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Jack Philbrick
Jack Philbrick

New York Times, Friday, March 7, 1975

Author:
Jack Philbrick
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 27.2
Jack Philbrick has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,337
Across
1
Pear : BOSC
5
Cabbage dishes : SLAWS
10
Heels : CADS
14
Prefix for stat or scope : RHEO
15
Oblivion : LETHE
16
Settled : ALIT
17
Entry : ITEM
18
Place for Hellman toys : ATTIC
19
" ... speak daggers to her but use ___" : NONE
20
Fighter : COMBATANT
22
Keep an ___ (watch) : EYEON
23
Harte : BRET
24
"Arma virumque ___" : CANO
26
___ grill : BARAND
29
"Kind Hearts and ___" : CORONETS
33
In reserve : ONICE
34
Nursing and rest : HOMES
35
Thiamine or riboflavin: Abbr. : VIT
36
Barry of basketball : RICK
37
Searches widely : COMBS
38
Relinquish : CEDE
39
Resident: Suffix : ITE
40
Delhi princess : RANEE
41
Hackneyed : BANAL
42
Rifles : CARBINES
44
Kind of tale : TATTLE
45
Cheerful : ROSY
46
Haiti's neighbor : CUBA
47
On the level : LEGIT
50
Hostler's need : CURRYCOMB
55
Heraldic band : ORLE
56
Navigation device : LORAN
57
Composition : OPUS
58
Gasthaus offering : BIER
59
Kind of acid : AMINO
60
Oats eater : MARE
61
Bills : ONES
62
Writer Henrik : IBSEN
63
"Gil ___" : BLAS
Down
1
___-a-brac : BRIC
2
"___ be in England ... " : OHTO
3
Appear : SEEM
4
Windsor-chair feature : COMBBACK
5
Scheduled : SLATED
6
"___ c'est moi" : LETAT
7
Abbr. on an envelope : ATTN
8
N. Z. peak : WHITCOMBE
9
Part of a min. : SEC
10
Grand or Bryce : CANYON
11
Lily : ALOE
12
Flintstones' pet : DINO
13
British gun : STEN
21
English composer : ARNE
22
Genesis name : ENOS
25
Greek god : ARES
26
Eyewash acid : BORIC
27
Miss Loos : ANITA
28
Kitchen implement : RICER
29
___ upon (meets) : COMES
30
Consequence : EVENT
31
Kind of basin : TIDAL
32
Stone monument : STELE
34
Apiary unit : HONEYCOMB
37
Receptacles : CANS
38
Part of Rome's underground : CATACOMB
40
Tumult : RIOT
41
Kind of buggy or grand : BABY
43
Pipes : BRIERS
44
Activate : TURNON
46
Writer Stephen : CRANE
47
Wolf : LOBO
48
Wilde territory : ERIN
49
___ club : GLEE
51
U. S. author : URIS
52
Gem : OPAL
53
Japanese hamlet : MURA
54
Educ. degrees : BSES
56
Chou en-___ : LAI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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