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McCain
McCain

New York Times, Thursday, December 18, 1975

54-Down : M.P.'s quarry

Author:
McCain
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 41.9
McCain has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,623
Across
1
Smart : CHIC
5
Brief TV commercials : SPOTS
10
Marshes : FENS
14
Prefix for motive : LOCO
15
Turkish title : PASHA
16
Table spread : OLEO
17
"Pardon me" : AHEM
18
Signs on doors : INSANDOUTS
20
___ more : MOREAND
22
"___ of the King" : IDYLLS
23
Spaces : AREAS
25
Miss Claire : INA
26
Certain carriers : PLANES
29
Flowery shrub : OLEANDER
34
Enriches : LARDS
35
Marshal of W.W. I : HAIG
36
Completed : DONE
37
Numerical prefix : UNI
38
At tedious length : ONANDON
41
Convent dweller : NUN
42
France's Le ___ : MANS
44
Religious calendar : ORDO
45
Nautical direction : APORT
47
New York and Chicago, e.g. : BIGTOWNS
49
Prepares salad carrots : GRATES
50
Spanish gold : ORO
51
Canadian physician : OSLER
53
Lacquers : JAPANS
56
___ west : EASTAND
60
At times : NOWANDTHEN
62
Inter ___ : ALIA
63
English river : AVON
64
African antelope : ELAND
65
Snoozes : NAPS
66
Pinochle play : MELD
67
Picture supplements : ROTOS
68
Underpinning for food : DISH
Down
1
Oyster's relative : CLAM
2
Hearty laugh : HOHO
3
Cooler : ICER
4
"___ get it!" : COMEAND
5
Backbones : SPINES
6
Gift from China : PANDA
7
W.W. II agency : OSS
8
Cambodian's neighbor : THAI
9
Home of the Padres : SANDIEGO
10
"A ___ his money ... " : FOOLAND
11
Hebrew month : ELUL
12
Trapeze-act adjuncts : NETS
13
Titanic call : SOS
19
Power: Prefix : DYNA
21
"You ___ right" : ARESO
24
Epithet of sorts : SOANDSO
26
Lead used for sounding : PLUMB
27
Hawaiian island : LANAI
28
"Give me ___ sometime" : ARING
30
Italian resort : LIDO
31
"I ___ choose to run" : DONOT
32
Harden : ENURE
33
Schisms : RENTS
35
Brain, in Scotland : HARN
39
Words of nonsurprise : NOWONDER
40
Nostrils : NARES
43
___ go : STOPAND
46
___ parcel : PARTAND
48
Algerian port : ORAN
49
Lymph and salivary : GLANDS
52
"___ evil" : SEENO
53
Jupiter : JOVE
54
M.P.'s quarry : AWOL
55
Normandy town : STLO
57
Turkish regiment : ALAI
58
Pinches : NIPS
59
Animation : DASH
60
Business org. : NAM
61
Mexican-dance need : HAT

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

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