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Virginia Godwin
Virginia Godwin

New York Times, Monday, October 28, 1974

12-Across : Mideast native

Author:
Virginia Godwin
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Virginia Godwin has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,207
Across
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Army noncom : SGT
4
History Muse : CLIO
8
Like some gases : RARE
12
Mideast native : KURD
14
Polynesian : MAORI
15
Send forth : EMIT
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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"Tempest" spirit : ARIEL
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Morse or area : CODE
19
Tennessee Williams play : SUMMERANDSMOKE
22
Becomes blurry : MISTS
23
French resort : PAU
24
Flood stages : CRESTS
26
What turnabout is : FAIRPLAY
31
Golf units : HOLES
32
Formal affairs : BALLS
33
Yes, in Nice : OUI
34
Blyth and Harding : ANNS
35
Of a flower part : TORAL
36
Unadulterated : PURE
37
Chemical suffix : IDE
38
Sweep forward : SURGE
39
Tribulation : TRIAL
40
Schubert piano trio : NOTTURNO
42
Prejudiced : BIASED
43
Sea bird : ERN
44
Roman spirits : GENII
45
Galsworthy trilogy : THEFORSYTESAGA
51
Waste allowance : TRET
52
Dreads : FEARS
53
" ... were Paradise ___!" : ENOW
54
Became tedious : WORE
55
Anthologist Martha ___ : FOLEY
56
Capital of Yemen : SANA
57
Scent : ODOR
58
Speedy planes : SSTS
59
Napoleonic marshal : NEY
Down
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Equipment for Killy : SKIS
2
Hindu pundit : GURU
3
Fish snare : TRAMMELNET
4
Ecuador Indians : CARAS
5
Meat cut : LOIN
6
Angered : IRED
7
Beach hazard : OILSPILL
8
Get back, as one's losses : RECOUP
9
In a frenzy : AMOK
10
Join the fox hunt : RIDE
11
Riviera season : ETE
13
Estate transfers : DEMISES
14
Trading centers : MARTS
20
Superlative suffixes : ESTS
21
Planet : MARS
24
Kind of gang : CHAIN
25
Sonata movement : RONDO
26
Wells's partner : FARGO
27
Wings : ALAE
28
Pelican State resident : LOUISIANAN
29
Emanations : AURAE
30
Road-entrance sign : YIELD
32
"___ Free" : BORN
35
Expressway ramps : TURNOFFS
36
Butters up : PRAISES
38
Milieu for a certain board : SURF
39
Fork part : TINE
41
Move unsteadily : TEETER
42
Ross : BETSY
44
Whirls : GYRES
45
Stepped on : TROD
46
Leander's beloved : HERO
47
Old cars : REOS
48
Season : SALT
49
"___ are the days ... " : GONE
50
Absent : AWAY
51
Kind of timer : TWO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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