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Virginia L. Yates
Virginia L. Yates

New York Times, Monday, April 16, 1984

15-Across : Grottoes

Author:
Virginia L. Yates
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0
Virginia L. Yates has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,578
Across
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Brownish gray : TAUPE
6
Humble : ABASE
11
Drain : SAP
14
It hath 30 days : APRIL
15
Grottoes : CAVES
16
Wing : ELL
17
Humdinger : CRACKERJACK
19
___ king (creamed) : ALA
20
Chat : TALK
21
New Deal agcy. : REA
22
Kickshaw : TIDBIT
24
Grassy field : LEA
26
Bailiwicks : DOMAINS
27
Cap for a cleric : BIRETTA
31
Presses : IRONS
32
Harem room : ODA
33
Rich cakes : TORTES
35
Etcher's need : ACID
38
Kelp and nostoc : ALGAE
40
"Sammy and ___," 1983 film : COS
41
Type of trout : PIUTE
42
Durable wood : TEAK
43
Item for Ansel Adams : CAMERA
45
Diamonds, to a fence : ICE
46
Pepo : MELON
48
Go to great ___ (extend oneself) : LENGTHS
50
Fawn upon : ADULATE
52
Teachers' org. : NEA
53
Vilify : DEFAME
54
Field role : RAE
56
Engrossed : RAPT
60
"Buzz ___!" : OFF
61
Earner with dependents : BREADWINNER
64
Luau dish : POI
65
Wild dog of Australia : DINGO
66
Taut : TENSE
67
Half a score : TEN
68
Mosquito causing yellow fever : AEDES
69
Say : STATE
Down
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What blunt, brusque people lack : TACT
2
Guam harbor : APRA
3
U.S.S.R. river : URAL
4
Tight spot : PICKLE
5
Wapiti : ELK
6
Land measure : ACRE
7
___ California : BAJA
8
A Gardner : AVA
9
Military subdivisions : SECTORS
10
Umiak user : ESKIMO
11
Hardtack : SEABISCUIT
12
Bushed : ALLIN
13
Municipal maps : PLATS
18
One of Terpsichore's sisters : ERATO
23
The Argives : DANAI
25
Feminine suffix : ETTE
26
Engine for a semi : DIESEL
27
Something not to be rocked : BOAT
28
Unemployed : IDLE
29
Tatterdemalion : RAGAMUFFIN
30
Secret : ARCANE
34
Jerry's partner : TOM
36
Scratch causer : ITCH
37
Fourth-rate marks : DEES
39
Wolf in "The Jungle Books" : AKELA
41
Glass unit : PANE
43
Clique : COTERIE
44
Freshen : RENEW
47
Greek el : LAMBDA
49
Deep red : GARNET
50
Ratify : ADOPT
51
Creator of Moll Flanders : DEFOE
54
What wild winds do : RAGE
55
Brouhahas : ADOS
57
Held or Karenina : ANNA
58
Nuisance : PEST
59
Item for some surgeons : TREE
62
Tip : END
63
"___ Only a Paper Moon" : ITS

Answer summary:
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