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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Wednesday, November 17, 1976

30-Across : Madwoman's place

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F V X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,958
Across
1
Contraction : SPASM
6
Socialist Eugene : DEBS
10
Ingredient of a besom : TWIG
14
Spiny plants : CACTI
15
Like ___ of bricks : ATON
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___-de-chambre : ROBE
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Russian co-op : ARTEL
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___ of Scots : MARYQUEEN
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Signs up again : REENLISTS
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Open : UNBAR
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Angers : IRES
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"___ a child again ... " : MAKEME
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Flinch : RECOIL
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Mountain pass : COL
29
Giants : TITANS
30
Madwoman's place : CHAILLOT
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Meeting-place of old : AGORA
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___-disant : SOI
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Bahamian native : TAINO
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Actor Emil : JANNINGS
40
County in Ulster : TYRONE
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Soak : RET
42
Hub of Monte Carlo : CASINO
43
Distorted : WARPED
47
Ontario city : GALT
48
French friends : AMIES
49
Frog's perch : WATERLILY
54
"___ Coming to Dinner?" : GUESSWHOS
56
Plato's idea : EIDOS
57
Christiania today : OSLO
58
Egyptian heaven : AALU
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Slip away : ELOPE
60
Quality: Suffix : NESS
61
Pointed end : CUSP
62
Mary ___ Moore : TYLER
Down
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Operation aftermath : SCAR
2
Trim : PARE
3
French deed : ACTE
4
British carbine : STEN
5
Shaw comedy, with "The" : MILLIONAIRESS
6
One often in distress : DAMSEL
7
___-Unis : ETATS
8
Lancelot's uncle : BORS
9
Plank's curve : SNY
10
Actor's traditional birthplace : TRUNK
11
"___ unto those who pray and ... " : WOEBE
12
Steel section : IBEAM
13
Category : GENRE
19
J. M. Barrie play : QUALITYSTREET
21
Greek goddess : IRIS
24
Ostrichlike bird : MOA
25
Baltic capital : RIGA
26
Collar or school : ETON
27
Stone heap: Var. : CARN
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City on Lake Mich. : CHI
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___ Mahal : TAJ
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Lettuce : COS
31
Gull genus : LARI
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"___ in Winter" : LION
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___ account : ONNO
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Type of dancing : TOE
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Noncom : SGT
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Calmer of TV : NED
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"A Winter's ___" : TALE
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Tomato concoction : CATSUP
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Welcome or water : WAGON
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Entertain : AMUSE
45
___ Rebellion, Canadian uprising : RIELS
46
Mexican coins : PESOS
47
British lockups : GAOLS
49
N.Z. tree : WHAU
50
Miss Pons : LILY
51
Revered one : IDOL
52
Easy pace : LOPE
53
River of France : YSER
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Mil. woman : WAC

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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