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Sophie Fierman
Sophie Fierman

New York Times, Friday, August 27, 1976

Author:
Sophie Fierman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { B J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 26.5
Sophie Fierman has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,876
Across
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Phony : SHAM
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"___ were the days" : THOSE
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Get along : FARE
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Tourist spot in Italy : PISA
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Actor Novarro : RAMON
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Matured : AGED
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Insist : AVER
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Sluggish : INERT
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Lie at anchor : RIDE
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Attempt the unattainable : REACHFORTHEMOON
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Wallach : ELI
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Take advantage of : USE
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Kind of highness : SERENE
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Limit : RESTRICT
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Advocate: Suffix : ARIAN
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Biblical weed : TARE
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Sweet girl : SUE
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Do an exercise in futility : TILTATWINDMILLS
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Hot diamonds : ICE
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Russian hemp : RINE
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Having two left feet : INEPT
44
Study of a face part : NASOLOGY
47
Spanish shawls : MANTAS
48
Like tartar steak : RAW
49
On the ___ (hiding) : LAM
50
Accomplish the impossible : SQUARETHECIRCLE
59
Relative : AUNT
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Permission : LEAVE
61
"Habanera," for one : ARIA
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"Open ___" (dentist's plea) : WIDE
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Churchman : ELDER
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Notable quotes : GEMS
65
Hied : SPED
66
Transactions : DEALS
67
Influence : SWAY
Down
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Prepare for a bout : SPAR
2
Active place : HIVE
3
Befuddled : ASEA
4
Connelly : MARC
5
Fool around : TRIFLE
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Asian capital : HANOI
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Hebrew measure : OMER
8
Arrange : SORT
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Really wowed : ENTHUSED
10
Dell tenant : FARMER
11
Money-exchange fee : AGIO
12
Doctor up : REDO
13
Apple-tree locale : EDEN
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Hair rinse : HENNA
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The most: Suffix : EST
25
Joined : SATIN
26
Heath shrub : ERICA
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Rubs the wrong way : RILES
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___ up (go for) : EAT
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Like some April days : RAINY
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Eagle : ERNE
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Atoll unit : ISLET
32
Mea ___ : CULPA
33
Dry runs : TESTS
35
"Just as the ___ is bent ... " : TWIG
38
Used a garden tool : TROWELED
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U.S. Indian : MIAMI
40
Stopover spot : INN
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Sounded off : ORATED
46
Roman spirit : LAR
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Scottish court officers : MACERS
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Come clean : LEVEL
50
Maxims : SAWS
51
Witty remark : QUIP
52
Wavy, in heraldry : UNDE
53
Prefix for graph : TELE
54
"Mary ___ little ... " : HADA
55
Car-washers' aids : RAGS
56
Work force : CREW
57
S.A. city : LIMA
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This does it : EASY

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

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