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New York Times, Thursday, February 18, 1971

37-Down : Certain kind of letter

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { C F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
1
M
2
A
3
J
4
B
5
A
6
N
7
T
8
U
9
A
10
J
11
A
12
R
13
P
O
L
O
14
A
M
O
U
R
15
M
O
T
O
16
E
T
A
H
17
B
A
R
R
E
18
A
H
E
M
19
W
H
E
N
20
J
O
H
N
N
Y
21
D
N
A
22
H
O
O
23
L
O
A
24
A
25
D
A
H
26
J
27
O
28
H
29
N
B
U
L
30
L
31
S
32
A
D
O
R
N
33
A
V
E
N
S
34
D
E
O
35
P
L
O
T
36
A
M
O
L
E
37
D
E
A
L
38
A
I
R
39
A
N
E
L
E
40
P
E
N
N
A
41
L
B
J
42
O
H
N
S
O
N
43
E
A
S
T
44
O
D
A
45
A
R
R
46
S
H
E
47
L
48
I
49
T
50
T
L
E
J
51
O
52
H
53
N
54
W
I
N
S
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A
D
O
R
E
56
O
B
E
Y
57
I
N
N
S
58
M
O
P
E
R
59
H
O
L
E
60
G
O
Y
A
61
B
L
E
S
T
62
N
E
D
© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,859
Across
1
Army off. : MAJ
4
African tribesman : BANTU
9
Discordant : AJAR
13
Marco : POLO
14
French passion : AMOUR
15
Fictional gumshoe : MOTO
16
Greenland settlement : ETAH
17
Granite center : BARRE
18
Attention-getter : AHEM
19
"___ comes marching ... " : WHENJOHNNY
21
Genetic initials : DNA
22
Follower of boo : HOO
23
Mauna ___ : LOA
24
Lamech's wife : ADAH
26
Britishers : JOHNBULLS
32
Deck : ADORN
33
Herb genus : AVENS
34
___ volente : DEO
35
"The ___ thickens" : PLOT
36
Soap substitute : AMOLE
37
Card round : DEAL
38
Express : AIR
39
Anoint : ANELE
40
Feather : PENNA
41
Texas rancher : LBJOHNSON
43
Global area : EAST
44
Harem chamber : ODA
45
Timetable abbr. : ARR
46
Pronoun : SHE
47
Sherwood Forest man : LITTLEJOHN
54
Succeeds : WINS
55
Worship : ADORE
56
Obsolescent wedding word : OBEY
57
Public houses : INNS
58
Dawdler : MOPER
59
Flaw : HOLE
60
Duchess of Alva painter : GOYA
61
Glorified : BLEST
62
Man's nickname : NED
Down
1
___ eaten : MOTH
2
Wings : ALAE
3
Declaration signer : JOHNHART
4
Hindu mister : BABOO
5
Eastern nurse : AMAH
6
Norse goddess of fate : NORN
7
Vaudeville act : TURN
8
Nobel chemist : UREY
9
Tinder : AMADOU
10
Priscilla and spouse : JOHNALDENS
11
___ hearty meal : ATEA
12
Gypsy man : ROM
13
Right church, wrong ___ : PEW
20
Saint or Prester : JOHN
23
Wts. : LBS
24
Unrehearsed : ADLIB
25
Stage ___ : DOORJOHNNY
26
Bandit brothers : JAMES
27
Convex molding : OVOLO
28
Hokinson or Hayes : HELEN
29
Wind direction : NNE
30
Inclined, in London : LEANT
31
East Indian herb : SOLA
32
Be ___ to a boy : APAL
36
Harding of films : ANN
37
Certain kind of letter : DEARJOHN
39
Triumphant cry : AHA
40
Marquette : PERE
42
Black Sea port : ODESSA
45
Brisk : ALERT
46
Of an Asian race: Prefix : SINO
47
Dear one : LAMB
48
Joss : IDOL
49
Drink heavily : TOPE
50
Very, in Versailles : TRES
51
Musical instrument : OBOE
52
Arrested : HELD
53
American humorist : NYE
54
British court wear : WIG

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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