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Thomas Sheehan
Thomas Sheehan

New York Times, Friday, January 18, 1974

Author:
Thomas Sheehan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.0
Thomas Sheehan has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,924
Across
1
African grass : ALFA
5
Apply the sponge : ERASE
10
London quarter : SOHO
14
Hawk : SELL
15
Decorative design : DECAL
16
God of thunder : THOR
17
Inspirational quote, with 41 and 52 Across : TOOLOWTHEYBUILD
20
Do ___ (share the burden) : ONESPART
21
Gurkha's relative : SEPOY
22
Source of poi : TARO
23
Roman 103 : CIII
24
False rumor : CANARD
27
Part of a Christmas-card address : MRANDMRS
31
Cancel, as a space shot : ABORT
32
Author of quote, with 5 Down : YOUNG
33
Cereal : OAT
34
Hamelin's undesirables : RATS
35
Printing measures : ENS
36
Roman public games : LUDI
37
Superlative suffix : EST
38
Part of a chair back : SPLAT
40
Insinuated oneself : GOTIN
41
More of quote : WHOBUILD
43
Words for Sophie Tucker : REDHOT
44
Javanese tree : UPAS
45
Word on the Biblical wall : MENE
46
Aaron and others : BURRS
48
Area of Manhattan : EASTSIDE
52
End the quote : BENEATHTHESTARS
54
" ... a bushel ___ peck" : ANDA
55
Caning material: Var. : RATAN
56
Matures : AGES
57
Back-fence noise : MEOU
58
Revise a text : EMEND
59
Took the bus : RODE
Down
1
Apropos of : ASTO
2
Trotsky : LEON
3
Berg's cousin : FLOE
4
Some athletes : ALLSTARS
5
See 32 Across : EDWARD
6
Prefix with grade and active : RETRO
7
After sieben : ACHT
8
So, in Scotland : SAE
9
Fields of mythology : ELYSIAN
10
Without reason : STUPID
11
McKinley's state : OHIO
12
Kind of terror : HOLY
13
Military weapons: Abbr. : ORD
18
Painting style of the 60's : OPART
19
Fellow creature : BEING
23
Crumb's colleague : CRUST
24
Poet Thomas : CAREW
25
Discomfit : ABASH
26
___ mention (besides) : NOTTO
27
Single-celled organism : MONAD
28
Cave entrance : MOUTH
29
A.M. or F.M. : RADIO
30
Pinch pennies : STINT
32
Cheerleader's specialties : YELLS
36
Navigator's guide : LODESTAR
38
Above: Prefix : SUPRA
39
Money unit of Mideast : PIASTRE
40
Refined guys : GENTS
42
Kind of crat : BUREAU
43
Repeat the message : RESEND
45
Admiral Alfred Thayer ___ : MAHAN
46
Well: Prefix : BENE
47
Loosen, as laces : UNDO
48
Feminine ending : ETTE
49
Ancient of "Othello" : IAGO
50
Scott : DRED
51
Common Latin verb : ESSE
52
Comic-strip sound : BAM
53
Emoter : HAM

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

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