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Higgins
Higgins

New York Times, Friday, August 6, 1976

Author:
Higgins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 17.5
Higgins has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

This constructor could be Thomas J. Higgins, who had a Simon & Schuster crossword published in the mid-1980s.

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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,855
Across
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Back compliments : PATS
5
Hide away : STASH
10
Vestments : ALBS
14
Quantity : UNIT
15
Dispatch : HASTE
16
Aim : GOAL
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Musical steak : COLEPORTERHOUSE
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___ nous : ENTRE
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Pacific island : SAMOA
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Moisture : DEW
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Untried : NEW
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Partly: Prefix : SEMI
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Grill's partner : BAR
30
Endure : LAST
33
Drudges : SLAVES
37
A.E.C.'s concern : ATOM
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Idle : LOAF
41
Act with a capital A : EMOTE
42
Poetic nip : ROBERTFROSTBITE
45
___ Gay : ENOLA
46
Upon : ATOP
47
Same, in marginal notes : IDEM
48
Comeback : RETORT
50
Vehicle : SLED
52
Draft initials : SSS
53
Want : NEED
55
Scottish river : DEE
57
Drowse : NOD
60
Tokens : FARES
63
Kind of rail : ALTAR
67
Etiquette headquarters : EMILYPOSTOFFICE
70
Clock's message : TIME
71
Available : ONTAP
72
Roman times : IDES
73
Fret : STEW
74
Certain years : TEENS
75
Hotbed : NEST
Down
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Dark purple : PUCE
2
Presently : ANON
3
Joust : TILT
4
Ship part : STERN
5
"___ nuff!" : SHO
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Sailors : TARS
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Movie dog : ASTA
8
Checks : STEMS
9
Supermen : HEROES
10
Have ___ at it : AGO
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Kind of mouth : LOUD
12
Low : BASE
13
Did in : SLEW
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British P.M. : PEEL
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Gertrude's son : HAMLET
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Whitman : WALT
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Metrical feet : IAMBI
27
More exposed : BARER
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___ fell swoop : ATONE
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Capek role : ROBOT
31
Settee : SOFA
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Pastries : TARTS
34
Blank suits, in bridge : VOIDS
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Feminine suffixes : ETTES
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Appears : SEEMS
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Fruit : MELON
40
April figure : FOOL
43
Refine : RAREFY
44
Tore : SPED
49
Dome of Harding's day : TEAPOT
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Unheeding : DEAF
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Bagpipe emission : DRONE
56
Fey : ELFIN
57
Seines : NETS
58
Leave undone : OMIT
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Coin : DIME
61
Italian villa : ESTE
62
Laurel : STAN
64
Flood or neap : TIDE
65
Cards : ACES
66
Pause : REST
68
Wallace : LEW
69
Harvest goddess : OPS

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