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Chet Currier
Chet Currier

New York Times, Monday, November 25, 1974

32-Down : ___ Plaines

Author:
Chet Currier
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Chet Currier has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,235
Across
1
Aries et al. : RAMS
5
Doers: Suffix : ASTS
9
Punctuation mark : COMMA
14
Et ___ (and others) : ALII
15
Campus sports org. : NCAA
16
Out in front : AHEAD
17
Beer ingredient : MALT
18
Kind of order or tale : TALL
19
Rangers and Indians : NINES
20
Durante trademark : INKADINKADOO
23
Title of respect, in New Delhi : SRI
24
Govt. agents : TMEN
25
Military study place: Abbr. : OCS
28
What the squeaking wheel does : GETSTHEOIL
32
Three, in Bonn : DREI
33
"___ du lieber!" : ACH
34
Leander's love : HERO
35
Have ___ (be merciful) : AHEART
37
Young birds : PEEPERS
39
Agitated : INASNIT
40
Convoy component : ESCORT
41
Suffix with ham or young : STER
42
Youth group: Abbr. : GSA
43
Tumult : RIOT
44
Homes for bees : HONEYTREES
47
Compass point : SSW
48
Zola work : NANA
49
Western org. : OAS
50
Garden needs : WATERINGCANS
55
Actor Fernando : LAMAS
58
Zumwalt of the Navy : ELMO
59
Long of Louisiana : HUEY
60
Word with good or indoor : SPORT
61
Time unit : YEAR
62
College subject: Abbr. : ECON
63
Worshiped one : DEITY
64
Millay : EDNA
65
___ an ear : LEND
Down
1
Branches : RAMI
2
Writer Paton : ALAN
3
Does a farm chore : MILKSTHECOW
4
Indian lutes : SITARS
5
Opposite of pro : ANTI
6
Analyze verse : SCAN
7
___ much (be an earbender) : TALKTOO
8
Deli favorite : SALAMI
9
Church law : CANON
10
Where Lima is : OHIO
11
Chess pieces : MEN
12
Miss West : MAE
13
Madison Ave. output : ADS
21
In a ___ (flustered) : DITHER
22
"A Taste of Honey" author : DELANEY
25
Roast duck's partner : ORANGESAUCE
26
Red shade : CERISE
27
Nuthatch genuses : SITTAS
28
People who stare : GAPERS
29
Ecological transplant : ECESIS
30
"Tell ___ I love her ... " : HERTHAT
31
Hesitant sounds : ERS
32
___ Plaines : DES
36
Writer Jan de ___ : HARTOG
38
Pan's partner : POT
39
Native: Suffix : ITE
41
Word for rush-hour traffic : SNARLED
45
Feature of Cyclops : ONEEYE
46
Miss Carson of "Silent Spring" : RACHEL
48
Unpleasant : NASTY
50
___ hog : WART
51
"___ old cowhand ... " : IMAN
52
Ibsen character : NORA
53
City light : NEON
54
Business combination: Abbr. : SYND
55
Psychedelic drug : LSD
56
Zoo animal : APE
57
French pronoun : MOI

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