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Andrew Lesko
Andrew Lesko

New York Times, Monday, June 9, 1975

38-Down : Stormed

Author:
Andrew Lesko
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Andrew Lesko has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,431
Across
1
Boss or vote : STRAW
6
Guinness : ALEC
10
Fatha Hines : EARL
14
Strad's companion : AMATI
15
Red stone : RUBY
16
Swing around : SLUE
17
Churchill's "finest hour" : BATTLEOFBRITAIN
20
Merkel : UNA
21
Certain Mohican : LAST
22
Louis or James : SAINT
23
Engage : HIRE
24
Inkling : HINT
26
Scatter : STREW
29
Old guitars : CITTERNS
33
Cockatoo : ARARA
34
Sharpen : HONE
35
Kind of tamale : HOT
36
Pacific arenas of W.W. II : TARAWAANDMANILA
40
Cut no ___ : ICE
41
Dickens, for short : CHAS
42
Anti-sub defense : SONAR
43
Ancient Italian : ETRUSCAN
46
Hound's clue : SCENT
47
New York five : NETS
48
Kind of wood : TEAK
50
" ... to fetch ___ of water" : APAIL
53
God or tasse : DEMI
54
Classified ___ : ADS
57
Event of July 21, 1861 : BATTLEOFBULLRUN
61
Ill temper : BILE
62
At ___ (pronto) : ONCE
63
Tidal bore : EAGRE
64
Drinks : ADES
65
Kind of egg : NEST
66
Pilotless plane : DRONE
Down
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Elephant Boy of films : SABU
2
Govt. agent : TMAN
3
Pro ___ : RATA
4
Counselor: Abbr. : ATT
5
Violent squall : WILLIWAW
6
Came up : AROSE
7
Air: Ger. : LUFT
8
Kind of tide : EBB
9
Lili St. ___ : CYR
10
Manor : ESTATE
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Partner of rack : RUIN
13
Pre-Easter time : LENT
18
Tin or dog : EAR
19
Common contraction : ISNT
23
Wife of Zeus : HERA
24
Deer : HINDS
25
Thing : ITEM
26
French composer : SATIE
27
Pamphlet : TRACT
28
More unusual : RARER
29
Arthur ___ Doyle : CONAN
30
Lorelei's home : RHINE
31
Actor Lloyd : NOLAN
32
Flying or head : START
34
Gay sounds : HAHAS
37
Auditor: Abbr. : ACCT
38
Stormed : ASSAILED
39
Arrow end : NOCK
44
Merges : UNITES
45
___ a bill of goods : SELL
48
Jewish month : TEBET
49
Cursorial bird : EMU
50
Eastern church title : ABBA
51
Rubber-stamp word : PAID
52
Salt tree : ATLE
53
Military awards : DFCS
54
Jason's ship : ARGO
55
Relative of drat : DURN
56
Snick's partner : SNEE
58
Long time : EON
59
"___ for the money" : ONE
60
Household god : LAR

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

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