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Jeanne Wilson
Jeanne Wilson

New York Times, Wednesday, January 12, 1983

11-Across : Mil. rank

Author:
Jeanne Wilson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jeanne Wilson has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,118
Across
1
Mass in B minor composer : BACH
5
Akin on Dad's side : AGNATE
11
Mil. rank : PVT
14
Double-reed instrument : OBOE
15
Farm machine : SEEDER
16
Suffix with cash : IER
17
Left : WENT
18
Maker of fine violins : STRADIVARI
20
Toppers on capitols : DOMES
22
___-China : INDO
23
Heat meas. : BTU
25
In time, musically : ATEMPO
29
French menu item : POIS
30
Arranges music : ORCHESTRATES
33
Minstrels' companions : LUTES
34
Whirl : SPIN
35
Mail ctr. : GPO
38
Kind of bridge : TRESTLE
41
Added, as interest : ACCRUED
43
Turf : SOD
44
Diva Stevens : RISE
46
Massenet's "Le ___ Lahore" : ROIDE
47
Polyphonic : CONTRAPUNTAL
50
Actress from Ohio : GISH
53
Pavarotti et al. : TENORS
54
Entire : ALL
55
___ spumante : ASTI
56
Carpenter's device : MITER
58
Triangle, bells, etc. : PERCUSSION
63
Operatic heroine : AIDA
66
Poetic preposition : ERE
67
Sharp answer : RETORT
68
Nicholas II, e.g. : TSAR
69
Moisture : DEW
70
Sandy from Neb. : DENNIS
71
Unfermented grape juice : STUM
Down
1
Item for Perlman : BOW
2
Lincoln sobriquet : ABE
3
Emulated Mehta : CONDUCTED
4
" ... or ___ Hecuba ... ?": Hamlet : HETO
5
Holdings : ASSETS
6
" ... ___, go!" : GETSET
7
Relative of Saul : NER
8
Actress Rehan : ADA
9
Bandleader Lewis : TED
10
"___ tu," aria by 12 Down : ERI
11
Soft, in music : PIANO
12
"Ernani" composer : VERDI
13
Scherzo sections : TRIOS
19
Brass : VIPS
21
Ormandy, e.g. : MAESTRO
23
Takes off : BOLTS
24
City in southern England : TRURO
26
___ Miniver : MRS
27
Haydn sobriquet : PAPA
28
Of the ear : OTIC
31
"For ___ a jolly ... " : HES
32
Cover, as with jewels : ENCRUST
35
Segovia, e.g. : GUITARIST
36
Foot-operated lever : PEDAL
37
Old radio's Digger ___ : ODELL
39
Fuzz : LINT
40
Italian patron of arts : ESTE
42
Jimmy's successor : RON
45
Directional suffix : ERN
47
Stylish : CHIC
48
Honshu seaport : AOMORI
49
Publishes : PRINTS
50
Yawned : GAPED
51
River in SE France : ISERE
52
Scatter : STREW
57
Vittles : EATS
59
Indian bean : URD
60
Bishopric : SEE
61
Part of a RR : STN
62
Charged atom : ION
64
Fam. member : DAU
65
Appendage : ARM

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

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