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William Jarvis
William Jarvis

New York Times, Thursday, November 30, 1978

10-Across : Part of a church

Author:
William Jarvis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
William Jarvis has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,614
Across
1
Lillian or Dorothy : GISH
5
Civil War general : MEADE
10
Part of a church : APSE
14
Operatic melody : ARIA
15
Prodded : URGED
16
Come in third : SHOW
17
See 49 Across : PALINDROME
19
Cocteau paragon : GIDE
20
Slept noisily : SNORED
21
Venetian boats : GONDOLAS
23
Young cow : CALF
25
Type of pen, for short : STYLO
26
Theatrical performers : TROUPERS
30
"Penrod ___," Tarkington novel : ANDSAM
33
Male deer : HARTS
34
Fill with joy : ELATE
36
Bravo, in Mexico : OLE
37
Gabor and Peron : EVAS
38
Rembrandt ___, U.S. painter : PEALE
39
Make thread : SPIN
40
Lair : DEN
41
"Safety ___" : FIRST
42
Cultural group: Comb. form : ETHNO
43
African nation SW of Zaire : ANGOLA
45
"I Only ___ for You," 1934 song : HAVEEYES
47
Commences : OPENS
49
"Able was ___ I saw Elba" : IERE
50
Work stoppage : SHUTDOWN
53
Theft : RIPOFF
57
In ___ (entirely) : TOTO
58
A.B.A. member : BOOKSELLER
60
Jacob's brother : ESAU
61
Golfer Palmer : ARNIE
62
Architect Saarinen : EERO
63
"They ___ thataway!" : WENT
64
Philharmonic group : REEDS
65
Paul Simon creation : SONG
Down
1
Ravines : GAPS
2
Persia today : IRAN
3
Airtight storage place : SILO
4
Tonsorial services : HAIRCUTS
5
Make a mess of : MUDDLE
6
It's human to do this : ERR
7
Eager : AGOG
8
Populace : DEMOS
9
Toothless : EDENTATE
10
As good ___ : ASGOLD
11
Spinoza's forte : PHILOSOPHY
12
Pop's predecessor : SODA
13
Kin of wethers : EWES
18
Parts of carts in Vermont : NEAPS
22
Unit of force : DYNE
24
Art gallery in Washington, D.C. : FREER
26
"___ Calls It Murder," Gardner book : THEDA
27
One-word bird in a poem : RAVEN
28
Sumatran ape (one of five spellings!) : ORANGOUTAN
29
Cut a budget sharply : SLASH
31
Girl in "The Master Builder" : ALINE
32
Less, in Lerida : MENOS
35
Whence the Ob flows : ALTAI
38
Cocktail lounge with live music : PIANOBAR
39
Horizon sights : STEEPLES
41
Ran away : FLED
42
Weird : EERIE
44
Choose to be uninvolved : OPTOUT
46
Anne Sexton's claim to fame : VERSES
48
Took an oath : SWORE
50
Swelter : STEW
51
Flexible tube : HOSE
52
Nobody : NONE
54
Margarine : OLEO
55
Bracken, e.g. : FERN
56
He "would a-wooing go" : FROG
59
Jackie Coogan role : KID

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

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