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John R. Prosser
John R. Prosser

New York Times, Wednesday, November 28, 1979

Author:
John R. Prosser
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 38.2
John R. Prosser has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,977
Across
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Stockyard stock : BEEF
5
Morse code signal : DAH
8
Band or brace : CLAMP
13
Loose woman in "G.W.T.W." : BELLE
14
Juan Perón's esposa : EVA
15
Austerity : RIGOR
16
Word with renewal or district : URBAN
17
Temptation for eavesdroppers : PARTYLINE
19
Uses a postcard : DROPSALINE
21
French city : ALES
22
Grackles : DAWS
23
Hawthorne's hometown : SALEM
24
"Action" at Belmont : BETS
25
Pine sap : RESIN
27
Length or breadth : SPAN
29
Amorous sound : COO
31
"Some ___ meat ... ": Burns : HAE
32
Friml song : SOMEDAY
36
"___ by any other name ... " : AROSE
38
Source of betel nuts : ARECA
39
Violent outburst : TEMPEST
42
Point : DOT
44
The number chosen : FEW
45
Part of a foot : INCH
46
Poker term : RAISE
48
With 29 Down, hipster : COOL
51
Antithesis of chaos : ORDER
53
Word with room or chamber : ANTE
56
Cacholong or hyalite : OPAL
57
Evaluated anew : REASSESSED
59
Servants : RETAINERS
61
Bootblack's query : SHINE
62
Common contraction : ARENT
63
A top crop in S.D. : RYE
64
Relish : SAVOR
65
Household spirits : LARES
66
Like an elegy : SAD
67
Voyeur : EYER
Down
1
Yogi of baseball fame : BERRA
2
Daniel Boone's quest : ELBOWROOM
3
Slip away, as time : ELAPSE
4
Where cattails flourish : FENS
5
Leave a 707 : DEPLANE
6
Be of use : AVAIL
7
Contain, as atomic power : HARNESS
8
Top record of Johnny Ray: 1952 : CRY
9
Groom for Ms. Scraggs : LILABNER
10
Nimble : AGILE
11
"Le Meules" painter : MONET
12
Kind of agent : PRESS
13
Melville hero : BUDD
18
Beat : TEMPO
20
Continent : ASIA
26
Bishop Fulton J. ___ : SHEEN
28
Italian violinmaker : AMATI
29
See 48 Across : CAT
30
Iron in the raw : ORE
33
Shielding : DEFENSIVE
34
Tanner coup : ACE
35
Swerve at sea : YAW
37
Creator of Mike Hammer : SPILLANE
40
Contumely : SCORN
41
Fundamentals of education : THREERS
42
___ down (reprimanded) : DRESSED
43
Galley gear : OARS
47
Perform a step in a barn dance : SASHAY
48
Sea skeleton : CORAL
49
"Die Fledermaus," e.g. : OPERA
50
Western flick : OATER
52
Amu ___, Aral Sea feeder : DARYA
54
John Alexander is one : TENOR
55
City of Judah : EDER
58
Existence : ESSE
60
Part of "T.G.I.F." : ITS

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

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