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Virginia L. Yates
Virginia L. Yates

New York Times, Monday, May 23, 1983

5-Across : Gold or silver braid

Author:
Virginia L. Yates
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Virginia L. Yates has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,249
Across
1
Distort : WARP
5
Gold or silver braid : ORRIS
10
Hairy Himalayan : YETI
14
Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
15
Patriotic pamphleteer : PAINE
16
Nerve-cell part : AXON
17
Goldbricker : FEATHERMERCHANT
20
Boards a Concorde : ENPLANES
21
Ardent lover : ROMEO
22
Maintain : AVER
23
Money-changer's fee : AGIO
25
Waned : ABATED
28
Buttons one's lip : CLAMSUP
31
Seat for a judge : BANC
32
Dream, in Deauville : REVE
33
Yellow or Coral : SEA
35
Almost weightless : LIGHTASAFEATHER
40
Wing : ELL
41
Blue-pencil : EDIT
42
The Carpenters' "___ Only Just Begun" : WEVE
43
Having notches : SERRATE
45
Portuguese islands : AZORES
47
Dumbarton ___ : OAKS
48
___-a-brac : BRIC
49
At the summit : ONTOP
52
Vies : COMPETES
56
Grow rich opportunistically : FEATHERONESNEST
59
Kismet : FATE
60
Doctrine : TENET
61
London gallery : TATE
62
Betelgeuse, e.g. : STAR
63
Chasm : ABYSS
64
Twist : SKEW
Down
1
Eydie, to Steve : WIFE
2
Arabian gulf : ADEN
3
Harvest : REAP
4
Chinook shindig : POTLATCH
5
Began the bidding : OPENED
6
Less common : RARER
7
Edges : RIMS
8
Suffix with adamant : INE
9
To be: Sp. : SER
10
Swift brutes : YAHOOS
11
Thing to cram for : EXAM
12
Franchot : TONE
13
" ... ___ the wild blue yonder" : INTO
18
Possess : HAVE
19
Site of a famous charge : CRIMEA
23
Hebrew letter : ALEF
24
Yielded : GAVE
25
Competent : ABLE
26
Buccaneers' buckets : BAILS
27
Right, for one : ANGLE
28
Heap : CRATE
29
Wedding-party member : USHER
30
Pet ___ : PEEVE
34
War god : ARES
36
Semitic idol : TERAPH
37
Aleutian island : ADAK
38
Poses : SITS
39
What some things aren't worth : TWOCENTS
44
Fan : ROOTER
45
Medieval helmets : ARMETS
46
Goose eggs : ZIPS
48
Minstrels' Mr. ___ : BONES
49
Dial settings : OFFS
50
Cleverly phrased : NEAT
51
Cheerio! : TATA
52
European rabbit : CONY
53
Hard wood : TEAK
54
Neighbor of Padua : ESTE
55
Fret : STEW
57
Greek letter : ETA
58
Johnny ___ : REB

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