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Charlotte Shore
Charlotte Shore

New York Times, Tuesday, February 5, 1985

10-Across : Ball of yarn

Author:
Charlotte Shore
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Charlotte Shore has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,873
Across
1
Wall Street term : ATPAR
6
Worker's recompense : WAGE
10
Ball of yarn : CLEW
14
The real "Funny Girl" : BRICE
15
"___ Old Cowhand" : IMAN
16
Well-ventilated : AIRY
17
Eliminated the squeaks : OILED
18
Between-meal snack : NOSH
19
Ditto : SAME
20
Comedian Brooks : MEL
21
Nifty, to a flapper : CATSPAJAMAS
24
Rich fabric : BROCADE
26
Kind of nose : SNUB
27
Dishwasher's partner : WIPER
28
Having talons : CLAWED
32
Dillon in "Gunsmoke" : MATT
34
"No, ___!" : SIRREE
37
Info at J.F.K. : ETA
38
Gives the green light : OKAYS
40
Actress Caldwell : ZOE
41
Daft : POTTY
43
Zilch : NIL
44
Smart and 99 : AGENTS
47
Wharton School degs. : MBAS
48
Turkish river : ANKARA
50
Of queenly bearing : REGAL
52
Begin urban renewal : RAZE
54
"What's ___?": Juliet : INANAME
57
Union bosses' bunks? : FEATHERBEDS
61
For: Lat. : NAM
62
Bail : LADE
63
Take a tour: Abbr. : TRAV
64
Fodder vessel, in Glasgow : BAKIE
66
Exploitative person : USER
67
Prefix with phone or gram : TELE
68
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
69
Tot's counting word : EENY
70
German river : EDER
71
Steel-mill employee : GATER
Down
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Enola Gay's cargo item : ABOMB
2
Judge : TRIER
3
Day-Hudson comedy: 1959 : PILLOWTALK
4
Top pitcher : ACE
5
Terminal figure : REDCAP
6
Add chains, snow tires, etc. : WINTERIZE
7
Bible book : AMOS
8
Struggles to speak : GASPS
9
What makeup may do : ENHANCE
10
Melon variety : CASABA
11
Author O'Flaherty : LIAM
12
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
13
Followers of exes : WYES
22
Picnic quaffs : ADES
23
Mint ___ : JULEP
25
Kind of slicker : CITY
29
He puts a damper on things : WETBLANKET
30
Kett of comics : ETTA
31
When Dracula sleeps : DAYS
32
A Lisa : MONA
33
Similar : AKIN
35
Quarterback Jaworski : RON
36
Golden ___ : RETRIEVER
39
Emcee Purcell on TV : SARAH
42
Muscat is its capital : OMAN
45
Name for a newspaper : GAZETTE
46
Transmit : SEND
49
Cross-city roadway : ARTERY
51
Hot-air artist : GASBAG
53
Committed a faux pas : ERRED
55
Gosnold touched it in 1602 : MAINE
56
Mideast V.I.P. : EMEER
57
Place to see Santa? : FLUE
58
Alleviate : EASE
59
Yemeni seaport : ADEN
60
Hay bundle : BALE
65
___ bonne heure! (right!) : ALA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 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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