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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Saturday, July 6, 1974

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.7
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,093
Across
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Jazz : BOP
4
Zoo animal : HIPPO
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Sand and candy : BARS
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U. S. agency of '40's : OPA
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Not fixed : UNLAID
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Pernicious : EVIL
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Plan out : MAP
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Rice, for instance : STAPLE
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Professorial gown : TOGA
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Bad reputation : BLACKEYE
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Haphazardly : ANYWAY
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Walking on ___ : AIR
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Talk-show medium : RADIO
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Violent storm : TEMPEST
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Overwhelms : DELUGES
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"Golden Boy" playwright : ODETS
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Horse : ROAN
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Annual-meeting feature: Abbr. : REPT
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Lansing, ___ : MICH
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First-course items : SOUPS
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Aquamarine : BLUE
42
___ homo : ECCE
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Impair : HURT
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Sheer cotton : TOILE
45
___ against (compare) : STACKUP
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Held to a course : STOODON
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Metric unit : LITER
51
Groove : RUT
52
Parris Island recruit : MARINE
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Go beyond : OVERSTEP
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Calla lily : ARUM
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Woman who practices a discipline : YOGINI
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Money of Macao : AVO
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Showy : GALA
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Builds : ERECTS
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One of the "Little Women" : MEG
67
Asian goat : IBEX
68
Hail : GREET
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Expert : PRO
Down
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Flop on Broadway : BOMB
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October stone : OPAL
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Family member : PAPA
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Sled dogs : HUSKIES
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Entombs : INTERS
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Kind of bill or boy : PLAY
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Essay : PAPER
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Lubricate : OIL
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"You ___!" (indeed) : BETYOURBOOTS
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Admit : AVOW
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Baltic port : RIGA
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Annihilate : SLAY
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Weakens : DEADENS
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Exceed expectations : CAPTHECLIMAX
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Zero : NIL
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Conforms : ADAPTS
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Volumes : TOMES
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Decree : EDICT
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Place of great attraction : MECCA
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Barnstorm : TROUPE
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Icy : GELID
33
Ancient Roman priest : EPULO
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Dutch painter : STEEN
37
Possessive pronoun : OUR
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Bit of sleep : SHUTEYE
44
Guide-book user : TOURIST
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Relatives : KIN
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Thirty, in France : TRENTE
50
O.K. : ROGER
52
Wise men : MAGI
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Part of U.A.R. : ARAB
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As a ___ (usually) : RULE
56
Bad habit : VICE
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Force down : TAMP
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Constantly : EVER
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Comic-strip character : POGO
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Group: Abbr. : ORG

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

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