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Young
Young

New York Times, Monday, June 27, 1977

54-Down : Status quo ___

Author:
Young
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { H J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 34.7
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,180
Across
1
Hawkeye : IOWAN
6
Agitate : STIR
10
Uncovered wagon : CART
14
Skyline sight : SPIRE
15
E flat is one : TONE
16
Concert halls : ODEA
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Verdi opera : LATRAVIATA
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Rock follower : ROLL
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Golfer Lee ___ : ELDER
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Of an epoch : ERAL
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Use a letter opener : SLIT
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Response to a stimulus : REFLEX
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Spoiled : ROTTEN
30
Punitive : PENAL
31
Rub out : ERASE
32
Treated with contempt : DISDAINED
36
Annex of a sort : ELL
37
Decorators' concerns : TINTS
38
Fruity drink : ADE
39
Lessens : DECREASES
42
Blend gradually : MERGE
44
Wine pitchers : OLPES
45
He has cash, will loan : BANKER
46
Synthetic fiber : OLEFIN
48
Inattentive : DEAF
49
Lump of clay or cream : GLOB
50
Moldings : OGEES
52
Norwegian saint : OLAF
56
Baseball's Mattie, Felipe or Jesus : ALOU
57
Swallows' destination : CAPISTRANO
59
Platter : DISC
60
Ripens : AGES
61
Critical : ACUTE
62
Search for : SEEK
63
Appear : SEEM
64
Ancient Asians : MEDES
Down
1
"Emerald ___" : ISLE
2
Gemstone : OPAL
3
Masters of banter : WITS
4
Notations on a certain blotter : ARRESTS
5
Teachers' org. : NEA
6
Wading bird : STILT
7
Hognose snake's prey : TOAD
8
What a good book does : INTERESTS
9
Sights seen ahead in a traffic jam : REARENDS
10
Franco of the Met : CORELLI
11
Dote on : ADORE
12
Psychiatrist's advice : RELAX
13
Like a redwood : TALL
18
Glasgow's "___ of Iron" : VEIN
24
"The Gray Fox" : LEE
26
Aviation agcy. : FAA
27
Knicks' new coach : REED
28
Wreath on a knight's helmet : ORLE
29
Chalky powder : TALC
30
Murmurers in Longfellow's forest : PINES
32
Release : DISENGAGE
33
British stool pigeon : NARK
34
Brink : EDGE
35
Sambar or Bambi : DEER
37
Pudding thickeners : TAPIOCAS
40
Kind of 35 Down : ROEBUCK
41
Pixie : ELF
42
Ovine plaint : MAA
43
Implement : ENFORCE
45
Catfish Row gal : BESS
46
Kukla's friend : OLLIE
47
At liberty : LOOSE
48
Belief in an indifferent God : DEISM
49
Flits : GADS
51
Sword for Count of Monte Cristo : EPEE
53
Praise : LAUD
54
Status quo ___ : ANTE
55
Darius III and Alexander : FOES
58
Scottish hat : TAM

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

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