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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Saturday, April 15, 1967

28-Down : Any sudden success.

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,454
Across
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Party companion. : DATE
5
Lo!: Lat. : ECCE
9
___ go of. : MAKEA
14
Rugby's river. : AVON
15
Train units : CARS
16
"___ Your Hand, Madame." : IKISS
17
Name associated with a Bible. : KINGJAMES
19
Baseball finale. : NINTH
20
___ see it ... : ASI
21
Irish. : ERSE
22
Shantung. : PONGEE
23
Fly straight up. : ROCKET
25
Gold units. : KARATS
27
Primates. : APES
29
Glad for joyful, for example. : SYNONYM
32
Seconds: Abbr. : ASSTS
35
Shopping bags. : TOTES
37
Ibsen character. : ASE
38
Recently. : LATE
39
Zeal. : ARDOR
40
Twist. : SKEW
41
"___ to prepare a place ... " : IGO
42
More cunning. : SLIER
43
Barons. : PEERS
44
Renounced. : FORSOOK
46
Nautical term. : YARE
48
Gazed dreamily. : MOONED
50
Dullest. : TAMEST
54
Attractive. : TAKING
56
¼ acre. : ROOD
58
Name in the news. : MAO
59
"C'est ___!" : ARIRE
60
Sign in an arsenal. : NOSMOKING
62
Secret. : INNER
63
" ... monarch of ___ survey." : ALLI
64
Old: Ger. : ALTE
65
Opera boxes. : LOGES
66
Coalition. : BLOC
67
Clever. : NEAT
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1
African port. : DAKAR
2
Dispatch boat. : AVISO
3
Keynote. : TONIC
4
Language: Abbr. : ENG
5
Card game. : ECARTE
6
Machine parts. : CAMS
7
Stream. : CREEK
8
Letter. : ESS
9
Ancient Cretans. : MINOANS
10
Related. : AKINTO
11
Reptile. : KINGSNAKE
12
This: Sp. : ESTE
13
Carolina name. : ASHE
18
Sturdy cars. : JEEPS
22
Nosy one. : PRYER
24
Musical heroine. : KATE
26
"Tell me ___." : ASTORY
28
Any sudden success. : STRIKE
30
Nieuport's river. : YSER
31
Small street, in London. : MEWS
32
Arabic letter. : ALIF
33
Palm starch. : SAGO
34
West Point's mountain. : STORMKING
36
"Golden Treasury" item. : ODE
39
In company. : ALONG
40
Look to be. : SEEM
42
Oklahomans. : SOONERS
43
Madrid museum. : PRADO
45
Party. : SOIREE
47
Kind of power. : ATOMIC
49
Waggish. : DROLL
51
M. Zola. : EMILE
52
Symbol of Christmas. : SANTA
53
Play hard ___. : TOGET
54
Part of a kite. : TAIL
55
Contemporary cartoonist. : ARNO
57
European capital. : OSLO
60
Catch. : NAB
61
State: Abbr. : KAN

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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