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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

New York Times, Friday, September 27, 1974

31-Down : Own up to

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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J
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E
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A
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N
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J
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A
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C
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K
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J
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U
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A
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N
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A
M
B
I
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T
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O
T
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O
P
R
Y
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M
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D
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O
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T
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N
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B
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J
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A
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S
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T
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S
Y
L
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O
R
N
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T
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A
C
O
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A
S
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N
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I
M
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N
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E
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S
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M
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A
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R
Y
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I
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R
E
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B
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I
V
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N
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T
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H
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E
T
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R
R
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I
B
L
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S
O
N
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Y
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A
S
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D
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W
I
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L
K
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S
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A
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L
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L
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P
T
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R
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M
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E
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R
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C
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A
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K
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G
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N
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A
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W
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J
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M
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R
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K
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S
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A
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K
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S
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H
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N
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B
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A
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,176
Across
1
John : JEAN
5
John : JACK
9
John : JUAN
13
Circumference : AMBIT
15
Will-___-wisp : OTHE
16
Grand Ole ___ : OPRY
17
Scott locale : MIDLOTHIAN
19
Appoint : NAME
20
Sad Johns, perhaps : BLUEJEANS
21
Black-ink entry : ASSET
22
Part of a word: Abbr. : SYL
23
Cockney bugle : ORN
24
Mexican snack : TACO
26
Group: Abbr. : ASSN
27
Chemical compounds : IMINES
30
"John Loves ___" : MARY
33
Words of understanding : ISEE
34
Johnny ___ (Confederate) : REB
36
Bad John : IVANTHETERRIBLE
41
"My ___ John" : SON
42
Certain votes : YEAS
43
Quizmaster John : DALY
44
Middle name for John Booth : WILKES
46
Cry of woe : ALAS
49
Thin: Prefix : LEPT
50
Aries : RAM
51
Archeozoic, for one : ERA
54
Johnny ___ (cornbreads) : CAKES
57
Johns : GIOVANNIS
60
Once again : ANEW
61
Czech statesman : JANMASARYK
62
Fruit dots on ferns : SORI
63
Aleutian island : ATKA
64
Athenian walkways : STOAS
65
John : HANS
66
Miss Lillie et al. : BEAS
67
"MASH" star : ALDA
Down
1
Doorway parts : JAMBS
2
Post or Dickinson : EMILY
3
Name for a sultan : ABDUL
4
John Speke's exploration : NILE
5
John : JOHANN
6
Have ___ ear (be tone deaf) : ATIN
7
Punish : CHASTISE
8
"D' ye ___ John Peel?" : KEN
9
Ben of literary note : JONSON
10
Tree yielding poison : UPAS
11
Weapon, in France : ARME
12
U. N. veto : NYET
14
Japanese general and family : TOJOS
18
Alaska and Hawaii, once: Abbr. : TERS
21
Grayish color : ACIER
25
U. S., Mexico, etc.: Abbr. : AMER
26
Writer Rand : AYN
28
Grass, in Rome : ERBA
29
Broker's order : SELL
30
Wrong: Prefix : MIS
31
Own up to : AVOW
32
Indian queen : RANI
33
Players at hide-and-seek : ITS
35
Turkish title : BEY
37
Tots : TYKES
38
Dickens's Uriah : HEEP
39
Stadium entrance : EASTGATE
40
Freud's concerns : IDS
45
Labor leader John ___ : LLEWIS
46
Fragrances : AROMAS
47
Etna effluence : LAVA
48
Lay up : AMASS
51
Sign up : ENROL
52
Capital of Saudi Arabia: Var. : RIYAD
53
___ question (inquires) : ASKSA
54
Singer Johnny : CASH
55
Celebes ox : ANOA
56
"Sunny" composer : KERN
58
"___ Dinka Doo" : INKA
59
Cream, in Avila : NATA
61
Boxer's forte : JAB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 10 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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