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Norton Rhoades
Norton Rhoades

New York Times, Thursday, October 10, 1974

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 41.9
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,189
Across
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Socials : TEAS
5
O. T. book : MICAH
10
Lady Macbeth's bane : SPOT
14
Part of a French play : ACTE
15
City of Turkey : ADANA
16
Sea bird : ERNE
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"I am rich beyond the ___" (E. Moore) : DREAMSOFAVARICE
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"___ and evening star ... " : SUNSET
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Seasons in Nantes : ETES
22
Kind of buoy : NUN
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Concepts : IDEAS
25
Relatives : NIECES
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Painters' needs : LADDERS
30
New Delhi wear : SARI
31
Friend, in Quebec : AMIE
32
Environmental unit : ECAD
35
Katmandu's land : NEPAL
38
Spoil : MAR
39
Crane : DAVIT
41
Kind of detector : LIE
42
Piled up : AHEAP
45
Milne's Winnie : POOH
46
Marshy areas : FENS
47
U. S. Indian : CREE
49
Sits for a new camera shot : REPOSES
51
Climbing peppers : BETELS
53
"___ me, give me ... " : ASFOR
54
Panay native : ATI
55
College study: Abbr. : ECON
57
Turned toward the center : INGREW
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These are "long, long" to Longfellow : THOUGHTSOFYOUTH
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Cacklers : HENS
65
Posture for the proud : ERECT
66
Italian family : ESTE
67
Gaelic : ERSE
68
Fort in Texas : WORTH
69
"We have ___ better days" : SEEN
Down
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Little ones : TADS
2
Pale shade : ECRU
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Sun disk : ATEN
4
Resort area : SEASIDE
5
Learned fully : MASTERED
6
Swearing-in words : IDO
7
Truck-drivers' stops : CAFES
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Medical study: Abbr. : ANAT
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Safe places : HAVENS
10
Indian weight : SER
11
Yin and Yang, e.g. : PRINCIPLES
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Ready, as an actor : ONCUE
13
Certain years : TEENS
18
Early Mideasterner : MEDE
19
___ flu : ASIAN
24
Composers' org. : ASCAP
26
Prior to : ERE
27
Tibetan title : LAMA
28
Nurse, in Shanghai : AMAH
29
Game-box reading matter : DIRECTIONS
33
Coin of Macao : AVO
34
Fashion man and family : DIORS
36
Senior, in France : AINE
37
More or ___ : LESS
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Take ___ (refuse to testify) : THEFIFTH
43
Common verb : ARE
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Biblical son of Eber : PELEG
46
Abstains from : FORGOES
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Avoid : ESCHEW
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Cheater's helper : PONY
51
Enjoy the surf : BATHE
52
Clear sky : ETHER
53
Genus of geese : ANSER
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Other, in Granada : OTRO
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Bit of trickery : RUSE
59
Feminine suffix : ETTE
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"___ lilacs last in the ... " : WHEN
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Employ : USE
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Month: Abbr. : OCT

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

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