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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Friday, May 5, 1978

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 62.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,492
Across
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Nile bird : IBIS
5
Cars for V.I.P.'s : LIMOS
10
Tuner of the orchestra : OBOE
14
Agcy. with far-out ideas : NASA
15
Hebrew letter : ALEPH
16
Women's suffrage leader : CATT
17
Starting funds: Slang : FRONTMONEY
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Lovesick nymph : ECHO
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Burning : ONFIRE
21
Resolute; dauntless : UNSHAKEN
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Mineral used in making lubricants : TALC
25
Kind of ray : STING
26
Poem that sounds like a red boat : RUBAIYAT
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Substitute : ERSATZ
33
Cut short : ABORT
34
Bête ___ : NOIRE
36
Low : MOO
37
President of France: 1954-59 : COTY
38
Knee exercises : BENDS
39
"Give ___ a horse ... " : AMAN
40
Krazy one : KAT
41
Baltic port : MEMEL
42
"I'm ___ lorn creetur ... ": Mrs. Gummidge : ALONE
43
Segar or seegar : STOGIE
45
Abrogates : RESCINDS
47
"How many ___ to Babylon?" : MILES
49
Marriage or baptism : RITE
50
Indiscretions in one's salad days : WILDOATS
53
"And ___ poor to do him reverence": Shak. : NONESO
57
"It's a Sin to Tell ___" : ALIE
58
Regional anatomy : TOPOGRAPHY
60
"There ___ tomorrow" : ISNO
61
Make exultant : ELATE
62
Stooge or patsy : TOOL
63
Suffix with six or seven : TEEN
64
X-___ : RATED
65
Glimpse : ESPY
Down
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Data, for short : INFO
2
Potential playhouse : BARN
3
"Time ___ the essence" : ISOF
4
Hygienic : SANITARY
5
In a weak or clumsy way : LAMELY
6
U.N. arm : ILO
7
What's for lunch : MENU
8
Makes the first bid : OPENS
9
Ambulance chasers : SHYSTERS
10
One measure of love : OCEANS
11
Dicing game : BACKGAMMON
12
Will-___-wisp : OTHE
13
Oxford feeder : ETON
18
Courage or cowardice : TRAIT
22
Give a job to : HIRE
24
Cave ___ (beware of the dog) : CANEM
26
Parts of dishwashers : RACKS
27
Lusitania's undoer : UBOAT
28
The final analysis, in business : BOTTOMLINE
29
Dye or paint pigment : TONER
31
___ fro : TOAND
32
City sections : ZONES
35
Lazybones : IDLER
38
Bird that thrives on hives : BEEEATER
39
Make hostile : ALIENATE
41
Where Venus left her arms : MILO
42
Caine or Cotten : ACTOR
44
Kind of Bible : GIDEON
46
Lightly burnt : SINGED
48
Calpurnia's garb : STOLA
50
Show patience : WAIT
51
Elizabeth, in Germany : ILSE
52
Squabble : SPAT
54
Oral history in verse : EPOS
55
Hunt bargains : SHOP
56
Richard D'___ Carte : OYLY
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Suffix with Capri : OTE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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