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George Madrid
George Madrid

New York Times, Friday, March 26, 1976

Author:
George Madrid
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 46.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
George Madrid has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,722
Across
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Comedian Bert : LAHR
5
Settled a debt : PAIDUP
11
___ the deck : HIT
14
Spread : OLEO
15
Obscure : ARCANE
16
Holiday time : EVE
17
Start of a gourmand's cop-out : TISBETTERTO
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Careless : LAX
20
Constant : STABLE
21
Pain : TORMENT
23
Tin and rabbit : EARS
25
Actor Hunter : IAN
26
More of quote : BURPANDBEARTHE
33
Chair and Street : EASYS
34
Shoe widths : AAAS
35
Spoil : ROT
36
Prior to : ERE
37
Suffer humiliation : EATCROW
40
Sheep : EWE
41
British version of inc. : LTD
42
Resound : ECHO
43
Reminders : HINTS
45
More of quote : SHAMETHANNOTTO
49
Charged atom : ION
50
Seven ___ : SEAS
51
More of quote : BURPAND
55
Independence name : TRUMAN
59
Math course : ALG
60
End of quote : BEARTHEPAIN
63
Wildebeest : GNU
64
Poe maiden : LENORE
65
Current : TIDE
66
___ Remo : SAN
67
More anxious : EDGIER
68
Bills : ONES
Down
1
Great many : LOTS
2
Noticed by chance : ALIT
3
"For ___ jolly good ... " : HESA
4
What a fair exchange isn't : ROBBERY
5
Old Roman cup : PATERA
6
Dance or music, e.g. : ART
7
Drink addition : ICE
8
Pub-game item : DART
9
"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
10
"But will it play in ___?" : PEORIA
11
Radio soap-opera heroine : HELENTRENT
12
Russian czar : IVAN
13
Subject : TEXT
18
Slip by : ELAPSE
22
Month: Abbr. : MAR
24
Grab : SNATCH
26
Swiss theologian : BARTH
27
Child's offering for a swap : USEDAIRGUN
28
Russian villa : DACHA
29
Münchhausen et al. : BARONS
30
Inner: Prefix : ESO
31
"___ Succeed in Business ... " : HOWTO
32
Seasons, in Nice : ETES
33
Morays : EELS
38
At the age of: Abbr. : AET
39
"We ___ about to die ... " : WHOARE
44
"___ you" (your option) : ITSUPTO
46
Cleaner's tool : MOP
47
Authorize : ENABLE
48
Infernal : NETHER
51
Bean and feed : BAGS
52
Arm bone : ULNA
53
Require : NEED
54
Mild oath : DANG
56
Leading : MAIN
57
Helper : AIDE
58
Compass points : NNES
61
French monarch : ROI
62
Three, in Milan : TRE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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