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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Monday, March 3, 1975

16-Across : Fissure

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, 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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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,333
Across
1
Sphere of interest : ARENA
6
Carriage : PRAM
10
Malay law : ADAT
14
Greek poet : HOMER
15
Teased : RODE
16
Fissure : RIMA
17
Believer: Suffix : ARIAN
18
Trojan War leader : AGAMEMNON
20
High-level gabfest : SYMPOSIUM
22
Martin and Rusk : DEANS
23
Come in second : LOSE
24
Atomic or kinetic : ENERGY
25
Show resentment : BRIDLE
28
Routing word : VIA
29
Served in burning brandy : FLAMBE
30
Interpret : CONSTRUE
35
Radium pioneer : CURIE
36
Elder or car : BOX
37
Works hard : TOILS
38
Relatives of nooks : CRANNIES
40
Shore bird : AVOCET
41
One of the leagues: Abbr. : NAT
42
Al and Kate : SMITHS
43
English poet : DRYDEN
47
Connery : SEAN
48
Kind of throb or land : HEART
49
Winter annoyances : HEADCOLDS
54
Religious offerings : OBLATIONS
56
Green-blue color : EMAIL
57
Islands off Timor : LETI
58
Middling : SOSO
59
Present occasion : NONCE
60
Ardor : ELAN
61
Anthony ___ : EDEN
62
Lugged : TOTED
Down
1
Exclamations : AHAS
2
Calhoun : RORY
3
Biblical giant : EMIM
4
Tide : NEAP
5
Author of "Old Wives' Tale" : ARNOLDBENNETT
6
Acclaim : PRAISE
7
___ elephant : ROGUE
8
Cain's father : ADAM
9
Hebrew letter : MEM
10
Napoleon's command : ARMEE
11
Mideast coin : DINAR
12
"___ My Souvenirs" : AMONG
13
Aromatic herb : TANSY
19
Millay : EDNASTVINCENT
21
Fish : SOLE
24
German article : EIN
25
Indistinctness : BLUR
26
___ avis : RARA
27
"___ heaven ... " : IMIN
28
Word with populi : VOX
29
Networks' regulator : FCC
30
Romaine : COS
31
Binge : TOOT
32
Impersonator Little : RICH
33
Rubber trees : ULES
34
N. Y. time : EST
36
Use the O.T.B. : BET
39
Fleming : IAN
40
Have ___ on (pout) : AMAD
42
Kind of ticket : SEASON
43
Wild dog of India : DHOLE
44
"___ Without a Cause" : REBEL
45
Conference site of 1945 : YALTA
46
Part of a sink : DRAIN
47
Sixth ___ : SENSE
49
Cobra feature : HOOD
50
Melville title : OMOO
51
Sand launce : LANT
52
No ___ (nothing doing) : DICE
53
Vehicle : SLED
55
Danish fjord : ISE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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