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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, May 9, 1977

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 8.8
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,131
Across
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Clusters of plants : CLUMPS
7
Like Galahad : CHASTE
13
High-school non-finisher : DROPOUT
14
Mention briefly : TOUCHON
15
Ornament resembling a flower : ROSETTE
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Second : INSTANT
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Concerning : ANENT
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"Sticks float; they wood" is one : PUN
20
Device on a door : HINGE
21
Senator from Va. or W.Va. : BYRD
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Sharpened : HONED
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Something to lend : EAR
25
"Sock exchange" : BOUT
26
Soldier in gray : REB
29
Approach gradually : LEADUPTO
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Appetite rousers : AROMAS
37
Warrant : INSURE
38
"Delightful" in hippie jargon : GROOVY
39
Interest : BEHALF
40
Took offense : RESENTED
42
Baton Rouge sch. : LSU
43
"Amores" poet : OVID
44
Begin to flower : BUD
47
Inexpensive fur : LAPIN
49
Convert the chips : CASH
53
___ on (continuously) : ONAND
56
Big ___ : BEN
57
Quebec peninsula : GASPE
58
Ineffectual : OFNOUSE
60
Visits : CALLSON
62
Bridge boo-boo : MISDEAL
63
Ousters of a sort : EXILERS
64
Hard as nails : STEELY
65
Carter vs. Ford on TV: 1976 : DEBATE
Down
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Sidekick : CRONY
2
Burgoyne at Saratoga : LOSER
3
Beat; defeat : UPEND
4
Grove on a prairie : MOTT
5
"Polly, ___ the kettle on" : PUT
6
Socialize : STEPOUT
7
Swindle : CON
8
Muffle : HUSH
9
Playbill heading : ACTI
10
Met soprano : SHANE
11
Polynesian kingdom : TONGA
12
Pierce : ENTER
13
Part of o.d. : DRAB
14
Prong : TINE
19
"Render therefore ___ Caesar ... " : UNTO
22
Sanguine : HOPEFUL
23
Voices irrelevant arguments : DRAGSIN
25
Tree-trunk growths : BURLS
27
Misjudged : ERRED
28
Blessing : BOON
29
Women's ___ : LIB
30
Compass point : ENE
31
Blonde shade : ASH
32
Binary : DUAL
34
Bright saying : MOT
35
Hail! : AVE
36
One of the Chaplins : SYD
40
Lasso : ROPE
41
Showed clearly : EVINCED
44
Flourishes : BOOMS
45
Incapable : UNFIT
46
"___ Macabre" : DANSE
48
Labor leader : ABEL
49
Lily : CALLA
50
Charisma, e.g. : ASSET
51
Seed : SPORE
52
Coop group : HENS
54
Predicament or knot : NODE
55
Burr vs. Hamilton : DUEL
57
Smooth-talking : GLIB
59
Declare : SAY
61
Tool for Bunyan : AXE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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