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Thomas E. Devlin
Thomas E. Devlin

New York Times, Wednesday, February 1, 1967

Author:
Thomas E. Devlin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas E. Devlin has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,381
Across
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Catchall abbreviation. : MISC
5
Ark passenger. : SHEM
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Pas de deux. : DANSE
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Aroma. : ODOR
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___ Alto. : PALO
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Ordinary. : USUAL
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A long sentence. : LIFE
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Tributary of the Elbe. : ISER
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Fictional uncle. : REMUS
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Amphibian. : TOAD
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Common retail transaction. : CHARGESALE
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Fabric pattern. : STRIPE
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Entre ___. : NOUS
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Italian poet. : TASSO
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Plant fibers. : ISTLES
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Put on ___. : ANACT
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Cleopatra's maid. : IRAS
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Wander. : ROVE
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Adulterated. : DEBASED
41
Historic town on the Rhine. : REMAGEN
43
2,900-mile Asian river. : AMUR
44
Shape of a UFO. : DISC
46
Begins. : OPENS
47
Ball park fare. : HOTDOG
49
Far West lake. : TAHOE
51
Star in Lyra. : VEGA
53
Pepsin, for one. : ENZYME
57
January events. : WHITESALES
62
Baseball trio. : OUTS
63
Personnel man. : HIRER
64
Narrow opening. : SLIT
65
Not genuine: Abbr. : IMIT
66
Ring-shaped island. : ATOLL
67
But: Sp. : PERO
68
Wall part. : DADO
69
Gallant. : MANLY
70
Garden spot. : EDEN
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Cinch. : SNAP
Down
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Sheds feathers. : MOLTS
2
Goose. : IDIOT
3
To that extent. : SOFAR
4
Modern necessity for some. : CREDITCARD
5
Pepper and others. : SPICES
6
Popular dish. : HASH
7
One of the Belmonts. : ELEANOR
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___ Castle, Havana fort. : MORRO
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Coercion. : DURESS
10
Namesakes of Ibsen chararter. : ASES
11
___ Pompilius, legendary king. : NUMA
12
Author Bellow. : SAUL
13
Differently. : ELSE
22
Semblance. : GUISE
24
Servings of butter. : PATS
27
African title. : SIDI
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Certain four-sided figures. : TRAPEZOIDS
30
Theater box. : LOGE
31
Constant. : EVEN
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City SE of Paris. : SENS
33
Esau's wife. : ADAH
34
Jules Verne captain. : NEMO
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Touch (on). : ABUT
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Alms box. : ARCA
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Perimeters. : EDGES
42
Ranger's landing place. : MOON
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Out of gas. : STALLED
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Too. : OVERLY
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Hollywood name. : HESTON
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Canadian peninsula. : GASPE
54
Of an Arizona tribe. : YUMAN
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Peak in Crete. : MTIDA
56
Bar legally. : ESTOP
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Loud sound: Slang. : WHAM
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___ homer. : HITA
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Sand wedge, for one. : IRON
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Request. : TELL
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Land of De Valera. : EIRE

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

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