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Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg

New York Times, Monday, April 26, 1976

53-Down : "Nonsense!"

Author:
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 32.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,753
Across
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Grass or apple : CRAB
5
Carson : KIT
8
Eban : ABBA
12
Assembly hall : AULA
13
G.I.'s locker art : PINUP
15
Soviet range : URAL
16
Anna of films : STEN
17
___ nous : ENTRE
18
Period : TERM
19
Billie Jean, so to speak : THEKINGOFSPORTS
22
Within: Prefix : ENTO
23
Half a drum : TOM
24
Kind of crow : SCARE
27
Musical notes : FAS
30
Cabbage or potato : PATCH
34
"___ Joey" : PAL
35
Executed a football play : PASSED
38
Bull, in Barcelona : TORO
39
Cloak for an Arab : ABA
40
Bird sound : TWITTER
42
Wine cask : TUN
43
Incline : RAMP
45
Jean Paul ___ : SARTRE
46
Moa's cousin : EMU
47
Sailing vessel : SLOOP
49
Bossy's sound : MOO
50
Metrical feet : IAMBS
52
Place for three men : TUB
54
Lightweight-boxer Joe : GANS
56
Thoroughbred racing : THESPORTOFKINGS
64
"___ a song ... " : WITH
65
"Go ahead!" : SHOOT
66
Dumb ___ : DORA
67
Voice : ALTO
68
Egyptian god : HORUS
69
Greek letters : ETAS
70
Blind part : SLAT
71
Posed : SAT
72
Remarks : SAYS
Down
1
___ of characters : CAST
2
Babe : RUTH
3
Nautical term : ALEE
4
Money man : BANKER
5
Anna's friend : KINGOFSIAM
6
"___ each life ... " : INTO
7
Peat, for one : TURF
8
Well-known eatery : AUTOMAT
9
Fox or rabbit : BRER
10
Starr performer : BART
11
Beggar's cry : ALMS
13
Confined : PENT
14
Plague : PEST
20
Awkward : INEPT
21
Kind of art : POP
24
Trains for a fight : SPARS
25
Intrigue : CABAL
26
Name to remember : ALAMO
28
N.L. player : ASTRO
29
All dressed for a date : SETTOGOOUT
31
Kind of pole : TOTEM
32
Morsel : CRUMB
33
Wagner of baseball : HONUS
36
Disgruntled sounds : AWS
37
"___ Tag" : DER
41
Sign a new contract : REINK
44
Haphazard try : POTSHOT
48
Kind of tent : PUP
51
Stage whispers : ASIDES
53
"Nonsense!" : BOSH
55
Times of day: Abbr. : AFTS
56
"___ the night before ... " : TWAS
57
Sam or San Juan : HILL
58
Miss Kett : ETTA
59
Greek letters : RHOS
60
Repetitive movie-title word : TORA
61
"___ chance!" : NOTA
62
Battleship ___ : GRAY
63
Lip : SASS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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