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S. Courtney Izsak
S. Courtney Izsak

New York Times, Wednesday, October 9, 1974

Author:
S. Courtney Izsak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
S. Courtney Izsak has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,188
Across
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Bruce or Moses : ROBERT
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City on the Avon : BRISTOL
14
Showing love : AMATORY
16
Traditional pastime for retirees : FISHING
17
Mother of song : MACHREE
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Thinks well of : ADMIRES
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"___ a silly question" : ASK
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Sweet potato : YAM
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Fisherman : EELER
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Indian of West : UTE
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Blab : TELLALL
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Breakwater : MOLE
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French marshal : NEY
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River of oblivion : LETHE
34
Puts in writing : INDITES
37
Nonsense poet : LEAR
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___ Knight (J. G. Blaine) : PLUMED
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How some medicine is taken : ORALLY
43
Skirt length : MINI
44
Kennel-club star : SHOWDOG
48
Connery and O'Casey : SEANS
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Begin, to poets : OPE
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Having footwear : SHOD
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Certifies : ATTESTS
57
Hindu title : SRI
58
Ham or bad : ACTOR
60
___ Dieu! : MON
62
Choler : IRE
64
Used the grill : BROILED
66
Jersey suburbs of N.Y.C. : ORANGES
68
Miserly person : SCROOGE
69
Orator Henry : PATRICK
70
River of Ireland : SHANNON
71
Points of view : SLANTS
Down
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Hindu incarnation : RAMA
2
Part of a cow's stomach : OMASUM
3
Have one's ___ the wall : BACKTO
4
Numerical suffix : ETH
5
Calhoun : RORY
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Pay the hill : TREAT
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College degree : BFA
8
"___ cock-horse ... " : RIDEA
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"___ the blood of ... " : ISMELL
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Cudgels : SHILLELAGHS
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Car-trunk item : TIRE
12
Unique person : ONER
13
Football linemen: Abbr. : LGS
15
Arabian : YEMENI
23
Kind of contest : ELIMINATION
25
___ on (pretend) : LET
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Caustic solution : LYE
28
Chemical suffix : ENE
31
Wire: Abbr. : TEL
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Holbrook : HAL
33
Noun ending : ERY
35
Initials on a dentist's diploma : DDS
36
Repair a lawn : SOD
38
Times of day: Abbr. : PMS
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Golfer's term : LIE
40
Merkel : UNA
42
Artificial languages : ROS
45
Garden tool : HOE
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Harvest goddess : OPS
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Cleaning implement : WETMOP
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Plant shoot : STOLON
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Beginning : ORIGIN
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Kind of current : DIRECT
55
Kansas county : TREGO
56
Marsh birds : SORAS
58
Washington Sq. sight : ARCH
59
Bil Baird's wife : CORA
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Baseball league: Abbr. : NATL
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Certain Alaskans: Abbr. : ESKS
64
College degree : BSS
65
Scout unit : DEN
67
Depression org. : NRA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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