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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Saturday, February 8, 1964

3-Down : "___ but known ... "

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 42.1
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 4-Down, I MY, was "'Am ___ my brother's keeper?'" Changed it to "'Am ___ brother's keeper?'"

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H
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I
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M
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Y
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W
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R
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M
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L
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R
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L
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D
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,305
Across
1
Masculine title. : SAHIB
6
White House adjunct. : POOL
10
Where Ft. Lamy is. : CHAD
14
Texas shrine. : ALAMO
15
French cleric. : ABBE
16
Yorkshire river. : OUSE
17
Claudia Alta Taylor. : LADYBIRDJOHNSON
20
"___ live and breathe!" : ASI
21
Inscribed. : WROTE
22
Politician's concern. : ISSUE
23
N. T. book. : PHIL
24
Stir. : TODO
26
Insect. : MANTIS
29
Party member. : ADHERENT
33
"It's ___ unusual day ... " : AMOST
34
Bit of land. : PLAT
35
Live oak. : TREE
36
Armed force: Abbr. : NAV
37
Thing sometimes raised. : EYEBROW
40
Streets: Abbr. : AVS
41
Street in 51 Across. : ITER
43
"___ may look at a king." : ACAT
44
A Ford. : EDSEL
46
Edna Ferber novel. : CIMARRON
48
Ad astra per ___. : ASPERA
49
Fishing gear. : RODS
50
Suffix after method or modern. : ISTS
51
Ancient port of Rome. : OSTIA
54
Unworthy of. : BELOW
56
Bad: Prefix. : MAL
59
1881 novel. : PORTRAITOFALADY
62
Inter ___. : ALIA
63
32 Down was one. : SLAV
64
Like Elizabeth. : REGAL
65
Bird. : LOON
66
Mademoiselle. : ELLE
67
Type of farm. : DAIRY
Down
1
Cámara's relative. : SALA
2
Sad word. : ALAS
3
"___ but known ... " : HADI
4
"Am ___ brother's keeper?" : IMY
5
Quail. : BOBWHITE
6
Made by word of mouth: Law. : PAROL
7
Yr. ___ servt. : OBDT
8
Bit of bric-a-brac. : OBJETDART
9
One of 13 Popes. : LEO
10
Prince Philip, for example. : CONSORT
11
Bohemian religious reformer. : HUSS
12
Without ___ (penniless). : ASOU
13
Sand hill: Brit. : DENE
18
Greek goddess. : IRIS
19
___ nor hair. : HIDE
23
Relatives of gals. : PTS
25
"___ be in England ... " : OHTO
26
Frenzied. : MANIC
27
Violin maker. : AMATI
28
Nine: Lat. : NOVEM
29
First British martyr. : ALBAN
30
Rub out. : ERASE
31
Negative of a sort. : NEVER
32
Electrical inventor. : TESLA
34
Texan of tall tales. : PECOSBILL
38
Scotland, for one. : YARD
39
In a certain direction. : WESTWARD
42
N. J. river. : RARITAN
45
Refugees: Abbr. : DPS
47
Surf sound. : ROAR
48
Dating phrase. : ASOF
50
"___ a Parade." : ILOVE
51
Gem. : OPAL
52
Song by one. : SOLO
53
Song by three. : TRIO
55
And elsewhere: Abbr. : ETAL
56
Famous three. : MAGI
57
Jewish month. : ADAR
58
Writer famed for euphuism. : LYLY
60
Peer's mother. : ASE
61
Texas writer. : LEA

Answer summary:
9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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