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Cecil McCormick
Cecil McCormick

New York Times, Monday, February 24, 1975

Author:
Cecil McCormick
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 11.0
Cecil McCormick has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,326
Across
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Ignoble : BASE
5
Japanese ship name : MARU
9
Hailing cry : HOLA
13
Scraps : ORTS
14
Moth-___ : EATEN
15
Teen-___ : AGER
16
Arizona river : SALT
17
River in the sea : GULFSTREAM
19
Mapped : CHARTED
21
Fans : ROOTERS
22
Fish dam : WEIR
23
Terre ___ : HAUTE
24
Kind of victory : MORAL
26
Button material : NACRE
27
Chatter : GAB
30
Mountain spur : ARETE
31
Change : ALTER
32
Acid initials : RNA
33
Roadside litter components : CANS
34
Shun : AVOID
35
Plaster : CEIL
36
Catchall abbr. : ETC
37
Irish county : SLIGO
38
Dinner or home : PLATE
39
Call on : SEE
40
Golfer Walter : HAGEN
41
Mend the roof : RETAR
42
Kind of pie : PECAN
43
Sandburg : CARL
44
Reacted, as a horse : SHIEDAT
47
Part of S.A.C. : COMMAND
50
Caspian feeder : VOLGARIVER
52
Depression figure : OKIE
53
Miss Cinders : ELLA
54
___ fro : TOAND
55
Hawaiian bird : NENE
56
Headland : NESS
57
Sicilian city : ENNA
58
Ruler : TSAR
Down
1
Pear : BOSC
2
Irish exclamation : ARAH
3
North American river : STLAWRENCE
4
True copies, in law : ESTREATS
5
Miss Muller : MAUD
6
Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
7
Function of a prism : REFRACTION
8
Still sweet, as milk : UNSOURED
9
Author Bret : HARTE
10
Curved molding : OGEE
11
King or Edward : LEAR
12
Munitions : ARMS
14
German river : EGER
18
One who carries : TOTER
20
Floor material : TILE
23
Iodine or chlorine : HALOGEN
24
Old weapons : MACES
25
Speak at length : ORATE
26
Pilot's concern : NAVIGATION
27
Famous quintet : GREATLAKES
28
Miss Bryant : ANITA
29
Hay machine : BALER
34
Menu choice : ALACARTE
35
Fulton's creation : CLERMONT
37
___ tear for : SHEDA
38
Junior's transport : PRAM
42
Remoras : PEGAS
43
Heavy twine : CORD
44
Swedish boy's name : SVEN
45
Loop or golf : HOLE
46
Misfortunes : ILLS
47
Roman meal : CENA
48
Miss Foch : NINA
49
Game animal : DEER
51
Heflin : VAN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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