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Ruth Smith
Ruth Smith

New York Times, Monday, December 1, 1975

52-Down : Arab prince

Author:
Ruth Smith
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 15, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 17.4
Ruth Smith has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,606
Across
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After-bath application : TALC
5
East, West or in : SIDER
10
Kind of sell or drink : SOFT
14
Winged : ALAR
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Type style : ELITE
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New World: Abbr. : AMER
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"___ dismissed!" : CASE
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Show again : RERUN
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Vasco da ___ : GAMA
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Busy group at Yuletide : SALVATIONARMY
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___ dye : TIE
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Stupid ones : ASSES
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Lay ___ to (demand) : CLAIM
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Medit. tree : CAROB
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Handout seeker : HOBO
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Chain-reaction theory : DOMINO
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Opposite of neg. : POS
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Name linked to 20 Across : EVANGELINEBOOTH
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Anti-prohibitionist : WET
41
Actress Ella : RAINES
42
Ballet movement : PLIE
43
Bancroft and Baxter : ANNES
44
Spore case : THECA
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Rubinstein : ANTON
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Go to court : SUE
50
Ante up for Yuletide bellringers : FEEDTHEKETTLE
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Filament: Suffix : TENE
57
Violin : AMATI
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Entry : ITEM
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Taro root : EDDO
62
Forty-___ : NINER
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Melody : ARIA
64
Actor Robert : RYAN
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___ down (scold) : DRESS
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Dispatched : SENT
Down
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Partner of tic and toe : TAC
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___ bonne heure : ALA
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Young one : LASS
4
World : CREATION
5
Start a tennis game : SERVE
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___-la-Crosse, Sask. : ILEA
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Country-road material : DIRT
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Toilet case : ETUI
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Western city : RENO
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Heroic writings : SAGAS
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Bradley et al. : OMARS
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"Cherchez la ___" : FEMME
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Lazy Susans : TRAYS
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Fast train: Abbr. : LIM
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Powerful one : NABOB
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Mouthful, as of tobacco : CHEW
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"Greater ___ hath no man ... " : LOVE
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Blind as ___ : ABAT
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Bobwhite : COLIN
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Ammonia compound : AMINE
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Russian hemps : RINES
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Come into ___ own : ONES
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Acheson : DEAN
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North or fishing : POLE
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Of the ear : OTIC
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Mets' home : SHEA
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Cary or U.S. : GRANT
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Hamlet's friend et al. : OPHELIAS
44
Word of reproof : TUT
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___ dinner speech : AFTER
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People helped by 20 Across : NEEDY
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___ fire (stoke) : TENDA
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"___ a Grecian Urn" : ODEON
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Foments : STIRS
51
Bridge unit : HAND
52
Arab prince : EMIR
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Film Citizen : KANE
54
Paris seasons : ETES
55
Be, in France : ETRE
59
German article : EIN
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Shoe cleaner : MAT

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

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