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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Thursday, June 23, 1977

52-Across : Faultfinding passenger

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 22.4
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,176
Across
1
Pitch indicator : CLEF
5
Not barefoot : SHOD
9
Duffers' golf strokes : BAFFS
14
Bullish bellow : ROAR
15
Bare : MERE
16
Kukla's friend : OLLIE
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Ancient strongbox : ARCA
18
Russian range : URAL
19
Kind of alley : BLIND
20
Secretly : BEHINDONESBACK
23
Lincoln Center seat : LOGE
24
Slight : THIN
25
Word with band or box : HAT
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Mercenary of '76 : HESSIAN
30
Audit maker : CPA
33
Whodunit feature : ALIBI
35
Droop : LOP
36
Roderick Dhu's group : CLAN
37
Gratify by favors : SCRATCHONESBACK
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Spenser or Spender : POET
42
School dance : HOP
43
Familiar : USUAL
44
Dismal : SAD
45
Modern eavesdropper's method : WIRETAP
48
Compass point : SSE
49
Chumps : SAPS
50
Angers : IRES
52
Faultfinding passenger : BACKSEATDRIVER
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Kayak : CANOE
59
Eight furlongs : MILE
60
Valley : DALE
61
Embellish : ADORN
62
Seaport or gulf : ADEN
63
In ___ (actually existing) : ESSE
64
Famed colonial family : PENNS
65
Scottish lake in the news : NESS
66
Look for : SEEK
Down
1
King or hermit : CRAB
2
Wisdom of the ages : LORE
3
Every's partner : EACH
4
Delicate : FRAIL
5
Smear : SMUDGE
6
Protagonists : HEROES
7
Algerian seaport : ORAN
8
Erasure : DELETION
9
Spool for winding thread : BOBBIN
10
Edgar ___ Poe : ALLAN
11
Parisian cop : FLIC
12
Slang word after rat : FINK
13
But, to Brutus : SED
21
Like some of Koufax's games : NOHIT
22
Mold : SHAPE
25
Trunk fasteners : HASPS
26
Tennessee city : ALCOA
27
Weary : TIRED
29
Incline : SLOPE
30
Rudolph's driver : CLAUS
31
S.A. rodents : PACAS
32
Tarsus : ANKLE
34
Slugger's weapon : BAT
36
Network monogram : CBS
38
Fish and ___ : CHIPS
39
Irving's "headless" one : HORSEMAN
40
First-rate : SUPER
45
Rouses : WAKENS
46
Decisions for authors : TITLES
47
Elizabeth and Eve : ARDENS
49
Disdain : SCORN
51
What partisans take : SIDES
52
Commanded : BADE
53
By and by : ANON
54
Military officer : AIDE
55
Urn : VASE
56
Besides : ELSE
57
Emit fumes : REEK
58
Biggin : CAP

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

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