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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Monday, August 23, 1976

24-Down : Oliver Twist et al.

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,872
Across
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Examine critically : SIFT
5
Northern people : LAPPS
10
Outfit : GARB
14
Scent : ODOR
15
Give pleasure to : AMUSE
16
Asian river : AMUR
17
Barbershop-quartet favorite : MYWILDIRISHROSE
20
Building wing : ELL
21
Seine feeder : OISE
22
Attack : ONSET
23
All right : OKEH
24
Pottery : WARE
26
Sugar and bread : LOAVES
29
Missouri city, for short : SAINTJOE
33
To be, in Paris : ETRE
34
Kind of stone or wine : RHINE
35
He's often tight, in football : END
36
Mary, in a song : THEROSEOFTRALEE
40
Abbr. on a tombstone : AET
41
Nuts' partners : BOLTS
42
Ladd : ALAN
43
Versailles and Ghent accomplishments : TREATIES
45
Bannister and Lindbergh feats, e.g. : FIRSTS
47
Small one : RUNT
48
Window part : PANE
49
Lands : ACRES
52
Café au ___ : LAIT
53
Three, in Rome : TRE
56
Melodic words before Texas : THEYELLOWROSEOF
60
Indian of N.M. : TANO
61
Slant : BEVEL
62
Blind part : SLAT
63
Aleutian island : ATTU
64
Run-down : SEEDY
65
Kennedy et al. : TEDS
Down
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"___ party!" : SOME
2
Pastoral work: Var. : IDYL
3
Partner of fish and flesh : FOWL
4
Corn or color : TRI
5
Day or man : LADIES
6
Mennonite people : AMISH
7
Unmixed : PURE
8
Greek letter : PSI
9
French possessive : SES
10
Gemstone : GARNET
11
Andy's friend : AMOS
12
Artifice : RUSE
13
Harte : BRET
18
Norse god: Var. : LOKE
19
Christmas-pie eater : HORNER
23
Kind of head : OVER
24
Oliver Twist et al. : WAIFS
25
"And that ___ hay" : AINT
26
"Moi," to Louis XIV : LETAT
27
Different : OTHER
28
Sharp crest : ARETE
29
Photos : SHOTS
30
Crystallizes : JELLS
31
___ a time : ONEAT
32
British P.M. et al. : EDENS
34
Lease again : RELET
37
Blunt : OBTUSE
38
Care: Fr. : SOIN
39
Alpine river : AARE
44
"___ with me?" : AREYOU
45
Tolerably : FAIRLY
46
Preposition : INTO
48
Handled rudely : PAWED
49
Indian flour : ATTA
50
Small talk : CHAT
51
Tenant's concern : RENT
52
Tennis nonscore : LOVE
53
Far: Prefix : TELE
54
Course : ROAD
55
Newts : EFTS
57
Weights: Abbr. : LBS
58
F.F.V. name : LEE
59
Fast plane : SST

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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