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Allan Blackman
Allan Blackman

New York Times, Friday, April 18, 1975

61-Across : "___ can look at a king"

Author:
Allan Blackman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 29.4
Allan Blackman has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,379
Across
1
Playwright Connelly : MARC
5
Early digital computer : ENIAC
10
Scores a baseball out : TAGS
14
___ code : AREA
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Brahmanic precept : SUTRA
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Asian servant : AMAH
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Castle isolator : MOAT
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Be frugal : STINT
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Gray wolf : LOBO
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Infuriate : ENRAGE
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Precipitating agent : CATALYST
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Amazon Indian : PANO
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New Delhi wear : SARI
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More portly : STOUTER
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Natural : INNATE
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East German city : HALLE
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Russian sea : ARAL
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Certain people : MEN
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Instigate : ABET
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Chowder base : CLAMS
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Pious platitude : CANT
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Costello : LOU
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Spumante city : ASTI
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Smelting product : MATTE
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Alley serenader : TOMCAT
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More spiteful : CATTIER
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Castor-bean yields : OILS
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Sicilian city : ENNA
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Resort island off L. A. : CATALINA
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___ hatch (way out) : ESCAPE
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"___ can look at a king" : ACAT
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Dynamite inventor : NOBEL
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Racetrack : OVAL
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Corner : TREE
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Small stand of trees : GROVE
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N. L. players : METS
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Word on a tag : SOLD
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Cremona product : STRAD
70
Scottish soup : BREE
Down
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Musical aunt : MAME
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___ Kodesh (Holy Ark) : ARON
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Kind of guard : REAR
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Plane-launching device : CATAPULT
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Early monastic : ESSENE
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Screwball : NUT
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Adjective suffix : ITIC
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Buffaloes of India : ARNAS
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Slender vase plants : CATTAILS
10
___ the saddle : TALLIN
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Island off China : AMOY
12
Chatters : GABS
13
Kaput : SHOT
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Golden or garden : GATE
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Scottish alder : ARN
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Exams : ORALS
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Commandment word : SHALT
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Prohibited : TABOO
29
Oily liquid : OLEUM
31
Relative of 69 Across : AMATI
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Big top, in Paris : TENTE
33
Word on a door : ENTER
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Lab animal : RAT
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Vestment : AMICE
40
Kittens : CATLINGS
41
Old burial place : CATACOMB
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Rockies, etc.: Abbr. : MTNS
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Like morning-after tongues : COATED
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Trouble : AIL
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Anointed, old style : ANELED
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Horsy sound : SNORT
53
Jazz devotees : CATS
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Height: Prefix : ACRO
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Asian weight : TAEL
56
Assamese native : ABOR
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Declare : AVER
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Hors d'oeuvre : PATE
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Otherwise : ELSE
63
Uncle Tom's friend : EVA

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

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