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Bill Hartman
Bill Hartman

Literal Approach

New York Times, Sunday, September 21, 1975

103-Down : Wild ginger

Author:
Bill Hartman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 108, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 648 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 110, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16, Grid flow: 54.0
Bill Hartman has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original solution grid had ULM and ASARMM at 126-Across and 103-Down, respectively; corrected to ULU and ASARUM.

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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,535
Across
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Loiter : LOAF
5
It's usually four : PAR
8
Jack of clubs : PAM
11
Quick : APT
14
Soft drink : POP
17
Bullets, etc. : AMMO
18
Eastern V.I.P. : AGA
19
Bean, to Vergil : FABA
20
___ the piper : PAY
21
Musical passage : CODA
22
Disapproved : TABU
23
Parrot, e.g. : REPEATER
25
Undo one's sewing : RIP
26
Chick and fire : SALES
27
Portions : SHARES
29
Inbred entry : TWENTYNINEACROSS
32
Prefix for naut : ASTRO
33
Pitching stat : ERA
34
Sharp blow : JOLT
35
Dull surface : MAT
36
Climb in a way : SHIN
37
Ring champ : ALI
38
Insult, in England : CAG
39
Takes in : EMBRACES
44
Rock-vein angle : HADE
45
Bulrush : TULE
46
Coat part: Abbr. : LNG
47
Miss ___ Rio of films : DEL
48
Chem. prefix : OXA
49
Out-of-date one : DODO
50
Myra or Rudolf : HESS
51
Colors : HUES
52
Signal : CUE
53
Smart sayings : MOTS
54
Gaylord Ravenal's milieu : SHOWBOAT
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Letters : CEES
57
Mount, out West : HOSS
58
Drinks : ALES
59
Things often cut : CORNERS
60
Dove or cotton : TAIL
61
Function : ROLE
62
Blazing : AFIRE
63
"Guys and Dolls" doll : ADELAIDE
65
Large bird : EMU
66
___ Fein : SINN
67
Observation on the ad era : THEMEDIUMISTHEMESSAGE
73
Oil plant : RAPE
74
Thai isthmus : KRA
75
Singer's lapse : SOURNOTE
76
Prepared fruit : CORED
77
Berlin number : NEUN
78
Sea birds : ERNS
79
Rhine menace : LORELEI
84
Impolite : RUDE
85
Barnyard sounds : BAAS
86
Boating hazard : SNAG
87
Most sullied : DIRTIEST
88
Banking abbrs. : INTS
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Stupid one : ASS
90
English city : BATH
91
Ship wood : TEAK
92
Gang weapons : GATS
93
Environment: Prefix : ECO
94
While, for short : THO
95
Scottish county : AYR
96
Parlor plant : FERN
97
Graduate degrees : PHDS
98
Sinner-no-more : REPENTER
101
Bashful : COY
102
Branch : ARM
103
Can. province : ALTA
104
___ pros : NOL
105
Kind of collar : ETON
107
Taconite, e.g. : ORE
108
Dictum : SAYSO
110
Literal entry : HUNDREDTENACROSS
116
"___ band played on" : ANDTHE
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Incas' home : ANDES
119
Physicist of note : OHM
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Nullifying law : REPEALER
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Mr. Roberts : ORAL
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Beer foam : HEAD
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Dine : SUP
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George et al. : ADES
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Eskimo knife : ULU
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Friendly : WARM
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Solicit : ASK
129
German spa : EMS
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D.C. title : SEN
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Tire part : RIM
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Humorist Bill and others : NYES
Down
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Old Baltic coins : LATS
2
U.S. city : OMAHA
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High-level agent : AMBASSADOR
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Last chance for the Jets : FOURTHDOWN
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Weems or bird : PARSON
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Stone, e.g. : AGE
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Enthralled : RAPT
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Ganges city : PATNA
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Give backing to : ABET
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Girls' shoes : MARYJANES
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Kind of fool : APRIL
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Totem pole, e.g. : PAINTEDCOLUMN
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Roman or italic : TYPE
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Sport : POLO
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Keats works : ODES
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Soldier's want : PASS
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Spenser's Queen : FAERIE
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Magna ___ : CARTA
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Actor Tom et al. : EWELLS
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Blemish : SCAR
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Niagara Falls feeder : ERIE
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Egg drinks: Var. : NOGGS
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Saunters : AMBLES
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Eur. country : AUST
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French river : MEUSE
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Like an iced drink : COOLING
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Nonresident hospital worker : EXTERNE
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Bailer: Fr. : SASSE
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Jolly sound : HOHO
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Annoyed : TEASED
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Mil. award : DSC
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Tatar group : HORDE
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Girl of fiction : HEIDI
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"Godfather" group : MAFIA
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Showed joy : BEAMED
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Alligator : CAIMAN
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Round-trippers : HOMERS
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Zodiac sign : TAURUS
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Moved, as a painting : REHUNG
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Declare : ASSERT
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Conspicuous : LIKEASORETHUMB
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Defeat solidly : TROUNCE
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Type of auto : HARDTOP
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Fencing pieces : EPEES
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Pentateuch : TORAH
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Windborne : EOLIAN
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Baby bird : STORK
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Town herald of old : CRIER
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English satirist : NASHE
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Result of eight bowlers' strikes : EIGHTYDOWN
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Influence badly : LEADASTRAY
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Superlative endings : ESTS
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"___ your move" : ITS
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Bull Run or Hastings : BATTLE
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Certain good-byes : SAYONARAS
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Skin: Suffix : DERM
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Essayist Francis : BACON
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Spanish saint : TERESA
96
Danish islands : FAROES
97
Design : PLAN
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"The song is ___" : ENDED
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Connectives : NORS
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Wild ginger : ASARUM
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Time, in France : TEMPS
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British painter : ORPEN
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Midwest airport : OHARE
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Sunk fence : HAHA
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French numbers : UNES
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State: Abbr. : NDAK
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Measure : DOSE
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Grant : CEDE
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Insult : SLUR
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Trees : ELMS
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Whitney : ELI

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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