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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Wednesday, May 8, 1974

41-Down : Noisy grasshoppers

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 36.9
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,034
Across
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Kind of brush : SCRUB
6
Short tail : SCUT
10
All right : OKAY
14
Crusader's bit : CAUSE
15
Calcutta's was black : HOLE
16
Scars on beans : HILA
17
Like some gems : UNSET
18
Reunion site : ALMAMATER
20
___-relief : BAS
21
Night sound on the range : HOWL
23
Fur animal : MARTEN
24
Gown color : ALICEBLUE
27
Bolger : RAY
28
East, in Emden : OST
29
Dodge : DUCK
31
Small enclosure, in Africa : HOK
34
Hair cream : POMADE
37
Gaslight ___ : ERA
38
Senate employe : PAGE
39
Hawaiian shrubs : AKALAS
40
Meat holder : SKEWER
42
Ventilates : AIRS
43
Company officers: Abbr. : TRS
46
Cargo boat : TANKER
47
Spanish king : REY
48
"Don't be ___" : ASAP
49
Give ___ try : ITA
50
Gab : JAW
52
Teacake : SALLYLUNN
57
Nest-building fish : ACARAS
60
Subsided, with "down" : DIED
61
___ volente : DEO
62
Small bird : JENNYWREN
64
Japanese ware : IMARI
66
Began, to poets : OPED
67
Leeds's river : AIRE
68
Sorrow : DOLOR
69
Exploit : GEST
70
Navy N.C.O. : BOSN
71
Château room : SALLE
Down
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Swimmer's gear : SCUBA
2
Alimentary or Erie : CANAL
3
Town in Italy : RUSSI
4
Employ : USE
5
Washington suburb : BETHESDA
6
Serape : SHAWL
7
Conspire : COLLUDE
8
City on the Danube : ULM
9
Kind of work or spirit : TEAM
10
Creator of Pal Joey : OHARA
11
Where two Wrights did no wrong : KITTYHAWK
12
Sheltered : ALEE
13
Tale : YARN
19
Take note : MARK
22
Supplicates : OBTESTS
25
Embers : COALS
26
Continent: Abbr. : EUR
30
Kind of soap : CASTILE
32
Molding : OGEE
33
Actress Deborah : KERR
34
Jack of TV : PAAR
35
Migrant worker : OKIE
36
Footwear for small fry : MARYJANES
38
Punitive : PENAL
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Noisy grasshoppers : KATYDIDS
44
Ethiopian prince : RAS
45
Digging machines : SPADERS
48
Gone : AWAY
51
German poet : ARNDT
53
Kind of closet : LINEN
54
Ex-Secretary Stewart : UDALL
55
Perfume ingredient : NEROL
56
Bête ___ : NOIRE
57
Trotting : AJOG
58
Edible mushroom : CEPE
59
Deck cleaner : SWAB
63
___ Branco : RIO
65
Extinct bird : MOA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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