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Stephanie Spadaccini
Stephanie Spadaccini

New York Times, Tuesday, October 11, 1977

9-Down : Ordinary; unremarkable

Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 25.9
Stephanie Spadaccini has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 36 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In grid at 26-Down, DRIER should really be DRYER.

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P
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A
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R
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T
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T
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A
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L
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C
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P
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L
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O
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T
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T
O
T
O
E
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A
R
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O
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L
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D
E
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B
R
O
W
N
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B
E
T
T
Y
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A
P
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X
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S
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N
A
T
E
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S
M
O
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K
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T
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N
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W
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T
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T
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N
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A
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D
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D
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R
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R
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A
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E
N
J
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O
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Y
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B
R
A
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S
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R
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N
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G
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G
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P
E
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D
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C
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Q
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E
A
G
E
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R
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N
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M
O
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S
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T
U
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P
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D
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L
I
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V
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R
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R
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R
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R
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S
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L
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D
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A
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R
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T
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A
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E
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L
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S
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O
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N
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C
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R
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E
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T
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M
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P
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O
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S
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B
O
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V
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C
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T
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E
R
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I
R
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G
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Y
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N
G
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S
H
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N
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E
K
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S
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,286
Across
1
Hairdo line : PART
5
Dusting powder : TALC
9
Machinations : PLOT
13
From head ___ : TOTOE
14
Martian: Comb. form : AREO
15
Prospector's quest : LODE
16
Baked pudding : BROWNBETTY
18
Summit : APEX
19
Where Stone joins Gravel : SENATE
20
Haziest : SMOKIEST
22
Lizard's cousin : NEWT
24
School Anthony Eden attended : ETON
25
Augment : ADD
28
___ avis : RARA
30
Relish : ENJOY
33
Carrousel prize : BRASSRING
36
Stared : GAPED
38
Après quatre : CINQ
39
Fervent : EAGER
41
Verne hero : NEMO
42
Arrangement : SETUP
44
Liberator : DELIVERER
46
" ... ___ its ugly head" : REARS
48
Mother of Castor and Pollux : LEDA
49
Items of interest : ANA
50
Beatles' "Meter Maid" : RITA
52
Fish resembling lampreys : EELS
54
"___ with feeling" : ONCEMORE
58
Beats : TEMPOS
62
Betty ___, cartoon flapper of the Twenties : BOOP
63
19th-century bric-a-brac : VICTORIANA
65
First American canal : ERIE
66
Existence, in Paris : ETRE
67
Type of verb: Abbr. : IRREG
68
Yin's partner : YANG
69
Eschew : SHUN
70
Gets by, but barely : EKES
Down
1
Burn the midnight oil : PORE
2
"Like ___ of bricks!" : ATON
3
Dick Martin's partner : ROWAN
4
Frames for drying and stretching cloth : TENTERS
5
Monogram of a great inventor : TAE
6
Seven "liberal" creations of man : ARTS
7
"___ Entertain You" : LETME
8
Prairie wolf : COYOTE
9
Ordinary; unremarkable : PLAINJANE
10
Easy, swinging gait : LOPE
11
Canticles : ODES
12
McGuffey product : TEXT
13
Recipe abbr. : TBS
17
Watch out : BEWARE
21
Movie "King" : KONG
23
Group of three : TRIAD
25
Rudiments : ABCS
26
Word with hair or clothes : DRIER
27
"Inferno" man : DANTE
29
Broadway backer : ANGEL
31
"Otello," for one : OPERA
32
Arab kingdom : YEMEN
34
Misfit, in a saying : SQUAREPEG
35
Jelly, in Grenoble : GELEE
37
She may not be so dumb : DORA
40
___ hounds (hunt fox) : RIDETO
43
Precise or prudish : PRIM
45
TV's Harper : VALERIE
47
Franklins, e.g. : STOVES
51
Grade-school subj. : ARITH
53
Simper : SMIRK
54
Verb stricken from many marriage vows : OBEY
55
Ibsen's liberated woman : NORA
56
Penny : COIN
57
Neutral color : ECRU
59
Peel : PARE
60
Units : ONES
61
Droop : SAG
64
Shoe size : TEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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