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Betty Duffy
Betty Duffy

New York Times, Saturday, January 29, 1977

54-Across : Eater of 6 Down

Author:
Betty Duffy
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Betty Duffy has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,031
Across
1
Do a morning chore : DRESS
6
Antic : CAPER
11
Recipe abbr. : TBS
14
Archeologist's find : RELIC
15
Cactus variety : AGAVE
16
Misery : WOE
17
Early rabbi : AMORA
18
" ... but that I ___ more" : LOVEDROME
20
Fearsome weakling : PAPERTIGER
22
Warp yarns : ABBS
23
Dutch town : EDE
24
Cowboy ___ Bill : PECOS
25
Holy woman: Abbr. : STE
26
Make over : REDO
28
Certain votes : NOS
29
Fanny and Sam : HILLS
32
Judge's seat : BANC
34
Archie Bunker, to Edith : STIFLER
36
Memory gap : AMNESIA
39
___-thorn (Biblical shrub) : CHRISTS
40
Stuffy one: Var. : PRUDIST
41
Swiss river : AARE
42
Kind of transit : RAPID
43
Very steep: Abbr. : PPT
44
Relative of darn : DRAT
48
Golfing need : TEE
49
A ___ of one's mind : PIECE
51
Roof ornament : EPI
52
"It's ___ to tell ... " : ASIN
54
Eater of 6 Down : GINGHAMDOG
56
Existing condition : STATUSQUO
58
Duffers' milieu : ROUGH
59
Prince ___ : HAL
60
Buddhist shrine : STUPA
61
Boot fastener : LACET
62
Annual publications: Abbr. : YBS
63
Peak : CREST
64
Old daggers : SNEES
Down
1
Dealer in cloth : DRAPER
2
Fashioned anew : REMADE
3
Slipped away : ELOPED
4
Forefather : SIRE
5
Steep slope : SCARP
6
Eater of 54 Across : CALICOCAT
7
Discothèque names : AGOGOS
8
___ the way (eases) : PAVES
9
"Be it ___ so ... " : EVER
10
Color : RED
11
One o'clock, nautically : TWOBELLS
12
Kind of shell or scare : BOMB
13
Observes : SEES
19
Sanctioned : RATIFIED
21
"___, anyone?" : TENNIS
25
Bake eggs : SHIRR
27
Kind of servant : OBEDIENT
30
Lease : LET
31
Elders: Abbr. : SRS
33
Stage secret : ASIDE
34
Fall guy : SCAPEGOAT
35
Tropical roof covering : THATCH
36
Month: Abbr. : APR
37
Frank Buchman's org. : MRA
38
Wedding : NUPTIALS
43
G.I.-locker photos : PINUPS
45
Take off weight : REDUCE
46
Highest point : APOGEE
47
Acrobatic wear : TIGHTS
49
Irritate : PIQUE
50
Noblemen : EARLS
52
Pale : ASHY
53
Take a ___ at : STAB
54
Violin component: Abbr. : GSTR
55
Groan's partner : MOAN
57
West Coast campus : USC

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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