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Hallie Parsons
Hallie Parsons
Gerald Parsons
Gerald Parsons

New York Times, Saturday, December 7, 1974

2-Down : Word of approval

Author:
Hallie & Gerald Parsons
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F H J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,247
Across
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Ewe's offspring : LAMB
5
"Poison," e.g. : LABEL
10
Irish governing house : DAIL
14
Australian bird : EMEU
15
Tony of baseball : OLIVA
16
Form of an Asian country : INDO
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Part of a suit : VEST
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Neap and ebb : TIDES
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To-do : STIR
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Music arrangement : INSTRUMENTATION
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Ill at ___ : EASE
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"G.W.T.W." locale : TARA
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Noise-maker : ALARM
28
Yugoslavian city : NIS
30
Torments : GNAWS
34
Protective walls : PARAPETS
36
Dollar often bet : BOTTOM
37
Solar disk : ATEN
38
Houston athlete : ASTRO
40
Italian city : ROMA
41
"___ unto Caesar that ... " : RENDER
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Yeast, for one : LEAVENER
45
Cornered : TREED
46
Vigor : PEP
47
Fragrant : OLENT
48
Hereditary factor : GENE
50
Bye-bye : TATA
52
Weatherman's job : PROGNOSTICATION
59
French trial town : RIOM
60
Longlegged bird : STILT
61
Dies ___ : IRAE
62
Ounce, in Spain : ONZA
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Spooky : EERIE
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Like Sahara's reaches : VAST
65
Port of Yemen : ADEN
66
Fear : DREAD
67
Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
Down
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Son of Jacob : LEVI
2
Word of approval : AMEN
3
Confusion : MESS
4
Naïve investor : BUTTERANDEGGMAN
5
Water lily : LOTUS
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Foodstuffs : ALIMENTS
7
Tarry : BIDE
8
Current ___ : EVENTS
9
"Built to ___ lifetime" : LASTA
10
Third cousin, for one : DISTANTRELATIVE
11
Against : ANTI
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Prefix for syncrasy : IDIO
13
Desolate : LORN
21
Boarding stairs : RAMP
22
Jason's ship : ARGO
25
Take ___ (disassemble) : APART
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Subsequently : LATER
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Aromatic hydrocarbon : ARENE
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Plant fiber : ISTLE
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___ time (formerly) : ATONE
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Certain people : WOMEN
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Clever : SMART
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Attention : EAR
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Stole : BOA
39
Snake, lizards, etc. : REPTILIA
42
Biblical locale : EDEN
44
Roman religious festivals : VOTA
46
Annoy : PESTER
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Snooped : NOSED
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Pretended : ACTED
52
Malay boat : PROA
53
Peeling : RIND
54
Soft mud : OOZE
55
Spare or flat : TIRE
56
Teheran's country : IRAN
57
Kiln : OAST
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Old musical note : NETE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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