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Joseph McLaughlin
Joseph McLaughlin

New York Times, Monday, September 30, 1974

28-Down : Complete, to Cicero

Author:
Joseph McLaughlin
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Joseph McLaughlin has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,179
Across
1
Dressing seasoning : SAGE
5
West Pointer : CADET
10
Buddy : CHUM
14
Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
15
Cordial flavor : ANISE
16
Atmosphere: Prefix : AERI
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Prepare meat : LARD
18
Spanish green sauce : SALSAVERDE
20
Fish delicacy : EEL
21
Complete : FULL
22
Scene of an Alexander victory : ISSUS
23
Impressions : IDEAS
25
Isinglass : MICA
27
Gather again : RECULL
29
Sauce ingredient : MUSHROOM
33
Ford name : EDSEL
34
Easy mark : SOFTY
35
Hit-show letters : SRO
36
Apply paint : COAT
37
Coal trough : CHUTE
38
Aftereffect : SCAR
39
Above ___ (primarily) : ALL
40
Main Line community : PAOLI
41
Lariat : REATA
42
French menu offering : POTAUFEU
44
Salad herb : SORREL
45
Very, in France : TRES
46
Southern soup : GUMBO
47
Flies on one's own : SOLOS
50
Sandwich choice : TUNA
51
Related group: Abbr. : FAM
54
U. S. menu offering : TBONESTEAK
57
Small case : ETUI
58
First-rate : AONE
59
Food garnish : SAUCE
60
In addition : THEN
61
Panhandles : BEGS
62
Rubinstein : ANTON
63
Document: Abbr. : CERT
Down
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Dover offering : SOLE
2
Wings : ALAE
3
Popular seasoning : GARLICSALT
4
Word with product or table : END
5
Offhand : CASUAL
6
Similarities: Abbr. : ANALS
7
Popular pickle : DILL
8
Letter : ESS
9
Tide-over meal : TEA
10
Popular salad : CAESAR
11
His and ___ : HERS
12
Language of Pakistan : URDU
13
___ van der Rohe : MIES
19
French mineral water : VICHY
21
Cruel : FELL
24
Musical piece : DUET
25
Civilian clothes : MUFTI
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That: Lat. : ISTE
27
Summarize : RECAP
28
Complete, to Cicero : EDOLO
29
Bruised, in France : MOULU
30
___ Waldorf (famed maître) : OSCAROFTHE
31
Speak pompously : ORATE
32
Upright : MORAL
34
Brogans : SHOES
37
Bistro : CAFE
38
Balkan native : SERB
40
Horse-race prize : PURSE
41
City of Italia : ROMA
43
Makes up for : ATONES
44
Hollow : SUNKEN
46
Tropical vine : GUACO
47
___ in the back : STAB
48
Orchestra unit : OBOE
49
Kind of division : LONG
50
German: Abbr. : TEUT
52
Actor Mischa : AUER
53
Bar need on Derby Day : MINT
55
Retirees' org. : SSA
56
Light color : TAN
57
Common Latin abbr. : ETC

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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