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Bert Beaman
Bert Beaman

New York Times, Thursday, August 7, 1975

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { B K V X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 53.8
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,490
Across
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Witticism : JEST
5
Dance : GALOP
10
Come to grips with : COPE
14
Tropical American dog : ALCO
15
Barnstormer's routine : ONENIGHTER
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Inventor's dream : PERPETUALMOTION
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In ___ (jumbled) : AMESS
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Couple : DYAD
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Prospector's find : ORE
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Good as ___ : NEW
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European wine center : ASTI
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Refuge : OASIS
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Letters : ENS
29
Lancers: Var. : ULANS
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U.S. export : WHEAT
32
Stammer, old style : STUT
34
W.W. I battle forest : ARGONNE
36
Spot : ESPY
37
Close-fitting hat : TOQUE
38
Armadillo : APAR
42
Attitude : POSTURE
44
Over : DONE
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Risky speculation : FLIER
48
Persuasions : SECTS
50
Wall St. offerings: Abbr. : RTS
51
Miss Christian : LINDA
52
Wisdom, in Barcelona : SESO
53
Letter : TEE
54
Eastern V.I.P. : AGA
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Coagulate : CLOT
58
Indistinct : FAINT
60
Salesman's target : PURCHASINGAGENT
64
Canneries, e.g. : PROCESSORS
65
___ Sea : ARAL
66
Evergreens : YEWS
67
Legislative body in Paris : SENAT
68
___ majesty : LESE
Down
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Kind of beetle : JAPANESE
2
Wind, rain, etc. : ELEMENTS
3
Bollixes : SCREWSUP
4
Exceeds : TOPS
5
Obtained : GOT
6
Babylonian god : ANU
7
Basis for objection at a trial : LEADINGQUESTION
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One and ___ : ONLY
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Cotton cloth : PIMA
10
Lab expert: Abbr. : CHT
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Indolent : OTIOSE
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"Will it play in ___?" : PEORIA
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Borgnine : ERNEST
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Sink : GODOWN
18
Son of Isaac : ESAU
24
Bed parts : SLATS
25
Fortune-teller's cards : TAROTS
27
Winning : AHEAD
30
Origin : SOURCE
33
Identified : TYPED
35
Evenings, in old England : NEETS
39
Curtain : PORTIERE
40
Rooftop sights : ANTENNAS
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Move : RESETTLE
43
Spinachlike herb : ORACHE
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Like a loose hat : FLAPPY
46
Biblical precious stone : LIGURE
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"Pretty maids all ___" : INAROW
49
Parlor piece : SOFA
56
Miss : LASS
57
Bone: Prefix : OSSE
59
Arab headcord : AGAL
61
Hosp. measures : CCS
62
Initials of the 1930's : NRA
63
Astronomer's time: Abbr. : GST

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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