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Virginia Godwin
Virginia Godwin

New York Times, Tuesday, January 28, 1975

16-Across : Putting on airs

Author:
Virginia Godwin
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Virginia Godwin has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,299
Across
1
Toasting word : BREAD
6
Bridge call : PASS
10
Vegetable : BEET
14
Bizarre : OUTRE
15
Stewpot : OLLA
16
Putting on airs : ARTY
17
Onward : ALONG
18
Above, in Germany : UBER
19
Like some jokes : SICK
20
Melchior or Caruso : TENOR
21
German philosopher : NIETZSCHE
23
Grease : LARD
25
Sentence part: Abbr. : PRED
26
Prevailing conditions : SLEDDING
30
Sister of Cadmus : EUROPA
34
Vogue : TON
35
___ which way : EVERY
37
Of the leg calf : SURAL
38
Preposition : UNTO
40
Also, in old Rome : ETIAM
42
Inclination : MIND
43
One of a touchy bundle : NERVE
45
Stiff hairs : SETAE
47
Undivided : ONE
48
Christmas colors : GREENS
50
Nobel author William : FAULKNER
52
Mouth part : ROOF
54
Part song : GLEE
55
Famous old N.Y.C. building : WOOLWORTH
59
Cuts out news articles : CLIPS
63
Miss Chase : ILKA
64
Ibsen character : NORA
65
Pith helmet : TOPEE
66
Prehistoric mound : TERP
67
Island land : ERIN
68
Ascended : RISEN
69
Provided that : SOAS
70
Corded fabrics : REPS
71
Expert : ADEPT
Down
1
Sail or gravy : BOAT
2
___ of thumb : RULE
3
Collar : ETON
4
Essayist Matthew : ARNOLD
5
Bring into contempt : DEGRADE
6
Fish traps : POUNDNETS
7
Town near Toulouse : ALBI
8
___ on it (delay a decision) : SLEEP
9
Existentialist author : SARTRE
10
Band instrument : BASSDRUM
11
___ the Red : ERIC
12
Implant firmly : ETCH
13
Small child : TYKE
22
Abductor of 30 Across : ZEUS
24
Tear apart : RIVE
26
Overcharged : STUNG
27
Antisocial one : LONER
28
Between, in Paris : ENTRE
29
Come to ___ (fail) : GRIEF
31
Rigel's constellation : ORION
32
Velvet fabric : PANNE
33
Tree : ALDER
36
Turkish sabers : YATAGHANS
39
Extends beyond : OVERLAPS
41
Handle roughly : MAUL
44
Sufficient, to Omar : ENOW
46
Euripides character : ELECTRA
49
Oklahoman : SOONER
51
Thick scar : KELOID
53
Frozen : FRORE
55
"I'm at my ___ end" : WITS
56
Table staple : OLEO
57
Soup ingredient : OKRA
58
Stumble : TRIP
60
___ dixit : IPSE
61
Incubator sound : PEEP
62
Delivered : SENT

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

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