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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Monday, February 18, 1974

36-Across : Where cons get con justice

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 36.5
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,955
Across
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Fanfare : ECLAT
6
Roman Censor : CATO
10
Make ___ for : ABID
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Dusting, e.g. : CHORE
15
Fast horse : ARAB
16
Horne : LENA
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Ambassador's plum : COURTOFSTJAMESS
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Young man : LAD
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Work by Pindar : ODE
22
Curt : TERSE
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Forever, to a poet : ETERNE
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Half a clock sound : TOCK
26
Vine of N. Z. : AKA
29
Like autumn leaves : SERE
30
Not ___ (middling) : SOHOT
32
"Take ___ from me" : ATIP
33
Bone of contention : ISSUE
35
Silvery fish : SMELT
36
Where cons get con justice : KANGAROOCOURT
40
Coastal feature : INLET
41
Film-director Walsh : RAOUL
42
Hope-Crosby locale : ROAD
43
Edible part of fruit : FLESH
45
"Deliver us from ___" : EVIL
49
Decline : EBB
50
Word with carpe or per : DIEM
51
"___ and the River" : OFTIME
53
Causing fear : AWING
55
O. T. book: Abbr. : PSA
56
Spiteful woman : CAT
57
Riggs victim : MSMARGARETCOURT
61
Israeli V.I.P. : EBAN
62
English public school : ETON
63
Piano man : TUNER
64
Serve : TEND
65
Oboe : REED
66
Condition : STATE
Down
1
Economist Marriner : ECCLES
2
Ivy League prep school : CHOATE
3
Request from the gallery : LOUDER
4
Timetable abbr. : ARR
5
Western range : TETON
6
Cabaret : CAFE
7
"___ longa ... " : ARS
8
Highly personal art form : TATTOO
9
Noun, at times : OBJECT
10
Beggar's income : ALMS
11
Old-World bird : BEEEATER
12
The winners : INS
13
Brezhnev's yesses : DAS
18
Black Sea port : ODESSA
19
Refuge : ARK
24
Checked : REINED
25
Idea accepted as true : THEOREM
27
Scot's skirt : KILT
28
Quick to learn : APT
31
Pronoun : OUR
32
Scarab, for one : AMULET
34
N.C.O. : SGT
35
Small coin : SOU
36
Rounded hill : KNOB
37
Crimson Tide rooter : ALABAMAN
38
Hemisphere org. : OAS
39
Talk-show partner : COHOST
40
Anger : IRE
43
Point out : FINGER
44
Envoy : LEGATE
46
Kind of coat : VICUNA
47
Mideast stopover : IMARET
48
French note : LETTRE
50
Head man: Abbr. : DIR
52
Info : FACTS
54
Magic item : WAND
55
Hang fire : PEND
57
N. Y. player : MET
58
Compass point : SBE
59
Richard, in court : ROE
60
"Over and ___" : OUT

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

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