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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Thursday, December 4, 1975

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.7
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,609
Across
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Kind of way or well : STAIR
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Toboggan : SLED
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Curved molding : OGEE
14
River of W.W. I battle : MARNE
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Spy of W.W. I : HARI
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Soccer star : PELE
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Busy : UPANDDOING
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Common Latin abbr. : ETAL
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Gift of ___ : GAB
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Campus figure : COED
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Reason : SANITY
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___-do-well : NEER
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Spread out : DILATE
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Refuges : HAVENS
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Continued : RANON
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Decide on : ELECT
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Equipped : FITTEDOUT
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Frolic : LARK
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Part of a Western stampede : RODEO
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French town : STLO
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Repudiated : DISAVOWED
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Do one's ___ : THING
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Dickens girl et al. : NELLS
42
March King and family : SOUSAS
43
Does cycling : PEDALS
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Writer Moss : HART
46
Tick-tack-toe entry : CIRCLE
47
Missile housing : SILO
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"A fool there ___, and he ... " : WAS
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Winglike : ALAR
52
Broke : DOWNANDOUT
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Tolerably : SOSO
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Single entry : UNIT
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TV Indian : TONTO
58
Footprint : STEP
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Baseball throws : PEGS
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Dominant : ONTOP
Down
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Conceited : SMUG
2
Pacific cloth : TAPA
3
Speedy horse : ARAB
4
Caravan stop : INN
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Trivial holding : REDCENT
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Stable worker : SHOER
7
Deposited : LAID
8
Marine bird : ERN
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Starts vigorously : DIGSINTO
10
Kind of case : OPENANDSHUT
11
"Understand?" : GETIT
12
Lift up : ELATE
13
Wriggling : EELY
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Completes : DOES
23
Century plant : ALOE
24
Summarily : NECKANDCROP
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Old-hat : DATED
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Anna of stage : HELD
27
Soviet range : ALAI
28
___ libre : VERS
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Carnival attractions : RIDES
31
Hunts wild birds : FOWLS
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U.S. inventor : OTIS
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Arm bone : ULNA
34
Clothes : TOGS
36
Like rugs during dancing : ROLLEDUP
39
Meat order : VEAL
40
City on Lake Ontario : TORONTO
42
Room in a casa : SALA
43
Cockpit figure : PILOT
44
Take out : ERASE
45
Intimates : HINTS
46
Peggy of TV : CASS
47
Draught : SWIG
48
Practice : WONT
49
Edsel or Reo : AUTO
50
Traffic sign : STOP
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"___ good turn ... " : ONE
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Juan or Giovanni : DON

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

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