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Margaret W. Huskey
Margaret W. Huskey

New York Times, Tuesday, December 28, 1982

18-Across : Elegant residence

Author:
Margaret W. Huskey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Margaret W. Huskey has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,103
Across
1
Printer's term : STET
5
Theater areas : LOGES
10
Strike heavily : BASH
14
Toodle-oo : TATA
15
An Astaire : ADELE
16
Hodgepodge : OLIO
17
Nigerian group : IBOS
18
Elegant residence : VILLA
19
Unharmed : SAFE
20
Holds : CONTAINS
22
Diamond surfaces : FACETS
24
Sockets in golf clubs : HOSELS
25
Coarse meal : SAMP
26
Triumphant cry : AHA
28
Appropriate beforehand : PREEMPT
32
Trot and canter : GAITS
36
Postcombustion bargains : FIRESALES
38
Actress Best : EDNA
39
Dimmer : PALER
40
"Rio ___" : RITA
41
Rotating platform : TURNTABLE
43
Willow : OSIER
44
Lady's maid : ABIGAIL
45
___ Browne belt : SAM
47
Bird of prey : ERNE
48
Servile : MENIAL
53
Red wine : CLARET
56
Delicious food : AMBROSIA
58
Jennifer of TV's "WKRP ... " : LONI
59
Actor Flynn : ERROL
61
Polanski film : TESS
62
Related : AKIN
63
Former teammate of Campanella : REESE
64
Writer Gardner : ERLE
65
___ en scène : MISE
66
A.L.-N.L. figures : STATS
67
Roebuck, e.g. : DEER
Down
1
Verse or line : STICH
2
Prohibit : TABOO
3
Collars or jackets : ETONS
4
Sample : TASTE
5
Extravagant : LAVISH
6
Host at Valhalla : ODIN
7
Sets : GELS
8
Addition of a sort : ELL
9
Salt : SEAFARER
10
Juicy fruits : BOSCPEARS
11
Wings: Lat. : ALAE
12
Separate carefully : SIFT
13
Cultivate : HOES
21
Word of regret : ALAS
23
Singer Ed : AMES
25
Benders : SPREES
27
Faulkner book : AFABLE
29
Date in the 16th century : MLII
30
A Rose by another name : PETE
31
Former Russian V.I.P. : TSAR
32
"___ horse!" : GETA
33
Rub-___ : ADUB
34
Crucifix letters : INRI
35
Fruit or song : TANGERINE
37
Not up to par : ILL
39
Manet and Monet : PAINTERS
42
Allowance for waste : TARE
43
Biblical measure : OMER
46
Saunters : AMBLES
49
Observed : NOTED
50
French river : ISERE
51
Bride's walk : AISLE
52
Powerful beam : LASER
53
Quahog : CLAM
54
Norse god of discord : LOKI
55
Witch birds : ANIS
56
Locale : AREA
57
Nearly all : MOST
60
Steep : RET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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