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Sophie Fierman
Sophie Fierman

New York Times, Monday, December 15, 1975

Author:
Sophie Fierman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.4
Sophie Fierman has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,620
Across
1
Weaken : FLAG
5
Exhausted : ALLIN
10
On the ___ (doing well) : BEAM
14
"With the greatest of ___" : EASE
15
Take possession, in law : SEISE
16
Between Thomas and Edison : ALVA
17
20
Period : ERA
21
Singer Seeger : PETE
22
Eared seal : OTARY
23
Ex-service people : VETS
24
Trumpet muffler : MUTE
26
Water animals : OTTERS
29
Optimism : ROSINESS
33
Atmosphere: Prefix : AERI
34
Say, in Bonn : SAGEN
35
By way of : VIA
36
Michelangelo masterpiece : THELASTJUDGMENT
40
Barnyard creature : HEN
41
School of fish : SHOAL
42
Peruvian : INCA
43
Pilgrim Fathers, e.g. : SETTLERS
45
Precipitate : HASTEN
47
___ into (get started) : WADE
48
Leaf division : LOBE
49
Dutch painter : STEEN
52
"___ Goriot" : PERE
53
Snowshoe's relative : SKI
56
Say "amen" : HAVETHELASTWORD
60
Mother of Don Juan : INEZ
61
Marry in haste : ELOPE
62
Medicinal plant : ALOE
63
Shave : PARE
64
Fall guy : PATSY
65
"___ at the Top" : ROOM
Down
1
Wine and dine : FETE
2
Famed comedian : LAHR
3
On a cruise : ASEA
4
Solidify : GEL
5
Valuables : ASSETS
6
People of Riga : LETTS
7
Severe sentence : LIFE
8
Mideast land: Abbr. : ISR
9
Modern: Prefix : NEO
10
Cover, as hatches : BATTEN
11
Essay writer : ELIA
12
State : AVER
13
Contrary girl : MARY
18
Mimic : APER
19
Observing : NOTING
23
Take the ___ (enter a convent) : VEIL
24
Nabob : MOGUL
25
Previously owned, as the ads say : USED
26
Things taken on Bibles : OATHS
27
Giggle : TEHEE
28
E. C. Bentley's sleuth : TRENT
29
Indian leaders : RAJAS
30
Main ___ : EVENT
31
Because : SINCE
32
Wicked one : SATAN
34
Stash away : STORE
37
Obliquely : ASLANT
38
Place for tools : SHED
39
Writ of right : MISE
44
Pluck eyebrows : TWEEZE
45
Like the Ascot set : HORSEY
46
Be an accessory : ABET
48
Vaults : LEAPS
49
"___ of Fools" : SHIP
50
Ethiopian lake : TANA
51
"Be it ___ so humble ... " : EVER
52
Conspiracy : PLOT
53
Alone : SOLO
54
Liberian native : KROO
55
Same, in footnotes : IDEM
57
Wise to : HEP
58
High note : ELA
59
"___ of the Worlds" : WAR

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

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