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Jim Plackner
Jim Plackner

New York Times, Thursday, June 6, 1974

27-Down : Intuitive feeling

Author:
Jim Plackner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 323 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 44.6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jim Plackner has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,063
Across
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African grass : ALFA
5
Jeopardy : PERIL
10
Barely : JUST
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Party-pooper : PILL
15
Carrion eater : HYENA
16
Wall pier : ANTA
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Britain's Sir Robert : PEEL
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Gomez or Grove : LEFTY
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Musial : STAN
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Evening gowns' companions : TUXEDOS
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Sailor's bed of yore : HAMMOCK
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___ populi : VOX
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Prefix for meter or pede : CENTI
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Shakespearean character : SHREW
29
Hurok : SOL
30
Little man of legend : GNOME
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Type of barracks : QUONSETHUT
37
Electric force : ELOD
38
German pronoun : UNS
39
___ omission : ERROROF
41
Twosomes : DUI
42
Galatea's beloved : ACIS
44
Glider pilot's power : AIRCURRENT
46
Certain U. S. belt : WHEAT
48
Degree : NTH
49
Ground : EARTH
50
Crows : BRAGS
52
Tennis replay : LET
53
Hassle : RHUBARB
56
Highland wear : TARTANS
60
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
61
Mackerels' relatives : CEROS
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Mother of Helen : LEDA
64
Came down : ALIT
65
Garb : HABIT
66
Of an epoch : ERAL
67
Arthurian story, for one : MYTH
68
Monograms: Abbr. : INITS
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Okey-___ : DOKE
Down
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Date: Abbr. : APPT
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Stead : LIEU
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Show one's muscles : FLEX
4
Tied : ALLEVEN
5
Garden flower : PHLOX
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Hurricane areas : EYES
7
Arbiter, for short : REF
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No place to be left : INTHELURCH
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___ egg (flop) : LAYAN
10
Fragrant scent : JASMINE
11
"Render ___ Caesar ... " : UNTO
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Disconnected, in music: Abbr. : STAC
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Combat unit : TANK
21
Use a divining rod : DOWSE
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Gathering: Abbr. : MTG
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Companions : COHORTS
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Papoose's relative : SQUAW
27
Intuitive feeling : HUNCH
28
Riveter of W. W. II : ROSIE
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Thin one : STRINGBEAN
31
More experienced : OLDER
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Olympus, for one : MOUNT
33
Miss Sitwell : EDITH
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Good Feeling, e.g. : ERA
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Chinese measure : TOU
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More unrestrained : FREER
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Certain day : SABBATH
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Disconcerted : RATTLED
47
Musical syllable : TRA
51
Principal: Prefix : ARCHI
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Wears well : LASTS
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Go from place to place : ROAM
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Spiritual : HOLY
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Component part : UNIT
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"Hop ___!" : TOIT
57
Flying prefix : AERO
58
Neighbor of Mont. : NDAK
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Cash-register ringup : SALE
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Baseball abbr. : RBI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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