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E. R. Galli
E. R. Galli

New York Times, Tuesday, September 24, 1974

57-Across : Big game

Author:
E. R. Galli
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
E. R. Galli has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,173
Across
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___ majesty : LESE
5
Family man : PAPA
9
Decision on a slider : SAFE
13
Envelope abbr. : ATTN
14
Fall drink : CIDER
15
U.S.S.R. mountains : URAL
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Run-down urban area : SHANTYTOWN
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Garden tool : RAKE
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Unbroken expanse : REACH
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Insect with forceps : EARWIG
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Violent change : CATACLYSM
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Lugubrious : TEARY
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Bad-luck charm : HOODOO
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Large bears : KODIAKS
30
Responsibility : ONUS
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Bookkeeper's concern : PAYROLL
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Rainy : WET
34
Full house : SELLOUT
35
Tippler : SOT
38
Doing a Vegas job : DEALING
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Wild animal: Lat. : FERA
40
Former papal seat : AVIGNON
42
Nuclear giants : HBOMBS
44
Parting word at Orly : ADIEU
45
Certain social system : WELFARISM
47
Cut deeply : GASHED
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___ eye on (watches) : HASAN
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Water: Sp. : AGUA
51
Antiaircraft artillery : ACKACKGUNS
56
Ananias : LIAR
57
Big game : MOOSE
58
Blue-pencil : EDIT
59
Convinced : SOLD
60
Miss Negri : POLA
61
Erotic : SEXY
Down
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Musical notes : LAS
2
Old verb suffix : ETH
3
Get going : STARTOUT
4
Groups of nine : ENNEADS
5
Concise : PITHY
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Bustle : ADO
7
Seat of a sort : PEW
8
English composer : ARNE
9
Like Dali : SURREAL
10
British Guiana Indian : ARAWAK
11
Hindu ascetics : FAKIRS
12
Gray work : ELEGY
14
Massive : CYCLOPEAN
17
Tijuana fare : TACO
21
Not quite upright : ATILT
22
Black-tongued dog : CHOW
23
First-rate : AONE
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Sight from the Narrows : SKYLINE
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Dimwit : MORON
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C.S.A. sympathizer in the North : DOUGHFACE
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Concede : ALLOW
34
Musical transition : SEGUE
35
Clad like Venus de Milo : SEMINUDE
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Eyes : ORBS
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Australia's neighbor: Abbr. : TASM
38
Perseverer : DIEHARD
39
Ranges for food : FORAGES
40
Slow movement, in music : ADAGIO
41
Audio-___ : VISUAL
43
Enjoy the beach : BASK
44
Bedouin headcords : AGALS
46
Asian capital : LHASA
48
Restrain : DAMP
52
Bird sound : COO
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___ Nidre : KOL
54
"Nothing doing!" : NIX
55
Mudhole of a sort : STY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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