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Hal R. Hollinger
Hal R. Hollinger

New York Times, Friday, August 5, 1977

Author:
Hal R. Hollinger
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 28.6
Hal R. Hollinger has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,219
Across
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Crop up : ARISE
6
Island of exile : ELBA
10
Nibble at : GNAW
14
Where Pago Pago is : SAMOA
15
Put into motion again : REACTUATE
17
Old Glory : STARSANDSTRIPES
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Bivouacked : TENTED
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Living "teddy bears" : KOALAS
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Hill's partner : DALE
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Trim : FIT
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Caribou's food : MOSS
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Town or city: Abbr. : MUN
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Dryad or naiad : NYMPH
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Eight: Comb. form : OCTO
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Having a handle : ANSATE
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In the manner of : ALA
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Hemingway novel : THESUNALSORISES
42
Choler : IRE
43
Prefix with cruiser or sphere : STRATO
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Washstand item : SOAP
45
His goods are "hot" : FENCE
47
Kind of lace : VAL
48
Formicary occupants : ANTS
49
Kind of ball or Fellow : ODD
51
Dwindles : EBBS
53
Determined the value of : PRICED
56
Picnic or junket : OUTING
61
Maugham novel (with "The") : MOONANDSIXPENCE
64
Have relevance : APPERTAIN
65
Pop-singer John : ELTON
66
Exploit : DEED
67
Film dubber's concern, for short : SYNC
68
Chanticleer's domain : ROOST
Down
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Type of prof : ASST
2
Deserve : RATE
3
"___ Old Cowhand" : IMAN
4
Get the laundry ready : SORT
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Facilitated : EASED
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Sea eagle : ERN
7
Guided : LED
8
Take the sun : BASK
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Phrase with God or Congress : ACTOF
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Bench decree : GUILTY
11
Valley in California (famed for wine) : NAPA
12
Roscoe, the stutterer : ATES
13
Westrum of baseball : WES
16
Billy Turner, to Seattle Slew : TRAINER
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Utterly unyielding : ADAMANT
22
Of the moon : LUNAR
23
Subjugate : ENSLAVE
25
Central theme : MOTIF
26
Earthy color : OCHRE
27
Dutch genre painter: 17th century : STEEN
28
Signal from the Titanic: April, 1912 : SOS
31
Construction worker : MASON
32
Fold, of a kind : PLEAT
33
Lid fasteners : HASPS
36
Take ___ at (try) : ASTAB
37
Plumber's chest : TOOLBOX
40
Kind of lot : USEDCAR
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"The Lady ___ Tramp" : ISA
46
Originated a word : COINED
50
Car owners' headaches : DENTS
52
Part of SST : SUPER
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"Wicked Wasp of Twickenham" : POPE
54
Manila, for one : ROPE
55
June 6, 1944 : DDAY
57
Distant: Comb. form : TELO
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Two prepositions in one : INTO
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Sgt. and cpl. : NCOS
60
Courteous bloke : GENT
61
Like Carroll's Hatter : MAD
62
Theologian's concern : SIN
63
Business abbr. : INC

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

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