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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Wednesday, January 30, 1974

3-Down : Philippine island group

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,936
Across
1
Declines : EBBS
5
Foot: Prefix : PODO
9
British barleys : BIGGS
14
Loud sound : CLAP
15
Word of assent : AMEN
16
"___ and his money ... " : AFOOL
17
Not in conformity : OUTOFLINE
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Prefix for mural : INTRA
20
Be the cause of : LEADUPTO
21
Alter a skirt : REHEM
22
Sea birds : ERNES
23
Businessman : TRADER
26
Wingdings : SPREES
29
Info : DOPE
32
Wrong : OFF
35
Skips over : ELIDES
36
Gore Vidal subject : BURR
37
Plan : DIAGRAM
39
Cruet contents : VINEGAR
41
Fitzgerald : ELLA
42
Saint and mystic of Spain : TERESA
44
Newsman Gardner et al. : HYS
45
Arias : SOLI
46
Ida Tarbell targets : TRUSTS
47
Save : UNLESS
49
Neighbor of Luzon : SAMAR
54
Mottled : PINTO
56
Avoid humiliation : SAVEFACE
59
Loosened : UNDID
60
Outwit : GETAROUND
61
___ de cacao : CREME
62
Islamic names : ALIS
63
Eye layer : UVEA
64
Pueblo people : KERES
65
Happy feeling : GLEE
66
Lacking: Suffix : LESS
Down
1
School: Fr. : ECOLE
2
More unhappy : BLUER
3
Philippine island group : BATAN
4
China from England : SPODE
5
Insect antenna : PALP
6
Neglect : OMIT
7
Indicated : DENOTED
8
At ___ (agreed) : ONE
9
Puppeteer Bil : BAIRD
10
Reluctant assent : IFNEEDBE
11
Experience : GOTHROUGH
12
Garment insert : GORE
13
"Doll's House" sound effect : SLAM
18
Worrywart : FUSSER
24
Town officers : REEVES
25
Box-score entry : ASSIST
27
Missouri tributary : PLATTE
28
Versifiers: Var. : RIMERS
30
Importune : PRAY
31
Strays : ERRS
32
Literary works : ODES
33
String: It. : FILO
34
Be classified as : FALLUNDER
38
Stall : GAINTIME
40
Gamal Abdel : NASSER
43
Author Bertrand : RUSSELL
48
Mineral deposits : LODES
50
Tangled : AFOUL
51
Word for a decade : MAUVE
52
Rashes : ACNES
53
As ___ a beet : REDAS
54
Shakespearean sprite : PUCK
55
Concerning : INRE
57
End in ___ (be even) : ATIE
58
Amphora : VASE
60
Funny line : GAG

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

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