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Jack Wherry
Jack Wherry

New York Times, Wednesday, December 15, 1976

Author:
Jack Wherry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { G J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.4
Jack Wherry has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,986
Across
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___ River, Lizzie's home : FALL
5
Warm-sea fish : SCAD
9
Attention getter : AHEM
13
Wynken, Blynken and Nod, e.g. : TRIO
14
Monotonous sound : THRUM
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Humdinger : LULU
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Travel-kit item : COMB
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Lover : ROMEO
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Graduate degrees : LLDS
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Western city : WALLAWALLAWASH
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French affirmatives : OUIS
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___ of these days : ONE
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Whistle stop : HAMLET
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Having no name : UNTITLED
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Kind of doing or mind : EVIL
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___ the works : SHOOT
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___ pickle : INA
36
Common bridal flower : LILYOFTHEVALLEY
40
With 59 Down, kind of friend : PEN
41
Housewives : FRAUS
42
Other, in Córdoba : OTRA
43
Somewhat saccharine : SWEETISH
45
Critic Edmund : WILSON
47
Ott : MEL
48
Phone : CALL
49
"___ are in bloom again" : THECALLALILIES
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___-Coburg : SAXE
57
Icicle holders : EAVES
58
Leaky-faucet sound : PLOP
60
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Kind of wood : DRIFT
62
Spanish jar : OLLA
63
Soaks : RETS
64
Insecticides : DDTS
65
Rind : PEEL
Down
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U.S. agency : FTC
2
In a line : AROW
3
Bean : LIMA
4
Southern pine : LOBLOLLY
5
Kind of jacket : STRAIT
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Dogs : CHOWS
7
Weapons for Caesar : ARMA
8
"___ in the Sun" : DUEL
9
Way off the track : ALLWET
10
Kind of hoop : HULA
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Ancient times, to poets : ELDS
12
Schmaltz : MUSH
15
Kind of cocktail : MOLOTOV
21
Sift, in old England : LUE
22
Loos : ANITA
25
Subsidizes : HELPS
26
"___ from the Bridge" : AVIEW
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A.A. : MILNE
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Grunty affirmative : UHHUH
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Antis : NOES
30
Sings gaily : LILTS
31
Spanish month : ENERO
32
Israeli name : DAYAN
34
Depots: Abbr. : STAS
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Not one's cup ___ : OFTEA
38
Made more dressy : FRILLED
39
Good ship for Shirley : LOLLIPOP
44
Nightclub V.I.P.'s : EMCEES
45
Blouses : WAISTS
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Kind of wind : ILL
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Fissure : CLEFT
49
Peter the Great, for one : TSAR
50
Hardy's companion : HALE
51
Way out : EXIT
52
Tub of ___ : LARD
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Eager : AVID
54
French pronoun : ELLE
55
Lone : SOLE
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See 40 Across : PAL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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