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Virginia W. Schneider
Virginia W. Schneider

New York Times, Tuesday, March 18, 1975

46-Across : Plant joints

Author:
Virginia Schneider
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Virginia W. Schneider has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Virginia Schneider is an alias for Virginia W. Schneider.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,348
Across
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Word on a reporter's hat : PRESS
6
Grope for : FEEL
10
Conduit : DUCT
14
Break of day : SUNUP
15
Realty unit : ACRE
16
Shield border : ORLE
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Mishap of a sort : SLIPOFTHETONGUE
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Kennedy : TED
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Approximately : ORSO
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African trees : AKEES
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Mother of Ares : ENYO
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Home, for one : BASE
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Quiver of arrows : SHEAF
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1974 : LASTYEAR
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Spy writer Le ___ : CARRE
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"To ___ his own" : EACH
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High note : ELA
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Relative of Inc. : LTD
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Ways: Abbr. : RTES
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Submerged, to poets : ADEEP
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Start of a children's song : DOEADEER
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Plant joints : NODES
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Hindermost : REAR
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Lemons : DUDS
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"Tempest" spirit : ARIEL
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Remembers the waiter : TIPS
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Clear : NET
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Beethoven favorite : MOONLIGHTSONATA
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Strung tight : TAUT
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Decisive : FINAL
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Black and Coral : SEAS
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Therefore : ERGO
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Lab staple : FLASK
Down
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Signal for attention : PSST
2
Golden or slide : RULE
3
Tennyson character : ENID
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Have a meal : SUP
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Pampered : SPOONFED
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Friend of skinny bones : FATSO
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Repeat : ECHO
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Poetic word : ERE
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Rent : LET
10
Tailless game animal : DONKEY
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Egg on : URGE
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Hint : CLUE
13
Letters : TEES
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Small or fish : FRY
19
Kiln : OAST
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Nobleman : EARL
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J. S. and PDQ : BACHS
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Tennis name : ASHE
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Put in boiling water : SCALD
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Must : HASTO
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Eat away : ERODE
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Procrastinator's word : LATER
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Fished : EELED
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Formal mall : ALLEE
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Grates : RASPS
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Alcohol solution : ESTER
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Proximity : AREA
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"Don't touch!" : HANDSOFF
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Connubial vows : IDOS
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Contest locales : ARENAS
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Valley : DELL
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Likewise : DITTO
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Raises, as stakes : UPS
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Wine cups : AMAS
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Repetition : ROTE
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Particle : IOTA
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Hood : THUG
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Zola opus : NANA
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Greek letters : ETAS
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Shoot the breeze : TALK
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Native: Suffix : ITE
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Elongated fish : GAR
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Zero : NIL

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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