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Tanaquil Le Clercq
Tanaquil Le Clercq

New York Times, Tuesday, January 8, 1974

23-Across : Drug-induced languor

Author:
Tanaquil Le Clercq
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 34.7
Tanaquil Le Clercq has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,914
Across
1
Lulus : PIPS
5
Dress : GARB
9
Mongoose of Asia : URVA
13
___ bomb : ATOM
14
Chair repairer : CANER
15
___-do-well : NEER
16
Western lily : SEGO
17
Apart : ASIDE
18
___ qua non : SINE
19
Amiable peak in N.H. : MOUNTPLEASANT
22
Arrival-board notation : LATE
23
Drug-induced languor : KEF
24
Mournfully : SADLY
26
Defends : PROTECTS
31
Trod the boards : ACTED
32
Short, in France : BREF
33
Kind of corn cake : HOE
34
Frightened part of Arizona : PETRIFIEDFOREST
38
___ pinch : INA
39
Palo ___ : ALTO
40
Fresh-water fish : PERCH
41
Play both sides : STRADDLE
44
Brown pigment : SEPIA
45
French co. : CIE
46
Abrupt tidal rise : BORE
47
African tumbler : VICTORIAFALLS
53
Miss Daniels of films : BEBE
54
Range of the Rockies : UINTA
55
Asian country : LAOS
57
Hibernia : ERIN
58
Plaza de ___ : TOROS
59
Stone or Pound : EZRA
60
Kind of laugh : LAST
61
Actress Anna : STEN
62
Sea or duck : DEAD
Down
1
Dance step : PAS
2
Particular : ITEM
3
Comic-strip character : POGO
4
Burn without flame : SMOULDER
5
Quebec peninsula : GASPE
6
Indigo : ANIL
7
Advise, old style : REDE
8
Stop abruptly : BREAKOFF
9
Risky : UNSAFE
10
Check : REIN
11
Outlet : VENT
12
Common verb : ARE
14
Spiteful : CATTY
20
Actress Nita : NALDI
21
Shampoo's follower : SET
24
Fragrance : SCENT
25
___ of roses : ATTAR
26
Ready, in Paris : PRETE
27
Fix over : REDO
28
Colette novel : CHERI
29
Tebaldi role : TOSCA
30
Clockmaker Thomas : SETH
31
Sacred bull : APIS
32
Coo's partner : BILL
35
Movie effects : FADEOUTS
36
Grand or comic : OPERA
37
Forced back : REPELLED
42
Emphasis : ACCENT
43
Morse-code unit : DIT
44
Living-room pieces : SOFAS
46
___ twirler : BATON
47
Miss Vague : VERA
48
Wading bird : IBIS
49
Disturbance : RIOT
50
Concerning : INRE
51
Idle : LAZE
52
Marsh bird : SORA
53
___ canto : BEL
56
___ sack : SAD

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

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