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Margaret Leggett
Margaret Leggett

New York Times, Monday, November 15, 1976

27-Down : Proof word

Author:
Margaret Leggett
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Margaret Leggett has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,956
Across
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Like France's south coast : AZURE
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Canter or trot : GAIT
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Rhyme scheme : ABAB
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De Lesseps's concern : CANAL
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___ and shine : RISE
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Prefix for phone or cycle : MEGA
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TV soaper : ASTHEWORLDTURNS
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Music combo : DUO
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Ilka or wild goose : CHASE
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Northern native : ALEUT
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Narrow: Prefix : STEN
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African insect : TSETSE
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Companion of cease : DESIST
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Grain product : GRIST
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Business-letter abbr. : ATTN
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Eldest, in France : AINE
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Water body: Abbr. : ATL
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TV soaper : THEGUIDINGLIGHT
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Superlative ending : EST
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Time of day : NOON
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Yellow Brick, for one : ROAD
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Delta deposits : SILTS
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Secret and foreign : AGENTS
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Having branches : RAMATE
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Experts : PROS
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Popeye's friend : OLIVE
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Whole components : PARTS
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Spanish title: Abbr. : SRA
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TV soaper : GENERALHOSPITAL
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Tech graduate: Abbr. : ENGR
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Incubator sound : PEEP
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Put into force : ENACT
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Durbeyfield : TESS
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Caps : TAMS
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House spirits : LARES
Down
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Educ. institute : ACAD
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Miss Pitts : ZASU
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Preposition : UNTO
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Relative of olé : RAH
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Makes a choice : ELECTS
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Painful sound : GROAN
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Hangs out to dry : AIRS
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Man or Pines : ISLE
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Mack : TED
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Charm : AMULET
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Left-Bank wear : BERET
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___ Dei : AGNUS
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Moisten a roast : BASTE
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Stimulate : WHET
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Cornstalk part : TASSEL
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Chant : SING
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Partner of a-ling : TING
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Engagement : DATE
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Biblical endings : ETHS
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Proof word : STET
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Black-ink items : GAINS
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Japanese coin : RIN
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Classic struggle : AGON
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Pronoun : THAT
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Crack trains: Abbr. : LTDS
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One who brings together : UNITER
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Captive of Hercules : IOLE
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Miss Lamour, to friends : DOT
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Upsets : IRES
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String addicts : SAVERS
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Dada and pop : ARTS
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First four N.T. books : GOSPEL
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Synonym man : ROGET
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Coeur d'___ : ALENE
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Fine vases : MINGS
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Stage pieces : PROPS
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Legal move : PLEA
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Throaty sound : AHEM
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Take the lead : STAR
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Yellow, white or black : RACE
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Heights: Abbr. : ALTS
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Relevant : APT
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___ fix (stymied) : INA

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

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