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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Thursday, November 14, 1974

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,224
Across
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Faint : PALE
5
Charcoal : CARBO
10
Policemen: Abbr. : OFFS
14
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
15
Knock for ___ : ALOOP
16
Soft cheese : BRIE
17
Parking place of a sort : LOVERSLANE
19
Seine tributary : OISE
20
Epoch : ERA
21
Creator of Pal Joey : OHARA
22
Comedian Bert : LAHR
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Black : EBON
24
Ask, in Spain : PEDIR
27
Joint legatee : COHEIR
30
Wool: Prefix : LANO
31
Wee, in Scotland : SMA
34
Beautify : ADORN
35
Russian city : SEROV
36
Thumb or Swift : TOM
37
Schoolgoer of rhyme : MARYSLITTLELAMB
40
Sounds of inquiry : EHS
41
Miss Gorme : EYDIE
42
Ragout : SALMI
43
Full of: Suffix : OSE
44
Sweden's Axel Wenner-___ : GREN
45
Arabian demon : AFREET
46
Make palatable : SUGAR
48
Walk heavily : PLOD
49
"___ soit qui ... " : HONI
51
P.I. fruit tree : ABILO
53
Dwarf's name : DOC
56
Verily : AMEN
57
Weedy plant : LIONSTOOTH
59
Covenant : PACT
60
Adventure girl : ALICE
61
Brian ___, Irish king : BORU
62
Singer Paul : ANKA
63
Small body of land : ISLET
64
Moslem title : IMAM
Down
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North or South : POLE
2
Cupid : AMOR
3
Scoria : LAVA
4
Prior to : ERE
5
"___ charge?" : CASHOR
6
___-a-Dale : ALLAN
7
Bellow : ROAR
8
Imperial French name : BONAPARTE
9
Begin, to poets : OPE
10
Old Greek coins : OBOLI
11
One of the Canterbury stories : FRIARSTALE
12
Kind of wife : FISH
13
Prophet : SEER
18
Shade of blue : ROBINSEGG
23
Mysterious : EERY
25
Organic compound : ENOL
26
Plant of the geranium family : DOVESFOOT
27
Carved gem : CAMEO
28
Harem rooms : ODAHS
29
Ginger-ale drink : HORSESNECK
30
Give admittance : LETIN
32
Japanese weight : MOMME
33
Circuit : AMBIT
35
Parts of beds : SIDERAILS
38
Sky Harp : LYRA
39
Cooking aid : LARD
45
Ready : ALLSET
47
Utah range : UINTA
48
___-nez : PINCE
49
Half, in Hawaii : HAPA
50
Arabian area : OMAN
52
Seethe : BOIL
53
Condemn : DOOM
54
Other, in Spain : OTRA
55
Pal : CHUM
57
Part of Chou's name : LAI
58
Broad sash : OBI

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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