas of activity : ARENAS
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Climbing vine : LIANE
36
Remove : ERASE
38
Fraternal man : ELK
39
Outlaws : BANS
40
Nordhoff-Hall skipper : BLIGH
41
Barrie pirate : SMEE
42
French article : UNE
43
Pensive one : MUSER
44
"___ My Souvenirs" : AMONG
45
Navy's goat, e.g. : MASCOT
47
Shuts again : RECLOSES
49
Prefix for diluvian : ANTE
51
Sailors' saint : ELMO
52
Peary or Cabot, e.g. : EXPLORER
56
Prohibits, in law : ESTOPS
60
Offering at the Met : ARIA
61
Writer Jong : ERICA
63
Barrie's skipper : HOOK
64
Eastern queen : RANI
65
Shankar's instrument : SITAR
66
Mr. Pound : EZRA
67
Caustics : LYES
68
Tarot-card experts : SEERS
69
Paving stone : SETT
Down
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Frog or year : LEAP
2
Alpine sound : ECHO
3
Russian sea : ARAL
4
Irrevocable commitments : RUBICONS
5
Korean port : INCHON
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Morse-code sound : DAH
7
Of the ear : OTIC
8
Veranda, in Hilo : LANAI
9
Haphazard : SLAPDASH
10
Result of steam-pressing : CREASE
11
Half: Prefix : HEMI
12
Norse god : ODIN
13
Pans' companions : POTS
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French silk : SOIE
23
Weight deduction : TARE
25
Ships, to poets : KEELS
27
Place for mementos : ALBUM
28
Goddess of the hunt : DIANA
29
Fonda and Russell : JANES
30
Laundry unit : DRIER
32
Verne's skipper et al. : NEMOS
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Coeur d'___ : ALENE
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Rudder supports : SKEGS
37
Jibe : AGREE
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Support : BUTTRESS
41
Irons out : SMOOTHES
43
Blood ailment, for short : MONO
44
Charity : ALMS
46
French port : CALAIS
48
Exonerates : CLEARS
50
Spooky : EERIE
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James ___ Jones : EARL
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Lab machine : XRAY
54
Tree : PINE
55
Formality : RITE
57
Flow slowly : OOZE
58
Red drink : PORT
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Card game : SKAT
62
Vehicle : CAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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