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Virginia Butler
New York Times, Thursday, June 20, 1974
47-Across : Machete
Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { H J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 L | 3 T | 4 O | 5 S | 6 T | 7 A | 8 L | 9 E | 10 O | 11 N | 12 A | 13 N |
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14 V | I | O | L | A | 15 R | I | A | L | 16 B | O | Z | A |
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17 A | V | A | I | L | 18 A | M | B | I | 19 V | E | R | T | S |
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20 R | E | S | O | U | 21 R | C | E | S | 22 A | S | S | E | T |
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23 T | I | E | D | 24 F | L | E | E | C | Y |
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25 R | 26 E | 27 M | A | P | S | 28 P | R | E | ||||||
29 L | I | M | I | T | S | 30 G | R | A | D | 31 U | 32 A | 33 T | 34 E |
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35 A | M | I | N | O | 36 T | O | Y | 37 I | N | R | E | D |
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38 T | U | T | O | R | 39 I | N | G | 40 S | C | I | E | N | T |
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41 I | S | T | 42 R | A | T | T | A | N | ||||||
43 I | 44 N | 45 S | 46 E | A | M | 47 B | O | L | O | |||||
48 N | O | L | A | N | 49 C | O | A | T | R | 50 A | 51 C | 52 K | 53 S |
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54 C | L | A | S | S | 55 R | O | O | M | 56 I | N | A | N | E |
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57 A | L | I | T | 58 A | R | N | E | 59 A | N | N | O | Y |
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60 S | E | N | S | 61 P | E | E | R | 62 N | E | S | T | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,077
Across
1
Singers : ALTOS
6
Wayside Inn fare : TALE
10
___ even keel : ONAN
14
Musical instrument : VIOLA
15
Iranian coin : RIAL
16
Arabian drink : BOZA
17
Serve : AVAIL
18
Ones neither withdrawn nor outgoing : AMBIVERTS
20
Capabilities : RESOURCES
22
Black-ink item : ASSET
23
Fit to be ___ : TIED
24
Like some clouds : FLEECY
25
Updates a chart : REMAPS
28
Earlier than: Prefix : PRE
29
Restricts : LIMITS
30
Dustin Hoffman role : GRADUATE
35
Kind of acid : AMINO
36
Trifle : TOY
37
"The Lady ___" : INRED
38
Private teaching : TUTORING
40
Skillful : SCIENT
41
Doer: Suffix : IST
42
Patio-chair material : RATTAN
43
Glove feature : INSEAM
47
Machete : BOLO
48
Lloyd or Philip : NOLAN
49
Checkroom needs : COATRACKS
54
Place for a blackboard : CLASSROOM
56
Empty : INANE
57
Got off : ALIT
58
English composer : ARNE
59
Irk : ANNOY
60
Capitol men: Abbr. : SENS
61
Look closely : PEER
62
Retreats : NESTS
Down
1
Caucasian native : AVAR
2
Not on tape : LIVE
3
Samoan warriors : TOAS
4
Hodgepodge : OLIO
5
Spring orators : SALUTATORIANS
6
Vestiges : TRACES
7
Prepared to fire : AIMED
8
Science rooms : LABS
9
Samuel's teacher : ELI
10
Overweight : OBESE
11
Oslo people : NORSE
12
Mexican Indian : AZTEC
13
Spiteful : NASTY
19
Spring orator : VALEDICTORIAN
21
Certain tides : RIPS
24
Brother : FRA
25
N. Z. tree : RIMU
26
Express : EMIT
27
Japanese cape : MINO
28
Use a crowbar : PRY
29
School subject: Abbr. : LAT
30
Guildhall statue : GOG
31
Kind of rule or pricing : UNIT
32
Space : AREA
33
State: Abbr. : TENN
34
Time initials : EDT
36
Explosive : TNT
39
Theory : ISM
40
Condiment : SALT
42
Nomad : ROAMER
43
S. A. natives : INCAS
44
___ prosequi : NOLLE
45
Done in : SLAIN
46
" ... the ___ gift": Browning : EASTS
47
Daniel or Pat : BOONE
49
Fruit part : CORE
50
Boleyn : ANNE
51
Preserves : CANS
52
Carrick bend : KNOT
53
Cuts of beef, in Scotland : SEYS
55
Door sound : RAP
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 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.