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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Friday, April 21, 1967

37-Across : At the drop of ___.

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 30.7
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,460
Across
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Part of a crossword: Abbr. : DEF
4
Letters on your paycheck. : FICA
8
Sunning oneself. : ABASK
13
Organic compound. : ENOL
15
State: Fr. : ETAT
16
French designer of hats. : DACHE
17
Others: Lat. : ALII
18
Military craft. : LSTS
19
Upper regions of space. : ETHER
20
In-the-cellar status. : LASTPLACE
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Defame. : SMEAR
23
Whit. : TITTLE
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Until: Sp. : HASTA
26
Well-known name in Saigon. : LODGE
28
Bridge holding. : TENACE
32
Sign on a house. : TOLET
35
Alençon is its capital. : ORNE
37
At the drop of ___. : AHAT
38
Straw beehive. : SKEP
39
___ Jack. : UNION
40
Verne character. : NEMO
41
High: Prefix. : ALTI
42
Siberian river. : LENA
43
Writers of a sort. : ADMEN
44
Wicker. : RATTAN
46
Pronoun. : THEIR
48
What some colors do. : CLASH
50
Garlic buds. : CLOVES
54
Menotti role. : AMAHL
57
Legendary Texan. : PECOSBILL
59
Jetties. : MOLES
60
Of a time. : ERAL
61
Polite phrase. : ISEE
62
Type of silk. : MOIRE
63
Ancient harp. : LYRE
64
"But answer came there ___." : NONE
65
Nuclear event. : ATEST
66
Virginians. : LEES
67
Knock. : RAP
Down
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Traded (with). : DEALT
2
Chinese name, in part. : ENLAI
3
Impose by fraud. : FOIST
4
Cut down. : FELLED
5
___ great life! : ITSA
6
Salinger novel. : CATCHERINTHERYE
7
Bewildered. : ATSEA
8
First word of Latin hymn. : ADESTE
9
TV pair. : BATMANANDROBIN
10
Nagging pain. : ACHE
11
One of the stadiums. : SHEA
12
Well-known name on Broadway. : KERR
14
Owners of big ears. : LITTLEPITCHERS
21
Story line. : PLOT
25
British gun. : STEN
27
Lost. : GONE
29
Attention-getting sound. : AHEM
30
Arrived. : CAME
31
British school. : ETON
32
Emperor. : TSAR
33
State: Abbr. : OKLA
34
Native of Riga. : LETT
36
First zoo keeper, in a way. : NOAH
39
Bone. : ULNA
43
Troubles. : AILS
45
Ready. : ALLSET
47
Where élèves learn. : ECOLES
49
State of enchantment. : SPELL
51
Part of a baseball cap. : VISOR
52
Former queen of Italy. : ELENA
53
Cease activity. : SLEEP
54
Abbess. : AMMA
55
Debatable. : MOOT
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"Never tell ___." : ALIE
58
Part of TLC. : CARE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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