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Philip Blair
Philip Blair

New York Times, Wednesday, September 27, 1967

Author:
Philip Blair
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 29.0
Philip Blair has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,619
Across
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"The king can ___ wrong." : DONO
5
Province of Italy. : ROMA
9
Black Sea resort. : SOCHI
14
Look ___ (visit). : INON
15
Baal. : IDOL
16
Here and there. : ABOUT
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Collar fastener. : STUD
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Conceal. : VEIL
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Certain U.S. citizens. : NISEI
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New Yorkers' retreat. : CONEYISLAND
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6-pt. scores. : TDS
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Letter. : CEE
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Crimean resort. : YALTA
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Cowpuncher. : BUCKAROO
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Groundnut. : GOOBER
35
Gold: Sp. : ORO
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French port. : HAVRE
38
Statue part. : TORSO
39
City N of Oakland, Calif. : NAPA
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Philippine bay. : SUBIC
43
Its HQ is in Brussels. : NATO
44
Represent. : ENACT
46
Works of a Spanish artist. : MIROS
48
Healer, for short. : VET
49
Another healer. : DOCTOR
51
Certain knights. : TEMPLARS
53
Eagle's roost. : AERIE
55
Tiny fraction of an inch. : MIL
56
White vestment. : ALB
58
Former French part of Africa. : COTEDIVOIRE
64
Strand. : BEACH
66
Damage. : HURT
67
___ Honor. : YOUR
68
Dugout. : CANOE
69
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
70
Desert sight. : DUNE
71
Multiples of 9 inches. : SPANS
72
Apollo's mother. : LETO
73
Those sonic-boom planes. : SSTS
Down
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Round object. : DISC
2
Hep. : ONTO
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Substantive. : NOUN
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Ready for duty. : ONDECK
5
Mediterranean regions. : RIVIERAS
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Lyrics. : ODES
7
Drudgery. : MOIL
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Calm. : ALLAY
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Baseball field of sorts. : SANDLOT
10
Sash. : OBI
11
Spanish littoral. : COSTABRAVA
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Colored. : HUED
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Malady: Suffix. : ITIS
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Slangy reply. : YEAH
22
Badger. : NAG
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E. I. tree. : TOON
27
Prepared, as fish. : BONED
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Heavens: Prefix. : URANO
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Well-known beach. : COPACABANA
30
Egg: Lat. : OVUM
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Go around. : ORBIT
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Acid-alcohol product. : ESTER
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Grass addenda. : ROOTS
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Where Sligo is. : EIRE
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Entr'___. : ACTE
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___ memory. : COMMITTO
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Lights. : TORCHES
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British slacker. : SPIV
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Site of 29 Down. : RIO
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London underwriters. : LLOYDS
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Merman. : ETHEL
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Rudiments. : ABCS
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Spring. : LEAP
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Seine tributary. : EURE
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Mild oath. : DRAT
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Notes of debts. : IOUS
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Little pig. : RUNT
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Start of a Cockney's toast. : ERES
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Against. : CON

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

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