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Lois Hillis
Lois Hillis

New York Times, Friday, August 25, 1967

9-Down : Reinstall.

Author:
Lois Hillis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 20.5
Lois Hillis has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,586
Across
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Poker player's ploy. : BLUFF
6
Not in harmony. : AJAR
10
Cartoon creator. : CAPP
14
Contest at birling logs. : ROLEO
15
Book unit. : PAGE
16
Fee for money exchange. : AGIO
17
Type of building. : ANNEX
18
Individuals. : ONES
19
Subject of Congressional debate. : RATS
20
In better order. : NEATER
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Discovers. : UNEARTHS
24
Pieces of music. : SONATAS
26
Look at. : EYE
27
Colorful fish. : OPAH
31
Fabric. : WORSTED
33
Oil-processing plant. : REFINERY
35
Personal attendant. : VALET
39
City at foot of the Sierra Nevada. : GRANADA
40
Defect. : BLEMISH
42
Army man: Abbr. : SERGT
43
Old French dance. : COURANTE
44
Phantom. : EIDOLON
47
Inert gas. : NEON
48
Rouses for action. : UPS
51
Kind of number. : ORDINAL
53
Summer quaff. : LEMONADE
55
Take back. : RECALL
60
System of conveyance: Abbr. : TRAN
61
Two cups. : PINT
63
Prize. : VALUE
64
Brooklet. : RILL
65
Thou also: Lat. : ETTU
66
Turn outward. : EVERT
67
Friend. : ALLY
68
Organized whole: Abbr. : SYST
69
Vegetables. : LEEKS
Down
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Foodstuff. : BRAN
2
Unescorted. : LONE
3
Bone. : ULNA
4
Trochees, dactyls, etc. : FEET
5
Tricks. : FOXES
6
Peak of P. I. : APO
7
White sale time. : JANUARY
8
Moving forces. : AGENTS
9
Reinstall. : RESEAT
10
Writer of many a mystery. : CARR
11
Marble. : AGATE
12
Full of meaning. : PITHY
13
Armed band. : POSSE
21
Went boating. : ROWED
23
Letter sign-off. : ASEVER
25
Wife of the "Thin Man." : NORA
27
Socs. : ORGS
28
Dumas ___. : PERE
29
Not close. : AFAR
30
Door part. : HINGE
32
Cony, in the Bible. : DAMAN
34
State. : NATION
36
Short letter. : LINE
37
___ Perpetua: Idaho's motto. : ESTO
38
In that case. : THEN
40
Blessing. : BOON
41
One of the "probes." : LUNAR
43
Lawyer's concern. : CLIENTS
45
Curtains. : DRAPES
46
Strangeness. : ODDITY
48
Extreme. : ULTRA
49
Jeopardy. : PERIL
50
One of the sizes. : SMALL
52
Carpenter's aid. : LEVEL
54
Merely. : ONLY
56
Ancient home. : CAVE
57
Nautical word. : ALEE
58
Lie hidden. : LURK
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Leaves (alone). : LETS
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Ancient king, for short. : TUT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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