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Worthing
Worthing

New York Times, Wednesday, May 2, 1984

15-Across : Elegance

Author:
Worthing
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Worthing has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,594
Across
1
Eye amorously : OGLE
5
Mimics : APES
9
Egg-shaped : OVATE
14
Alger's fiddler : PHIL
15
Elegance : LUXE
16
Waits : BIDES
17
Summer sights : TANS
18
French cheese region : BRIE
19
Conceptions : IDEAS
20
Level of attention? : INTERESTRATE
23
Small island : CAY
24
Anger : IRE
25
Flushing Meadow event : USOPEN
29
Wager : BET
30
Deface : MAR
32
Prevaricate : LIE
33
Local tie? : MUNICIPALBOND
37
Liszt or Lehár : FRANZ
39
Simple sugar : OSE
40
Author Joyce : OATES
41
Home foundations? : HOUSINGSTARTS
44
Help : AID
45
Explorer Johnson : OSA
46
Chem. insecticide : DDT
47
Rests : SLEEPS
50
Roman sun god : SOL
51
Faux ___ : PAS
54
Invoice for a set of valuables? : TREASURYBILL
58
Straight: Comb. form : ORTHO
61
Valley : GLEN
62
What little G.W. could not tell : ALIE
63
Mediterranean tree : CAROB
64
Miner's bonanza : LODE
65
Harness : YOKE
66
"We hold ___ truths ... " : THESE
67
Ailing, perhaps : ABED
68
Let it stand : STET
Down
1
Visual : OPTIC
2
West African republic : GHANA
3
Like the fuzz? : LINTY
4
Otherwise : ELSE
5
Great Italian architect: 15th century : ALBERTI
6
Pucker : PURSE
7
Door sign : EXIT
8
Prophet : SEER
9
Some newspaper cols. : OBITS
10
Word with tape or cassette : VIDEO
11
Humorist George : ADE
12
Afternoon event : TEA
13
Curved letter : ESS
21
"Last of the Romans": 1313-54 : RIENZI
22
Light effect : AURA
26
Machinations : PLOTS
27
One, in Bonn : EINE
28
Beatty and Buntline : NEDS
29
Cookout items : BUNS
30
Beethoven's "___ Solemnis" : MISSA
31
Egyptian maternity goddess : APET
33
Actress Adams : MAUDE
34
Wheel parts : COGS
35
Imperious : LORDLY
36
Cotton sheet : BATT
37
Two orgs. involving homes : FHAS
38
Provoke : ROIL
42
Two-holed feature : NOSE
43
Decorated : ADORNED
48
Spirit of a people : ETHOS
49
Investigate : PROBE
50
Soft leather : SUEDE
51
TV film, sometimes : PILOT
52
Similar : ALIKE
53
Road hazard : SLEET
55
Hebrew acrostic : AGLA
56
Messy one : SLOB
57
Howls : BAYS
58
Fall mo. : OCT
59
Cheer : RAH
60
Three, to Teobaldo : TRE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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