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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Saturday, October 12, 1974

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 43.6
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,191
Across
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Mil. officer : CAPT
5
___ of Gilead : BALM
9
Guess : STAB
13
Market purchase : OLEO
14
Howe : ELIAS
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Early TV girl : IRMA
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Spanish painter : MIRO
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Magnetic quality : ATTRACTION
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"Hearts and Flowers," often : BACKGROUNDMUSIC
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Western Indians : OTOS
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Foot: Prefix : PEDI
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Grand Canyon's river : COLORADO
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Ancient Roman weights : LIBRAE
32
Emulate Cicero : ORATE
33
Concerning : INRE
35
Small stream : RILL
36
Have ___ for (dislike) : NOTASTE
38
Prison sentry's quarry : ESCAPEE
40
Genesis name : ENOS
41
Asian salt tree : ATLE
43
King of Tyre : HIRAM
44
New ___ : YORKER
46
Corselet : ALLINONE
48
Laurel : STAN
50
La Scala instrument : ARPA
51
Baseball and hockey, e.g. : SPECTATORSPORTS
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Dishes : CASSEROLES
59
Message : WIRE
60
Farm sound : OINK
61
Omit : ELIDE
62
Chemical suffixes : ENES
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___ bien : TRES
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Remnants : ENDS
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Mil. groups : RGTS
Down
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Fowl feature : COMB
2
Inter ___ : ALIA
3
Coffee-maker : PERCOLATOR
4
Reproved : TOOKTOTASK
5
___ grudge (resents) : BEARSA
6
Choir member : ALTO
7
Found : LITUPON
8
W. W. I battle site : MARNE
9
In ___ (placed) : SITU
10
Baseball's Speaker : TRIS
11
Mine, in France : AMOI
12
Judge's bench : BANC
15
Burdens : SADDLES
19
Tenth-century date : CMII
21
Garment inserts : GORES
24
___ Island : CONEY
25
New England college town : ORONO
26
Perennial subject of articles : DIET
28
Intellectual capacity : BRAINPOWER
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Hilarious : RIPROARING
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"Yond Cassius has ___ ... " : ALEAN
31
Kind of fig : ELEME
34
Dance : REEL
37
Sauce ___ : TARTARE
39
Aviary sound : CHIRP
42
Wool product : LANOLIN
45
Punta del ___ : ESTE
47
Maids : LASSES
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Cooked corn meal : ATOLE
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Burns, for one : SCOT
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Brace : PAIR
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Serf : ESNE
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Containers: Abbr. : CSKS
55
Mr. Foxx : REDD
56
Waste allowance : TRET
57
Meeting: Abbr. : SESS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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