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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Tuesday, June 8, 1976

38-Across : "The king can ___ wrong"

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 118.4
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,796
Across
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Jobs for musicians : GIGS
5
Steep slope, in Hawaii : PALI
9
Spat : TIFF
13
Smell ___ : ARAT
14
Care for : ADORE
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Nathan : HALE
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Poker holding : PAIR
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Military search, for short : RECON
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Muscat's land : OMAN
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Have second thoughts : ENTERTAINDOUBTS
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Kind of spin : TAIL
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Uses a certain machine : SEWS
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Goads : PRICKS
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Pistols and swords, e.g. : SIDEARMS
32
Like Mr. Skelton : REDHEADED
34
Upstage : SNOOT
35
Answer to "Understand?" : ISEE
36
Suffixes for threads : NEMES
38
"The king can ___ wrong" : DONO
39
Honey drinks : MEADS
41
New Yrok and New Jresey, e.g. : MISPRINTS
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Mythical island : ATLANTIS
45
Tax deductions : LOSSES
46
Sulk : POUT
47
African weight : ROTL
48
Joins the political ring : THROWSONESHATIN
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Hawaiian island : MAUI
56
Yiddish deli offering : KNISH
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Grace or sour : NOTE
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Final word : AMEN
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Footpath, in Paris : SENTE
60
Lacking brightness : DRAB
61
Aerie : NEST
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Lip : SASS
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Concert number : SOLO
Down
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Stare at : GAPE
2
Oil land : IRAN
3
Pace : GAIT
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Gave in a bit : STRETCHEDAPOINT
5
Supporter : PARTISAN
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"Let's make ___" : ADEAL
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Places : LOCI
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Old ___ : IRONSIDES
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Source of a salad dressing : THOUSANDISLANDS
10
Metrical foot : IAMB
11
Off key : FLAT
12
Swamps : FENS
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Through : ENDED
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Libertine : RAKE
22
Is obliged for : OWES
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___ facie : PRIMA
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Adjusted the clock : RESET
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Perfect : IDEAL
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Trucks : SEMIS
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Irish darlings : ROONS
30
___ Carlo : MONTE
31
Geology term : STOSS
33
Half steps, in music : DEMITONES
37
Plays in the water : SPLOSHES
40
Kind of job : SNOW
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U.S. author Philip : ROTH
44
Ivory sources : TUSKS
47
Musical signs : RESTS
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Govt. employee : TMAN
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Harness part : HAME
50
Regrets : RUES
51
Historic vessel : NINA
52
Corrida headliner : TORO
53
Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
54
Biblical mount : NEBO

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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