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IMPORTANT PEOPLE

New York Times, Sunday, June 30, 1974

Author: Nancy W. Atkinson
Editor: Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 90, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 639 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Nancy W. Atkinson has 16 pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,087
Across Down
1. Novelist Alan : PATON
6. Ex–Prime Minister : TRUDEAU
13. Combustible mixture : AIRGAS
19. Shah of Iran : PAHLAVI
21. Daggers : PONIARDS
23. Record cover : SLEEVE
24. Friendships : AMITIES
25. Emperor : SELASSIE
26. More suspicious : WARIER
27. ___ Abner : LIL
28. Brit. fliers : RAF
30. Donkey: Fr. : ANE
31. ___-la : TRA
33. ___ other : ASNO
34. Premiers during 1974 : MEIRTANAKACASTROANDCHOU
42. Anguish : PAIN
43. Fuel products : COKES
44. ___ Kong : HONG
45. Brings up : REARS
46. Rascal : SCAMP
48. Congo river : UELE
49. Kind of jaw : JUT
50. Sloths : AIS
51. Kings : CONSTANTINEANDOLAVV
57. Art style : POP
60. German conjunction : UND
61. Simple sugar : OSE
62. Adams et al. : EDIES
63. Foreign-trade zone : FREEPORT
65. Women's org. : DAR
66. Lanchester et al. : ELSAS
69. Royal initials : HRH
70. Greek letter : PSI
71. Puts on cargo : LADES
72. Fuegians : ONAS
74. Botanical sheath : OCREA
76. Outrigger : PROA
78. Arctic hazard : BERG
79. Presidents during 1974 : TITOPOMPIDOUANDMARCOS
85. Relative of nix : NOPE
86. Of an ego source : IDIC
87. Ermine : STOAT
88. Son of Zeus : ARES
90. Sheer fabric : VOILE
92. Literary bits : ANA
94. N. Z. vine : AKA
96. Ecological divisions : SERES
98. Depression letters : NRA
99. Arab ruler's domain : EMEERATE
101. Templeton et al. : ALECS
103. Puppy sound : YAP
104. Safecracker: Var. : YEG
105. Crag : TOR
106. Queens : ELIZABETHANDJULIANA
111. French season : ETE
112. Lake bottom : BED
113. Pacific root : TARO
114. Writer Michael : INNES
115. Willow spike : AMENT
118. Representation : ICON
120. Kind of acid : AMINO
122. African village : STAD
123. Kings : GUSTAVBAUDOUINANDHASSAN
129. This, in Spain : ESTE
130. Type of drum : EAR
131. Certain words: Abbr. : VBS
132. Shoe width : EEE
133. Upward: Prefix : ANO
134. Less remote : NEARER
136. Makes public, as a statement : RELEASES
141. Ex-Chancellor and family : BRANDTS
144. Importers' concerns : DUTIES
145. Popular song of the '30's : STARDUST
146. Propitiate : APPEASE
147. Sun god : AMENRA
148. Certifies : ATTESTS
149. Atlantic capital : RABAT
 1. Princes : PHILIPANDRAINIER
2. High in pitch : ALT
3. Pacific porgy : TAI
4. Cook ___ open fire : OVERAN
5. Jewish month : NISAN
6. County divisions: Abbr. : TPS
7. Fish delicacy : ROE
8. Loosen : UNLACE
9. Ross and Dors : DIANAS
10. Shifts carefully : EASES
11. ___ poetica : ARS
12. Caucasian language : UDI
13. Large dam : ASWAN
14. Pier union: Abbr. : ILA
15. Competes again : RERACES
16. Ginza entertainer : GEISHA
17. Stable officer : AVENOR
18. Thin and watery : SEROUS
19. Glove part : PALM
20. Friend in Sète : AMIE
22. Attack : SETON
29. Aspect : FACET
32. Dustcloth : RAG
35. L. A. team : RAMS
36. Sneak about : TIPTOE
37. Low-caste Indian : KOLI
38. One-seeded fruit : AKENE
39. Dull knocks : THUDS
40. Word with gravure : ROTO
41. One speaking nonsense : DRIVELER
46. Old Italian coin : SCUDO
47. Harvard name : CONANT
48. World culture agency : UNESCO
49. Associate of M. Gandhi : JNEHRU
50. Greeting : AVE
52. Slanting : ASLOPE
53. Old English letter : EDH
54. Sharp downdraft : AIRPOCKET
55. Baseball positions: Abbr. : LFS
56. Onassis : ARI
57. Presidents : PODGORNYANDSADAT
58. Natural product : ORE
59. Parts of qts. : PTS
64. Roman Fate : PARCA
67. Pitching ability : ARM
68. Photo color : SEPIA
70. Slacks : PANTS
73. Fur piece : STOLE
75. Lend a hand : AID
77. Western org. : OAS
78. Flat-bottomed craft : BATEAU
80. Lehar specialty : OPERETTA
81. Rang up : DIALED
82. John ___ : DOE
83. Girl's name : MARYJO
84. Composed : SERENE
89. Forsyte, etc. : SAGAS
90. S.P.C.A. worker : VET
91. Shoulder: Prefix : OMO
92. P. I. native : ATI
93. Pince-___ : NEZ
95. Alas, in Bonn : ACH
97. ___ cord of wood : SPLITA
100. Pub offering : ALE
101. Berlin evening : ABEND
102. Glossy : SATIN
107. Ben Adhem : ABOU
108. Zola title : NANA
109. Idler : DRONE
110. ___ much as : INAS
111. Participate : ENTERIN
115. Program : AGENDA
116. Locale for oils : MUSEUM
117. Social rank : ESTATE
118. P. I. tree : IBA
119. British fens : CARRS
120. Sunrise song : AUBADE
121. Word for a wife : MISSUS
122. Everest expert : SHERPA
124. Vice ___ : VERSA
125. Manifest : OVERT
126. Exclude : DEBAR
127. Insects : ANTS
128. Cyrano feature : NOSE
135. Poetic word : EER
137. After zeta : ETA
138. Coin of Riga : LAT
139. Boston time : EST
140. Ways: Abbr. : STS
142. Police-call initials : APB
143. Educ. group : NEA

Answer summary: 12 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 17 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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