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S. Courtney Izsak
S. Courtney Izsak

New York Times, Thursday, February 27, 1975

Author:
S. Courtney Izsak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { B F J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.6
S. Courtney Izsak has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,329
Across
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All ___ : TOLD
5
Certain craving, with 15 Across : SWEET
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Kind of ugly : PLUG
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Lily plant : ALOE
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See 5 Across : TOOTH
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Go over again : REDO
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Electric ___ : EELS
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French income : RENTE
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Opposed, hillbilly style : AGIN
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Nabokov girl : LOLITA
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Paying up : SETTLING
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Items in the fire : IRONS
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Series of premises, in logic : SORITES
27
Place trust in : DEPENDON
30
Fudge container : PAN
31
Prefix for bar or therm : ISO
32
S. A. tanagers : YENIS
34
___ Bill : PECOS
38
Skips a stone : DAPS
40
Having a time listing : DATAL
42
O. W. Holmes's vehicle : SHAY
43
Ejects : OUSTS
45
Bridge infraction: Var. : RENIG
47
Electrical unit : OHM
48
Continent: Abbr. : EUR
50
Jersey Meadowlands town : SECAUCUS
52
Hazard to a tooth filling : CARAMEL
56
Juvenile-book boy : ROLLO
57
Models : EXAMPLES
59
Ship rope : RATLIN
62
Antler point : TINE
63
Man of Cremona : AMATI
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Belmont event : RACE
66
___ de force : TOUR
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Bar mix : TONIC
68
Sweetsop : ATES
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Rulers: Abbr. : EMPS
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Growing out : ENATE
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Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
Down
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Asian weight : TAEL
2
Table spread : OLEO
3
Suckers : LOLLIPOPS
4
Want : DESIRE
5
Left high and dry : STRANDED
6
Misery : WOE
7
Ages : EONS
8
Diminutive suffixes : ETTES
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"Room at ___" : THETOP
10
Pecan candies : PRALINES
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On the level : LEGIT
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City of northern Italy : UDINE
13
Dinner summoners : GONGS
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Theater award : TONY
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Golf hazard : TRAP
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Anti-sub device : SONAR
27
Lover of Aeneas : DIDO
28
Brother of Jacob : ESAU
29
Times on theater marquees : NITES
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More sensible : SANER
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Soldier material : CHOCOLATE
36
Honolulu's island : OAHU
37
Beethoven works: Abbr. : SYMS
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Clams : STEAMERS
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Black candy : LICORICE
44
Drainage pit : SUMP
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Festive : GALA
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Tell : RELATE
51
Extremists : ULTRAS
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This: Fr. : CETTE
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Basic fact : AXIOM
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Accumulated, as debts : RANUP
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Kind of drop : LEMON
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City of Yemen : SANA
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Desserts : ICES
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Promontory : NESS
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Small bird : TIT

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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