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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Friday, December 23, 1977

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.9
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,359
Across
1
Jokers : WAGS
5
Chanticleer's call : CROW
9
Latin singer : CHARO
14
Paris airport : ORLY
15
Sign on : HIRE
16
Singer Reddy : HELEN
17
20
Dickens's "Artful" one : DODGER
21
Not quite a direct hit : NEARMISS
22
Fruit is a natural one : SWEET
23
Major Hoople's expletive : EGAD
24
Slipped out of course : SLUED
26
Carnera of boxing fame : PRIMO
31
Franklin's mother : SARA
35
Pitti Palace attraction : ART
36
Hardy in old films : ROONEY
37
Burgess novel, "A ___" : CLOCKWORKORANGE
40
Loved : ADORED
41
Signora's "Mangia!" : EAT
42
Spot for a slot : DOOR
43
Subway fare : TOKEN
44
The scrubs : BENCH
46
Entreat earnestly : URGE
47
Bright ___ : ASDAY
52
His end is in sight : STREAKER
57
Secret : ARCANE
58
New Guinea range : ORANGEMOUNTAINS
60
What a home run usually clears : FENCE
61
John, in Wales : EVAN
62
Properly Victorian : PRIM
63
Places for chapeaux : TETES
64
Pianist Peter : NERO
65
Like Swiss cheese : EYEY
Down
1
Orchestra members, for short : WOODS
2
Quiver article : ARROW
3
Clearing in a forest : GLADE
4
"Playboy of the Western World" playwright : SYNGE
5
Entertainer from El Centro, Calif. : CHER
6
Flange : RIM
7
Sight near Ocala : ORANGETREEGROVE
8
"We are all poets when ___ a poem well": Carlyle : WEREAD
9
Carbonize : CHAR
10
Tiller : HELM
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Darlings of Cincinnati : REDS
13
"Snake eyes" in Reno : ONES
18
With 19 Down, becomes enraged : GETS
19
See 18 Down : MAD
23
Large kangaroo : EURO
25
Character in "The Green Pastures" : LAWD
26
With "favor," señor's "Please" : POR
27
Way : ROAD
28
___ time (pronto) : INNO
29
"Let ___, Lover!": 1954 song : MEGO
30
Kind of criminal trial : OYER
31
Type of jazz singing : SCAT
32
Actor Ray : ALDO
33
Swindle : ROOK
34
Israeli port : ACRE
36
U.S.A. reserve group : ROTC
38
Range of vision : KEN
39
Orson Welles role : KANE
44
City on the Weser : BREMEN
45
Senator from Colorado : HART
46
Cousin of a "gee-tar" : UKE
48
Scenic view : SCAPE
49
Typical Wisconsin farm : DAIRY
50
Broadway hit: 1977 : ANNIE
51
"___ Darling Daughter" : YESMY
52
Out of shape : SOFT
53
Catalpa, e.g. : TREE
54
Vituperate : RANT
55
Noun suffix : ENCE
56
Man's "seven" : AGES
57
___ Domini : ANNO
59
Mideast initials of yesteryear : UAR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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