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Hallie Parsons
Hallie Parsons
Gerald Parsons
Gerald Parsons

New York Times, Thursday, May 25, 1978

Author:
Hallie & Gerald Parsons
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.7
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,512
Across
1
Strip of fame : GAZA
5
W.W. II appeaser : LAVAL
10
Keyhole or keyway : SLOT
14
Kind of corner : AMEN
15
Display grief or joy : EMOTE
16
Propel a gondola : POLE
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Wading bird : SORA
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Island south of Sicily : MALTA
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Bakery employee : ICER
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Forecast : PROGNOSTICATION
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Spanish rum : RON
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Split: Comb. form : SCHIZ
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Train of pack animals : CARAVAN
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Alain ___, French actor : DELON
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Forty Niners' all-pro defensive tackle : ELAM
34
Irish lower house : DAIL
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Uneven, as if gnawed away : EROSE
38
Profit : NET
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What Miss Otis does : REGRETS
41
Soft food for invalids : PAP
42
Instant : TRICE
44
Coal region of Germany : SAAR
45
Huge: Comb. form : MEGA
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Robe for Agrippina : STOLA
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Rossetti's "The Blessed ___" : DAMOZEL
49
Homesteader's purchase in 19th century : ACRES
53
Counter at Churchill Downs : WIN
54
Specialist in eye diseases : OPHTHALMOLOGIST
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Foolish old codger : COOT
62
Gullible : NAIVE
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Kind of ladder : ROPE
64
"The best is yet ___": Browning : TOBE
65
Complete : UTTER
66
Oft-used Latin abbr. : ETAL
67
Smell, in Sevilla : OLOR
68
Titled people : PEERS
69
Highway feature : LANE
Down
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Catch the breath convulsively : GASP
2
Cupid, in art : AMOR
3
The mark of sorrow : ZERO
4
What "voices rant on" is for "conversation" : ANAGRAM
5
Drink sold by Amy : LEMONADE
6
One of a Latin I trio : AMAS
7
Units of electromotive force : VOLTS
8
Garret : ATTIC
9
Archibald ___ (Cary Grant) : LEACH
10
Metal-jacketed pointed bullet : SPITZER
11
Places : LOCI
12
Airplane's strut : OLEO
13
Aquatic bird : TERN
21
Mo. of many a Scorpio : NOV
22
"Brass" entourage : AIDES
25
Homophone for sense : CENTS
26
On the qui vive : ALERT
27
Three to two, for example : RATIO
28
Harasses : NAGS
30
Bandleader Vincent : LOPEZ
31
Siouan or orange : OSAGE
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Neighbor of India : NEPAL
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One of the Gershwins : IRA
36
Show the way : LEAD
39
Tall boxer's advantage : REACH
40
Shrimp boats : TRAWLERS
43
Rattle's cousin : CLATTER
45
No-show at a dog show : MONGREL
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"O sole ___" : MIO
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Stitched quickly : RANUP
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Exhilarate : ELATE
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Swat : SMITE
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Eight: Comb. form : OCTO
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Natatorium : POOL
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"Knight of the road" : HOBO
57
Beyond : OVER
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Minim : IOTA
59
Mule team : SPAN
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Psychic affinity : TELE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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