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Ann Jenkins
Ann Jenkins

New York Times, Monday, June 12, 1978

38-Across : Overcome adversity

Author:
Ann Jenkins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Ann Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,530
Across
1
Grand Canyon, e.g. : CHASM
6
Gear for Grote : MITT
10
Use a jarring tone : RASP
14
Terra ___ : COTTA
15
Bugbear : OGRE
16
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
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Departed in a rage : STORMEDOUT
19
Desert in Mongolia : GOBI
20
Senior, in Saint-Etienne : AINE
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Raw material for an N.C.O. : TRAINEE
23
Vexed : CHAFED
26
Bewitching belles : CHARMERS
27
Function : ROLE
28
Merkel of movies : UNA
30
Cube : DIE
31
Choose : OPT
32
Gives a crew cut : CROPS
34
Well-timed, as an entrance : ONCUE
38
Overcome adversity : WEATHERTHESTORM
41
Less moist : DRIER
42
"Remember the ___" : MAINE
43
Fond du ___, Wis. : LAC
44
Underhand toss : LOB
46
Political maverick: Abbr. : IND
47
Handout : DOLE
48
Night light for lovers : FULLMOON
52
Hans C. Andersen's birthplace : ODENSE
54
Snapping beetles : ELATERS
55
Type of song or dive : SWAN
56
Pilaster : ANTA
57
Tail ends of most hurricanes : RAINSTORMS
62
Far East weight unit : TAEL
63
Hollyhock's cousin : OKRA
64
Encampment place : ETAPE
65
Wizened : SERE
66
Kind of waist : WASP
67
Word in a Paine title : SENSE
Down
1
Prescription amts. : CCS
2
Faucet word : HOT
3
From ___ Z : ATO
4
Censure savagely : STRAFE
5
Ike's wife : MAMIE
6
Fashion : MODE
7
"Whither ___, ye cannot come": John 8:21 : IGO
8
Verity : TRUTH
9
Group of four : TETRAD
10
"Daughter of the ___": Donizetti : REGIMENT
11
Agreed : ATONE
12
Kind of saw : SABER
13
Wields a tool : PLIES
18
Stand : ENDURE
22
Melodious : ARIOSE
23
Swarm : CROWD
24
One with expectations : HOPER
25
Mt. Belukha's range : ALTAI
26
Hook or Cook : CAPTAIN
29
Comedian Crosby : NORM
32
Finish for bumpers : CHROME
33
Get up to the tree house : SHIN
35
Punctuation mark : COLON
36
U.S.S.R. range : URALS
37
Man on the dais : EMCEE
39
Indiscreet confidant : TELLTALE
40
Bequeaths : ENDOWS
45
Disregard Polonius's advice : BORROW
47
Indicate : DENOTE
48
Exploits : FEATS
49
Arm bones : ULNAE
50
Afterward : LATER
51
Japanese metropolis : OSAKA
53
Appointments : DATES
55
Easy task : SNAP
58
Form 1040 agcy. : IRS
59
Scampered : RAN
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Provost marshal's men: Abbr. : MPS
61
View : SEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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