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George Madrid
George Madrid

New York Times, Wednesday, January 16, 1974

Author:
George Madrid
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J M Q }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 61.0
George Madrid has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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E
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W
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E
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T
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R
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A
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C
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G
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A
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F
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S
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T
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W
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L
L
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U
R
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C
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P
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T
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D
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C
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O
K
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S
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H
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L
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E
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T
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H
Y
L
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B
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S
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A
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Z
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L
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C
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S
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N
O
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E
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L
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R
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N
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F
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P
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C
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V
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U
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G
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C
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B
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N
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T
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S
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G
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N
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T
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G
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R
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O
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E
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,922
Across
1
Sheep : EWE
4
Do detective work : TRACE
9
Hoaxes : GAFFS
14
Poll or stamp : TAX
15
Writer Cather : WILLA
16
Heep of fiction : URIAH
17
Imprisoned group of a sort : CAPTIVEAUDIENCE
20
Eye parts : CORNEAS
21
Rank : ESTATE
22
Approves : OKS
23
Mule, for one : SHOE
25
Movie studio : LOT
26
Gas-station purchase : ETHYL
29
Sister of Nike : BIA
30
Matinee day: Abbr. : SAT
32
Albee's "___ Story" : ZOO
33
Chooses : ELECTS
36
Carol : NOEL
39
Music to a speaker's ears : ROUNDOFAPPLAUSE
42
Besides : ALSO
43
Cultivated : POLITE
44
Jefferson Davis's domain: Abbr. : CSA
45
Peron or Braun : EVA
47
Service branch: Abbr. : USN
48
Go, in Bremen : GEHEN
50
Beanie : CAP
52
Neighbor of Java : BALI
54
Gibbon : LAR
55
Dessert : ECLAIR
57
Woodworking aid : NAILSET
61
Treat for a speaker's eyes : STANDINGOVATION
64
Slight amount : TINGE
65
Guardian spirits : GENII
66
Biochemical acid : RNA
67
Pays up : ANTES
68
Mountain nymph : OREAD
69
Kind of roll : EGG
Down
1
Catchall abbr. : ETC
2
Service girl of W. W. II : WAAC
3
Spokane event of 1974 : EXPO
4
Emulated a star : TWINKLED
5
Splits : RIVES
6
Old Greek city : ALEA
7
Sills or Pons, e.g. : CLASSICALSINGER
8
___ de vie : EAU
9
Forms : GUISES
10
Reckon, of old : ARET
11
Icing, at times : FINALTOUCH
12
De or ex post : FACTO
13
Sailor's line : SHEET
18
Home, to Paris : TROY
19
___ volente : DEO
24
Woman's weapon : HATPIN
26
Stone or Pound : EZRA
27
Implement : TOOL
28
Aspidistra, for one : HOUSEPLANT
29
Sully : BEFOUL
31
Quotable item : ANA
34
Cut off : LOP
35
New York, for one: Abbr. : SPT
37
Being, to Cato : ESSE
38
Sprat's diet : LEAN
40
Month: Abbr. : NOV
41
Service for needy defendants : LEGALAID
46
Endures : ABIDES
49
Previously, old style : ERST
50
Jai alai need : CESTA
51
Globulin in muscles : ACTIN
53
Biblical lion : ARI
54
Miss de Havilland, for short : LIVIA
56
Holy being: Fr. : ANGE
58
Top-notch : AONE
59
Island republic : EIRE
60
Chinese society : TONG
62
___ Dinh Diem : NGO
63
Irritate : NAG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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