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John Finch
John Finch

New York Times, Monday, July 7, 1975

35-Down : God of death

Author:
John Finch
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.4
John Finch has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,459
Across
1
Classify : SORT
5
Rum cake : BABA
9
Aegean wine : CHIAN
14
Alexander or Ivan : TSAR
15
Jacob's brother : ESAU
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Narrow shelf : LEDGE
17
Great sleuth's debut : ASTUDYINSCARLET
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Dr. Johnson's prince : RASSELAS
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Ready for the fray : ARMED
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Castor, to Pollux : TWIN
23
Eins, zwei, ___ : DREI
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Attic : GREEK
26
Hambletonian entries : TROTTERS
30
Sticky : GOOEY
31
Ridges : SEAMS
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___ the mark : TOE
33
Red-ink item : LOSS
34
Yearns : LONGS
35
Thunder god : THOR
36
Compass heading : ESE
37
Bobby or savings : BONDS
38
Recurrent melody : THEME
39
Financial escape-hatches : NESTEGGS
41
Approaches : NEARS
42
All ___ (attentive) : EARS
43
Kind of snow or cob : CORN
44
"Thus ___ Zarathustra" : SPAKE
46
London ordeals of 1940 : AIRRAIDS
50
Team of 17 Across : HOLMESANDWATSON
52
Moslem prince : AMEER
53
Opinion : IDEA
54
Jar : OLLA
55
Plays first : LEADS
56
Contrary gardener : MARY
57
Ooze : SEEP
Down
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Sirius or Polaris : STAR
2
Pelion upon ___ : OSSA
3
Sinking-ship quitters : RATS
4
College officials : TRUSTEES
5
Turkish ruler's dominion : BEYLIK
6
Chinese or Japanese : ASIAN
7
Forbids : BANS
8
Out, in Vienna : AUS
9
Red wines : CLARETS
10
Ben Gunn, e.g. : HERMIT
11
Lazy : IDLE
12
Like good brandy : AGED
13
Snare : NET
18
Decimal-system man : DEWEY
19
Rebounds : CAROMS
23
Hauls : DRAGS
24
High hanger : GOOSE
25
War of the ___ : ROSES
26
Minds : TENDS
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Upper regions : ETHER
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Mrs. Hoople's offerings : ROOMS
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Dry : SERE
30
Valley : GLEN
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"Song of ___" : SONGS
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Legendary name for England : LOGRES
35
God of death : THANATOS
37
Lab vessels : BEAKERS
38
___ firma : TERRA
40
Harnessed together : TEAMED
41
Ibsen's country : NORWAY
43
Beverage : CIDER
44
"___ pumpkins!" : SOME
45
Entreaty : PLEA
46
"A wing ___ prayer" : ANDA
47
___ of Man : ISLE
48
Charity : DOLE
49
Word with shot or dragon : SNAP
50
Falstaff's friend : HAL
51
Purpose : AIM

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

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