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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Saturday, April 20, 1974

57-Across : Egyptian sacred bull

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,016
Across
1
Peyton, for one : PLACE
6
British prison : GAOL
10
Elephant Boy of films : SABU
14
"Nevermore" bird : RAVEN
15
Waddell of baseball : RUBE
16
Too much, in Paris : TROP
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Concerning : ANENT
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Tribunal of Athens : AREOPAGUS
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Monday, on Tuesday : YESTERDAY
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Habituate : ENURE
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Whirl : REEL
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Zealous : ARDENT
25
Schedules : SLATES
28
Power, to Caesar : VIS
29
Mouth parts : UVULAS
30
Pleasure cultist : HEDONIST
35
Porch, in Oahu : LANAI
36
Negligent : LAX
37
"___ your life!" : NOTON
38
Alliances : ENTENTES
40
Brief roles : CAMEOS
41
"___ dogs and Englishmen ... " : MAD
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Serious : SOLEMN
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Selected : CHOSEN
47
Bangkok native : THAI
48
City in S. C. : AIKEN
49
Talked on and on : CHATTERED
54
Rattled : CLATTERED
56
Miss Massey : ILONA
57
Egyptian sacred bull : HAPI
58
"When in ___ ... " : ROME
59
Bar lega1ly : ESTOP
60
"Come back to ___ ... " : ERIN
61
Terrifies : AWES
62
___ out (betrays) : SELLS
Down
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Part of prithee : PRAY
2
Bowling alley : LANE
3
Birds' class : AVES
4
Copper : CENT
5
Broadway visitor's quest : ENTERTAINMENT
6
Stages : GRADES
7
Of hearing : AURAL
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Comply with : OBEY
9
Zodiac sign : LEO
10
Bear : STAND
11
Press a point : ARGUE
12
Stream : BOURN
13
Disturbed : UPSET
19
TV-show guests : PERSONALITIES
21
U. S. Indians : REES
24
Lend a hand : AID
25
Caucasus native : SVAN
26
Alfred of stage : LUNT
27
Winglike parts : ALAE
28
Nettle : VEX
29
Rubber tree : ULE
30
Owns : HAS
31
Alaskan port : NOME
32
Article : ITEM
33
" ... are ___ forgotten" : SOON
34
Weights: Abbr. : TNS
36
Showed the way : LED
39
Black and ___ : TAN
40
Cover : COAT
42
Nuances : SHADES
43
Hiding place : CACHE
44
Of a gland part : HILAR
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African animal : OKAPI
46
Begin to function : SETIN
47
___ song : THEME
49
Brag : CROW
50
Otherwise : ELSE
51
African weight : ROTL
52
Organic compound : ENOL
53
Drops bait : DAPS
55
Time period : ERA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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