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Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg

New York Times, Thursday, October 14, 1976

63-Across : Questioning words

Author:
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.71, Missing: { G J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,924
Across
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Templeton : ALEC
5
Dave the golfer : MARR
9
Small amount : DAB
12
Miss Lee : LILA
13
Architectural moldings : CYMAE
14
Bills : ONES
16
"___ Crossing" (road sign) : DEER
17
Kind of flu : ASIAN
18
Cartoonist Soglow : OTTO
19
Las Vegas takeaways : ONEARMEDBANDITS
22
Stoke : FUEL
23
"At ___!" : EASE
24
Poker holding : THREEOFAKIND
30
Solar offerings : RAYS
31
Walking or sugar : CANE
32
Piercing tool : AWL
35
Nitrogen: Prefix : AZO
36
Pet-shop offerings : KITTENS
39
The Windy City : CHI
40
Still : YET
41
Toy : YOYO
42
Kind of lash : WHIP
43
Phonies : FOURFLUSHERS
47
Partner of polish : SPIT
49
Pinker : EPEE
50
Broadway play : TWOFORTHESEESAW
57
Win in a big way : ROUT
58
"It's ___ treat" : ARARE
59
Nothing : ZERO
60
Instep : ARCH
61
Heavenly body : COMET
62
Penna. city : ERIE
63
Questioning words : EHS
64
Gave the once-over : EYED
65
Recital pieces: Abbr. : SELS
Down
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Ray : ALDO
2
Property right : LIEN
3
Famed Robt. : ELEE
4
Beverage bottles : CARAFES
5
"I'll do it ___" : MYSELF
6
In the thick of : AMID
7
Austrian statesman : RAAB
8
Rockfish : RENA
9
Thingamabob : DOODAD
10
Pros' foes : ANTIS
11
Midler : BETTE
13
Jewelry piece : CAMEO
15
Desperate initials : SOS
20
___ de la Paix : RUE
21
Hawaiian geese : NENES
24
Ash ___ : TRAY
25
Fog's relative : HAZE
26
Hindu peasant : RYOT
27
___ God : ACTOF
28
Scottish daw : KAE
29
Kind of keeper : INN
32
Head or tooth : ACHE
33
Vibrating sound : WHIR
34
Face parts : LIPS
36
Honshu city : KYOTO
37
Unpopular slip : IOU
38
Norse god of war : TYR
42
Thrice-told jokes : WHEEZES
43
Liquor measures : FIFTHS
44
Made a villainous gesture : LEERED
45
Underdog victory : UPSET
46
___ the light : SEE
47
Made a promise : SWORE
48
Joey's home : POUCH
50
___-la-la : TRA
51
Human or rat ___ : RACE
52
Weight system : TROY
53
Harness part : HAME
54
Parched : SERE
55
Seed part : ARIL
56
Evils : WOES

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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