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Datterlie
Datterlie

New York Times, Friday, December 17, 1976

Author:
Datterlie
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 40.0
Datterlie has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

The constructor's name was difficult to read; this is the best guess.

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D
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E
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A
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L
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C
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H
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P
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F
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O
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B
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,988
Across
1
Handed out : DEALT
6
See 5 Down : GODS
10
Miss Stein's flower : ROSE
14
Permit : ALLOW
15
Friend, in Nice : AMIE
16
Adjective suffix : ICAL
17
Moslem nymph : HOURI
18
Pre-electric illumination : GASLIGHTS
20
What stars bask in : LIMELIGHT
22
Water wheel : NORIA
23
Comic-strip light bulb : IDEA
24
Heaps of rocky debris : SCREES
25
Produced : STAGED
28
Appia or Veneto : VIA
29
Comics' rewards : LAUGHS
30
Joins : CONNECTS
35
Break into ___ : ATROT
36
Hee's partner : HAW
37
"Dieu et mon ___" : DROIT
38
Signified : CONNOTED
40
Tease : PESTER
41
Dude : FOP
42
Rankle : FESTER
43
Shaped like a football : OBLATE
47
Guinness : ALEC
48
Below, to poets : NEATH
49
"___ in Your Eyes" : SMOKEGETS
54
Bigwig immune from criticism : SACREDCOW
56
Bête ___ : NOIRE
57
Robt. ___ : ELEE
58
Grief, to poets : DOLE
59
Weight : CARAT
60
Chapeau's resting place : TETE
61
Pitcher : EWER
62
Painful swelling : EDEMA
Down
1
Actress Arlene : DAHL
2
Biblical name : ELOI
3
Astringent : ALUM
4
Erudition : LORE
5
Götterdämmerung, with 6 Across : TWILIGHTOFTHE
6
Muzzled : GAGGED
7
City on the Missouri : OMAHA
8
___ atty. : DIST
9
Salt, in Monaco : SEL
10
Austerity : RIGOR
11
Yellowish color : OCHRE
12
Composer Erik : SATIE
13
Miss Lanchester et al. : ELSAS
19
Light-bulb's offering : INCANDESCENCE
21
Roman date : IDES
24
Join forces with Satan : SIN
25
Japanese statesman : SATO
26
Right or U : TURN
27
Greek contest : AGON
28
Promise : VOW
29
Léman, for one : LAC
30
Heel : CAD
31
Formerly, once : ERST
32
Animal shelter : COTE
33
One who makes knots : TIER
34
Ship: Abbr. : STR
36
Wise to : HEP
39
Stub a ___ : TOE
40
Cheat at solitaire : PEEK
42
Finest part : FLOWER
43
Beginning : ONSET
44
W.C. Handy's street : BEALE
45
Bootstrap : LACET
46
Up ___ (trapped) : ATREE
47
Soap plant : AMOLE
49
Harbor craft : SCOW
50
Spur : GOAD
51
Island republic : EIRE
52
Mine car : TRAM
53
Bristle : SETA
55
Ike : DDE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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