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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

New York Times, Wednesday, December 14, 1977

43-Across : Willy and wife

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,350
Across
1
Bridge coup : SLAM
5
Child's marble : AGATE
10
Salvador : DALI
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Neither fem. nor neut. : MASC
15
Copycat : MIMIC
16
Race-track shape : OVAL
17
Nobelist Karlfeldt: 1931 : ERIK
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Jurist William : BLACKSTONE
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Comedian William : WCFIELDS
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Bleachers : STANDS
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Highland refusals : NAES
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Doe's mate : STAG
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Unions of a sort : GUILDS
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Journalist William and family : SHIRERS
31
Ocean birds : ERNES
32
Candidate's program item : PLANK
33
Shack : HUT
35
Infested with tiny arachnids : MITY
36
Nodule of stone : GEODE
37
"Wonderland" bird : DODO
38
Patriotic org. : SAR
39
Moisten the roast : BASTE
40
Deodar, e.g. : CEDAR
41
Artist William : HOGARTH
43
Willy and wife : LOMANS
44
To laugh: Fr. : RIRE
45
Siberian river : LENA
46
Jungle jaunt : SAFARI
49
Dramatist William : CONGREVE
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Senator William of Va. : LLOYDSCOTT
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Emulate William Allen White : EDIT
56
Raison d'___ : ETRE
57
Emulate William Jennings Bryan : ORATE
58
Mediocre : SOSO
59
Energetic one : DOER
60
McGovern's opponent in 1972 : NIXON
61
Fed : TMAN
Down
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Merganser : SMEW
2
The arch, in Paris : LARC
3
Book of poems by Ciardi : ASIF
4
President William : MCKINLEY
5
Strolls : AMBLES
6
Makes glittery : GILDS
7
After amo : AMAS
8
Spasm : TIC
9
Singer Billy : ECKSTINE
10
Father William's time of life : DOTAGE
11
River of an Elizabethan William : AVON
12
Hit the ground : LAND
13
Seine sights : ILES
19
Willie of "All the King's Men" : STARK
21
St. Louis bridge : EADS
24
Color gradation : SHADE
25
Faceted items : GEMS
26
Heep : URIAH
27
Preface, for short : INTRO
28
One of the deadly sins : SLOTH
29
Valerie Harper role : RHODA
30
Neighbor of Chad : SUDAN
32
"La ___," by Camus : PESTE
34
Rocky hills : TORS
36
Abolitionist William : GARRISON
37
Actor William : DEMAREST
39
Puppeteer Bil : BAIRD
40
Capitol Hill gp. : CONG
42
More hoary : GRAYER
43
Penitential : LENTEN
45
Relative of bingo : LOTTO
46
Kane's "Rosebud" : SLED
47
Choir member : ALTO
48
Aft's opposite : FORE
49
Wheedle : COAX
50
Esau's country : EDOM
51
Passport entry : VISA
52
Windsor's neighbor : ETON
54
Dernier ___ : CRI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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