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Chet Currier
Chet Currier

New York Times, Monday, October 27, 1975

63-Across : Purpose

Author:
Chet Currier
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Chet Currier has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,571
Across
1
Coarse tobacco : SHAG
5
Illinois time: Abbr. : CST
8
Plods heavily : SLOGS
13
Hubbub : TODO
14
Gambler's mark : IOU
15
Adjusts the TV set : TUNES
16
Scope : AREA
17
Assam native : GARO
19
Unique : ALONE
20
Jargonistic approximation : BALLPARKFIGURE
23
Coral or Black : SEA
24
"___ longa ... " : ARS
25
Word with small or French : FRY
26
S. A. nation : ARG
28
A.M.A. members : DRS
29
Pronoun : SHE
30
Snack ___ : BAR
31
Suffix for arab or Juno : ESQUE
34
Through: Prefix : DIA
35
Filched : STOLE
37
Port on the Seine : ROUEN
38
Sea bird : ERN
39
As ___ {usually) : ARULE
40
Collect : AMASS
41
Bike part: Abbr. : PED
42
Goat god : SATYR
43
___ Aviv : TEL
44
Iniquity's home : DEN
45
Thought-transfer initials : ESP
46
River of west Africa : OTI
47
Container : BIN
48
Integer : ONE
49
Youth org. : GSA
52
Equivocators' tools : IFSANDSANDBUTS
56
Alaskan town : UMIAT
57
Japanese drink : SAKE
58
News source of sorts : LEAK
59
To the ___ (fully) : TEETH
60
Pasture : LEA
61
This, in Madrid : ESTE
62
Beasts of burden : ASSES
63
Purpose : END
64
Took advantage of : USED
Down
1
Certain wounds : STABS
2
Goddesses of the seasons : HORAE
3
Writer St. Johns : ADELA
4
Destination : GOAL
5
Cheroot and stogy : CIGARS
6
Ascends : SOARS
7
Bosporus dweller : TURK
8
Over-theatrical : STAGY
9
Standout : LULU
10
Time-pinpointing words : ONORABOUT
11
For the most part : GENERALLY
12
Compass reading : SSE
18
Impromptu : OFFHAND
21
Punctuation marks: Abbr. : PARENS
22
Pique : IRE
27
Feminist Germaine : GREER
28
Club receipts : DUES
29
Seductive one : SIREN
31
Muse : ERATO
32
Occasionally : SOMETIMES
33
Hedges : QUALIFIES
34
It all ___ (not certain) : DEPENDS
35
Talked back : SASSED
36
Word with sand or mouse : TRAP
44
Cacophony : DIN
45
Group of nine : ENNEAD
47
Spas : BATHS
48
Of a hard wood : OAKEN
49
Educated ___ : GUESS
50
One of 50 : STATE
51
Bid's partner : ASKED
53
Cloy : SATE
54
Shopping attraction : SALE
55
Type of cheese : BLEU
56
Miss Hagen : UTA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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