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Norma Schier
Norma Schier

New York Times, Monday, January 21, 1963

Author:
Norma Schier
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 29.3
Norma Schier has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

The clue for 30-Across was listed twice in the print version.

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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,932
Across
1
Wacky. : BATS
5
Jump. : START
10
Essence. : PITH
14
Scotsman's name. : ALEC
15
A well-known Square. : TIMES
16
Pennsylvania port. : ERIE
17
Legendary oldster. : FATHERTIME
19
Deer, rabbits, etc. : GAME
20
Disengaged. : FREED
21
Famous general. : LEE
22
Lullaby refrain. : SLEEP
23
Awful. : DIRE
25
Speck. : MOTE
27
Tiny. : MINUTE
30
Repeal. : ABROGATE
34
Threatening words. : ORELSE
35
Show slightly. : PEEP
36
Carriage. : GIG
37
Church part. : NAVE
38
Comes close. : NEARS
40
Where the Tevere flows. : ROMA
41
Chemical suffix. : ANE
42
Alcor or Altair. : STAR
43
Rising in rows. : TIERED
45
Describing items in the laundry hamper. : DIRTIEST
47
English composer and family. : ELGARS
48
About. : INRE
49
Where the Ob flows. : ASIA
50
Sign often seen on a brownstone front. : ROOMS
53
Wildly gay. : MAD
55
Bewildered. : ATSEA
59
Kind of seaman. : ABLE
60
Used. : SECONDHAND
62
Drudge. : MOIL
63
Musical beginning. : INTRO
64
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : EXOD
65
Tactic, as in a game. : PLOY
66
Task. : STINT
67
Depend (on). : RELY
Down
1
Golf stroke. : BAFF
2
Winged. : ALAR
3
18th cen. wig. : TETE
4
Catalogue. : SCHEDULE
5
Ship: Abbr. : STR
6
Nawab or Nizam. : TITLE
7
Friend, in Paris. : AMIE
8
Bear in mind. : REMEMBER
9
Element in Chinese names. : TSE
10
Attribute of Peter Stuyvesant. : PEGLEG
11
Dies ___. : IRAE
12
Occasion. : TIME
13
Dickens character. : HEEP
18
Works on mss. : EDITS
22
What "avast" means. : STOP
24
Come back. : REENTER
26
Brother of Iphigenia. : ORESTES
27
One-celled organism: Biol. : MONAD
28
Shah's people. : IRANI
29
By no chance. : NEVER
30
To one side. : APART
31
Shopping center, Greek style. : AGORA
32
Kitchen gadget. : TIMER
33
Old oaths. : EGADS
39
Relief. : EASEMENT
40
Collect again. : REGATHER
42
Sloth and others. : SINS
44
Book for a Greek student. : ILIAD
46
Opportune. : TIMELY
49
Bedeck. : ADORN
50
Type of passage. : RAMP
51
Coin used in the 31 Down. : OBOL
52
Medley. : OLIO
54
Part of a play. : ACTI
56
Band instrument. : SAXE
57
Suffix in chemistry. : ENOL
58
Girl's nickname. : ADDY
60
Little girl. : SIS
61
What ___. : NOT

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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