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Mary M. Murdoch
Mary M. Murdoch

New York Times, Thursday, December 4, 1986

44-Across : Luxury wrap

Author:
Mary M. Murdoch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F G J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Mary M. Murdoch has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,540
Across
1
Silents' Bow, e.g. : VAMP
5
Plunders : SACKS
10
Bird, to Brutus : AVIS
14
Arab prince : EMIR
15
Vivian Vance role : ETHEL
16
Weather device : VANE
17
TV sitcom starring Judd Hirsch : TAXI
18
Threefold : TRINE
19
Seed cover : ARIL
20
Poetic morning song : MATIN
22
Paine, Rousseau et al. : DEISTS
24
Northern constellation : CAMELOPARDALIS
28
"I Can't Sleep" playwright : ODETS
29
At the age of: Abbr. : AET
30
Places : LOCI
31
"___ et ecclesiae," Harvard motto : CHRISTO
35
Obtrusive state : BUMPTIOUSNESS
39
Isle or City : EMERALD
40
Like George Apley : LATE
42
Lodge member : ELK
43
Ben ___, Great Britain's highest peak : NEVIS
44
Luxury wrap : CAMELSHAIRCOAT
50
Erudite one : SAVANT
51
Brilliance : ECLAT
52
Soon : ANON
53
"For want of ___ ... " : ANAIL
55
One of the Chases : ILKA
59
Diamond or Sedaka : NEIL
60
"I ___ Parade" : LOVEA
61
Lode : VEIN
62
Whirlpool : EDDY
63
Strive : EXERT
64
Poet Lazarus : EMMA
Down
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Old pro : VET
2
Candlenut tree : AMA
3
Join the crowd : MIX
4
Watchful hours? : PRIMETIME
5
Brouhaha : SETTO
6
Aweigh : ATRIP
7
Dishes : CHINA
8
Knowledge : KEN
9
Malamutes, e.g. : SLEDDERS
10
Serve : AVAIL
11
"Peyton Place" film actress : VARSI
12
Monogram pts. : INITS
13
French seasonings : SELS
21
Smith and Hirt : ALS
23
Dine at home : EATIN
24
Army off. : COL
25
Hacienda material : ADOBE
26
Vade ___ (handbook) : MECUM
27
Mythical Hindu demon : RAHU
31
Torsk : COD
32
Type of service : SELECTIVE
33
River of Kenya : TSAVO
34
Port of ancient Rome : OSTIA
36
Be vain, in a way : PREEN
37
Chamberlain yarn? : TALLTALE
38
Sorts : ILKS
41
Id follower : EST
43
Thirties inits. : NRA
44
Like some chairs : CANED
45
Eschew : AVOID
46
Brave : MANLY
47
Ho preceder : HEAVE
48
Quaker gray : ACIER
49
___ ease (edgy) : ILLAT
50
Sensible : SANE
54
Nero's night : NOX
56
Unit on a space vehicle : LEM
57
Kipling character : KIM
58
Yerby's "A Rose for ___ Maria" : ANA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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