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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Monday, October 7, 1963

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.6
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,181
Across
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Golf shots. : CHIPS
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Prefix with scope or vision. : TELE
10
Iberian lady. : DAMA
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Eastern princess. : RANEE
15
Metal bar. : RAIL
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Not the real thing: Abbr. : IMIT
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City in Turkey. : ADANA
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Snappish. : IRRITABLE
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English artist. : CONSTABLE
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"There is ___ in the affairs of men ... " : ATIDE
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Patella site. : KNEE
24
His: Fr. : SES
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Kennel sound. : GRR
26
Van Winkle. : RIP
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Diseuse. : ARTISTE
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"___ ramblin' wreck ... " : IMA
35
Baboon of South Africa. : CHACMA
38
Diagonal. : BIAS
39
Reader's guide. : TABLEOFCONTENTS
42
Italian isle. : ELBA
43
Works by a French artist. : DAVIDS
44
Compass point. : ESE
45
Ramble. : MEANDER
47
Foot: Lat. : PES
49
___-de-sac. : CUL
50
Spanish preposition. : POR
52
Grading device. : TEST
56
"But it's nicer to lie ___." : INBED
59
One of three kingdoms. : VEGETABLE
61
Topographical feature of Iran. : TABLELAND
63
Marine menace. : UBOAT
64
European capital. : OSLO
65
Formerly. : ONCE
66
___ Reynolds, former Yankee. : ALLIE
67
Cartoonist. : NAST
68
Think, old style. : WEEN
69
Negatives of a sort. : NEINS
Down
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Dawn sound. : CRACK
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Wore. : HADON
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Silly. : INANE
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To think: Fr. : PENSER
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County ___. : SEAT
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Indians. : TRIBE
7
Nobles. : EARLS
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Corso money. : LIRE
9
Samuel's teacher. : ELI
10
Harsh words. : DIATRIBE
11
Both: Prefix. : AMBI
12
Not pungent. : MILD
13
To ___ (exactly). : ATEE
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Sour. : TART
21
Narcissus. : ASPHODEL
25
Evangeline's home. : GRANDPRE
27
"Rocks." : ICE
28
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
29
Math ratio. : SINE
30
Makes lace. : TATS
31
Etre's cousin. : ESSE
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Particular. : ITEM
33
"The ___ Animal." : MALE
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Rhyme scheme in sonnet. : ABBA
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___ off (distant). : AFAR
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Third cen. date. : CCV
40
Knight of the Cart. : LANCELOT
41
Element in Chinese names. : TSE
46
City feller. : DUDE
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Fixed. : STABLE
50
Part of L.S.D. : PENCE
51
City near Salt Lake. : OGDEN
53
Where Christ stopped, in Levi book. : EBOLI
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Killed. : SLAIN
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Heads: Fr. : TETES
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Take ___ the chin. : ITON
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Webb's agency. : NASA
58
Amounts: Abbr. : BBLS
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Weathercock. : VANE
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Sir, in Malay. : TUAN
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Companion of sweet. : LOW

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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