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Norton Rhoades
Norton Rhoades

New York Times, Thursday, December 21, 1978

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3 (1 triple stack), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 30.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,635
Across
1
Lerner-Loewe musical : CAMELOT
8
Altar in the sky : ARA
11
Composer Rorem : NED
14
Ancient Mesopotamian : AMORITE
15
Imply : CONNOTE
17
Showy fan palm : TALIPOT
18
Body of proxy rulers : REGENCY
19
Llama-land : PERU
21
Sense of pitch : EAR
22
Price-reducing premium : AGIO
25
Busy ones : ANTS
28
Gun a motor : REV
30
Charged atom : ION
31
Hit sign : SRO
32
October drink : ALE
33
Retirement benefit : PROCRASTINATING
39
Ditto above : OLDROCKINGCHAIR
40
Ditto above : TIMEONONESHANDS
41
Opposite of taboo, in Hilo : NOA
42
"___ your heart out!" : EAT
43
Corp., e.g. : NCO
44
Vetch : ERS
45
Coaster of a sort : SLED
47
Gazebo drinks : ADES
48
Drink-on-the-run : NIP
50
Founder of "The Bookman" : DODD
52
Kind of checkers : CHINESE
56
Overwhelming flood : NIAGARA
61
Clumsy workman : BUNGLER
62
Relative of a bouquet : NOSEGAY
63
Middle-age problem : SAG
64
Indian export : TEA
65
Monroe's early home : ASHLAWN
Down
1
Grimalkin : CAT
2
"I ___ Camera" : AMA
3
Smallest particle of an elem. : MOL
4
Silkworm : ERI
5
Fra ___ Lippi : LIPPO
6
Today he's a Sooner : OTOE
7
Prefix with meter or gram : TETRA
8
Top: Comb. form : ACR
9
Richard ___ : ROE
10
French spirit : ANGE
11
Lack of trust or dependence : NONRELIANCE
12
Common abbr. : ETC
13
Ottoman official : DEY
16
Close : NEARATHAND
20
Generously given : UNSTINTED
22
Logan tenant : AIRLINE
23
Breakfast greeting : GOODMORNING
24
Waxing : INCREASING
26
Threefold : TRINE
27
"___ My Mother Taught Me" : SONGS
29
Those just arrived at Granada : VENIDOS
33
Kitty : POT
34
Pooh's friend, Little ___ : ROO
35
Skin problems : ACNES
36
Toast : SKOAL
37
Bonn exclamation : ACH
38
Sch. marks : GRS
46
"La ___ è mobile" : DONNA
47
Cut ___ (be conspicuous) : ADASH
49
Stone : PELT
51
"Vaya con ___" : DIOS
52
Network monogram : CBS
53
Mao's successor : HUA
54
Comprehend : SEE
55
Babylonian or Caesarean : ERA
57
Set : GEL
58
Eastern bigwig : AGA
59
Inexperienced : RAW
60
Author Rand : AYN

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

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