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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Friday, January 3, 1975

45-Down : Flowering plant

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K V W Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,274
Across
1
Chevalier movie : GIGI
5
Bushy group : CLUMP
10
Kind of occasion : GALA
14
Dare, in Deauville : OSER
15
Bible book : HOSEA
16
Silkworm : ERIA
17
Western alliance : NATO
18
Variety of flu : ASIAN
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Cash drawer : TILL
20
Bit of showing off : GRANDSTANDPLAY
23
Novelist O'Flaherty : LIAM
24
Hawaiian tree : NAIO
25
Religious images : ICONS
27
Opposite of "from now" : AGO
29
N.C.O.'s : MSGTS
33
Matted hair : SHAG
34
Swimsuit part : BRA
35
Decorative disk : PATERA
36
"___ pleasures and palaces ... " : MID
37
Naps : SIESTAS
39
Harbor boat : TUG
40
Battery plates : ANODES
42
Kind of charity : PET
43
___ the joint : CASE
44
"What can I ___ you?" : DOFOR
45
Vast amount : SEA
46
Joins the traffic jam : HALTS
47
China Sea gulf : SIAM
49
Prefix for naut : AERO
50
Pomposity : GRANDILOQUENCE
56
Rugged rock : CRAG
57
Statesman Root : ELIHU
58
Alike, in France : EGAL
59
Innisfail : EIRE
60
Female demon : LAMIA
61
Petty taboo : NONO
62
Sanctified women: Abbr. : STES
63
Montreal players : EXPOS
64
Prune, in Scotland : SNED
Down
1
Bell for a Manchu : GONG
2
Munich's river : ISAR
3
Become hep : GETALOADOF
4
Kind of board : IRONING
5
Grand Canyon feature : CHASM
6
Bewildered : LOST
7
Govt. agency : USIA
8
___ harm (lack malice) : MEANNO
9
Capital zoo feature : PANDA
10
Scram! : GETLOST
11
Solo : ARIA
12
Valley flower : LILY
13
Red dye : AAL
21
German article : DAS
22
Indians of Arizona : PIMAS
25
"That he ___, 'tis true" (Hamlet) : ISMAD
26
Cloth for uniforms : CHINO
27
Land measure : ARE
28
Quebec peninsula : GASPE
30
___ next to nothing (make do) : GETALONGON
31
Certain fund : TRUST
32
Persons of wisdom : SAGES
34
Encore! : BIS
35
Boone : PAT
37
Small finch : SERIN
38
Black or green : TEA
41
Doctors' listings : DOSAGES
43
Lurches : CAREENS
45
Flowering plant : SMILAX
46
Alas, in old Rome : HEU
48
Fred's sister : ADELE
49
Green-blue colors : AQUAS
50
Determination : GRIT
51
Admirable : RARE
52
Favor a sore ankle : LIMP
53
Canton's state : OHIO
54
Sugar source : CANE
55
Electric force : ELOD
56
These, in Paris : CES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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