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Joan DeRosso
Joan DeRosso

New York Times, Friday, February 14, 1975

32-Down : Japanese coin

Author:
Joan DeRosso
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Joan DeRosso has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,316
Across
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Drool : SLAVER
7
Sumatra port : PADANG
13
Did a snow job : SHOVELED
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Worshiped : ADORED
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One of the Seven Hills : PALATINE
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John Charles of opera : THOMAS
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Entrance : ADIT
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Pop-up appliance : TOASTER
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Vary, as crops : ROTATE
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Craved : THIRSTED
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Vowed, old style : SWARE
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Guevara : CHE
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Chopin specialty : ETUDE
30
" ... now that ___ there" : APRILS
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Submit to : OBEY
34
Verdi opera : SICILIANVESPERS
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Galway Bay islands : ARAN
40
Pre-Christmas season : ADVENT
41
Growth on English moors : GORSE
43
Conducted : LED
44
Singer Lehmann : LOTTE
49
Author of "The Ugly Duckling" : ANDERSEN
51
Place for empty saddles : CORRAL
52
Turn turtle : CAPSIZE
54
Locale : SITE
55
Famous Neapolitan : CARUSO
58
Napoleon was one : CORSICAN
60
Gouger : USURER
61
Duse : ELEONORA
62
Summary : DIGEST
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Scarves : ASCOTS
Down
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R. L. Stevenson's companion : SHADOW
2
Nabokov novel : LOLITA
3
Incarnation : AVATAR
4
Ex-G.I. : VET
5
Top group : ELITE
6
Western city : RENO
7
Adelina ___ : PATTI
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Stick to : ADHERE
9
Wedge for an entrance : DOORSTOP
10
Slot-machine part : ARM
11
Educ. group : NEA
12
Relative of mdse. : GDS
13
Bandies words : SPARS
14
Britten opera : DEATHINVENICE
20
Put aside : SHELVED
22
Blue-green : TEAL
24
Boob ___ : TUBE
25
Biblical city : EDER
26
North African rulers : DEYS
28
Places of origin : CRADLES
31
Newscaster Lindstrom : PIA
32
Japanese coin : SEN
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"The Forsyte ___" : SAGA
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Flat or pig : IRON
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Joker : CARD
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Wobbly : INSECURE
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French city : STLO
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Rubs out : ERASES
45
Duke in "Twelfth Night" : ORSINO
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Nylon weave : TRICOT
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Golden Horde people : TATARS
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Helen, in Madrid : ELENA
50
Good or poor : SPORT
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Goddess of crops : CERES
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Author of "J'Accuse!" : ZOLA
55
Chewable substance : CUD
56
Thus: Sp. : ASI
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Cut a ___ : RUG
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Newspaper section: Abbr. : SOC

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

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