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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Thursday, February 17, 1977

6-Across : Failures

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,050
Across
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Well-groomed : SLEEK
6
Failures : DUDS
10
___ en scène : MISE
14
Opera-box wear : TIARA
15
Govt. agency : USIA
16
This, in Spain : ESTA
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Anchor position : ATRIP
18
Eve or present : CHRISTMAS
20
Implores : BESEECHES
22
Hot under the collar : IRATE
23
Large dormouse : LOIR
24
Leon Uris book : EXODUS
25
Henny Youngman's prop : VIOLIN
28
Doer: Suffix : IST
29
Op-ed page feature : COLUMN
30
Fine wool : CASHMERE
35
Kind of indigestion : ACUTE
36
Family member : SON
37
Fern cluster : SORUS
38
Jam and bull : SESSIONS
40
Overbearing one : TYRANT
41
Lark or scraper : SKY
42
Beasts of burden : CAMELS
43
Taste : PALATE
47
Counterpart of nuts : SOUP
48
Type size : AGATE
49
Crake or sora, e.g. : MARSHBIRD
54
Stage prop : PAPERMOON
56
"It's do ___" : ORDIE
57
Tel ___ : AVIV
58
Bulwer-Lytton girl : IONE
59
Relative : NIECE
60
___-majesty : LESE
61
European river : ODER
62
Certain votes : YESES
Down
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Brief effort : STAB
2
Rock: Suffix : LITE
3
"I'm all ___" : EARS
4
Penna. port : ERIE
5
Choir director : KAPELLMEISTER
6
Musician Peter : DUCHIN
7
Wedding helper : USHER
8
Board members: Abbr. : DIRS
9
Monkey : SAI
10
Paris transit : METRO
11
"That he ___, 'tis true" : ISMAD
12
In ___ quo : STATU
13
Loosens : EASES
19
Beethoven's Pastoral : SIXTHSYMPHONY
21
___ a phrase : COIN
24
Curve : ESS
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Sotto ___ : VOCE
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Son of Tros : ILUS
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Inning trio : OUTS
28
Fleming : IAN
29
Instance, in France : CAS
30
Lettuce : COS
31
Relative of "To be continued" : MORE
32
Of a time period : ERAL
33
Home and end : RUNS
34
Superlative suffix : EST
36
Ship-plank's curve : SNY
39
Greek weight : OKE
40
Greek letters : TAUS
42
Place for a naughty pupil : CORNER
43
___ States : PAPAL
44
Century plant : AGAVE
45
___ lazuli : LAPIS
46
"The stag ___ ... " : ATEVE
47
River to the Rhone : SAONE
49
Disposition : MOOD
50
Soft cheese : BRIE
51
Caesar's time : IDES
52
Kind of pudding : RICE
53
Ruby and Sandra : DEES
55
My, in Naples : MIO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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