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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Monday, January 3, 1977

13-Down : Greek letter

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { G J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 37.5
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,005
Across
1
Guinness or Waugh : ALEC
5
Milk: Prefix : LACTO
10
Glacial ridges : OSAR
14
"I have to ___ many things!" : DOSO
15
Loathe : ABHOR
16
Idaho's neighbor : UTAH
17
Sandarac tree : ARAR
18
Kind of vote or box : VOICE
19
Pianist Peter : NERO
20
Order-keepers at parades : MOUNTEDPOLICE
23
Gaelic : ERSE
24
Ice pinnacle : SERAC
27
Confederate general Jubal : EARLY
30
Miss Claire et al. : INAS
33
Road sign : SLO
34
Mine, in Marseille : AMOI
35
Have ambition : ASPIRE
37
"___ your turn" : ITS
38
Showy tropical trees : ROYALPOINCIANAS
41
Word before la : TRA
42
Passages : AISLES
43
Being, in Biarritz : ETRE
44
Holbrook or March : HAL
45
Ancient temple : NAOS
46
Riley's punkin covering : FROST
47
Highway to north : ALCAN
49
Field game : POLO
51
Guy Lombardo band member : ROYALCANADIAN
58
Like ___ of bricks : ATON
60
Grizzly and polar : BEARS
61
Youth org. : YWCA
62
Pitcher Schoolboy : ROWE
63
Bump, in Dijon : BOSSE
64
Cleo's river : NILE
65
Works on leather : TANS
66
Talent, for one : ASSET
67
Chemical suffixes : ENES
Down
1
Garden evictee : ADAM
2
Monk parrot : LORO
3
Son of Isaac : ESAU
4
Her children were her jewels : CORNELIA
5
Bathes : LAVES
6
Dwelling : ABODE
7
Poker or potato : CHIP
8
S. A. toucan : TOCO
9
Soviet city : OREL
10
___ of prevention : OUNCE
11
Maneuvers deliberately : STEERSINTO
12
Swiss river : AAR
13
Greek letter : RHO
21
Subject to strain : TRY
22
Japanese immigrant : ISSEI
25
Sacred places : ALTARS
26
Pet lamb : COSSET
27
Singer Kitt : EARTHA
28
Lacking principles : AMORAL
29
Queen's tiara : ROYALCROWN
30
Hardwood trees : IPILS
31
Baseball team : NINE
32
Circle parts : ARCS
35
Samoan capital : APIA
36
Mediocre : SOSO
39
Singer Ross : LANNY
40
Heavier-than-air craft : AERODYNE
46
Neighbor of Ga. : FLA
48
Excellent ratings : AONES
49
Take apart a sentence : PARSE
50
Beginning : ONSET
52
Eban : ABBA
53
Durocher and Tolstoy : LEOS
54
Peggy of TV : CASS
55
"Heads ___ tails ... " : IWIN
56
Asian tree : ACLE
57
Scottish negatives : NAES
58
Carney : ART
59
Up ___ point : TOA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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