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Cornelia Warriner
Cornelia Warriner

UP AND AWAY

New York Times, Sunday, July 13, 1969

60-Across : V.I.P. at U.N.

Author:
Cornelia Warriner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 144, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.10, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 528 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 109, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 15, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 29
Cornelia Warriner has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,274
Across
1
Le Mans entry : RACER
6
Tattle : BLAB
10
Theda et al. : BARAS
15
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
19
Soap plant : AMOLE
20
Opera : AIDA
21
Roman official : EDILE
22
Bridge: Fr. : PONT
23
Subject of a Verne novel : JOURNEYTOTHEMOON
26
Church booklet : ORDO
27
Rule the ___ : ROOST
28
Permeate : SEEP
29
Navy specialists : FROGMEN
31
Like falling off a log : EASY
33
Article : THE
35
Take again : REGET
38
"___ Not Alone" : WEARE
39
Poetic form : ODE
40
Moonbound spider's home : THEGUMDROP
43
___ weensy : TEENSY
44
Billiard stroke : MASSE
46
Lisa and others : MONAS
47
Brazilian Indians : MURAS
49
Preference : TOPCHOICE
51
Month : APRIL
52
Confound! : DRAT
56
"___ had a million" : IFI
57
Party man : BOSS
58
Ingredient of a satellite : GREENCHEESE
60
V.I.P. at U.N. : THANT
62
Unpolished : COARSE
63
Gladden : ELATE
64
Taker : CAPTOR
67
Footwear : BOOTS
68
Plays : DRAMAS
69
Dog-tired : ALLIN
70
Leisured : OTIOSE
72
Song : CAROL
74
Mariner's job : PLANETPROBE
76
Sped : TORE
77
Shoshonean : UTE
80
Soft-drink quality : TANG
81
Lariat : RIATA
82
Separated : SECTIONED
84
English dramatist : PEELE
85
___ worms : CANOF
86
Pine substance : RESIN
88
First baseball czar : LANDIS
92
Certain V.I.P.'s : ASTRONAUTS
95
Blaster's need : TNT
96
New York city : OLEAN
97
"___ twig is ... " : ASTHE
98
Shrewd : SLY
99
Grasslands : LEAS
100
Glass, in pharmacy : VITREUM
102
Saarinen : EERO
105
Did dishes : DRIED
107
Increase, old style : ECHE
108
Advice to Apollo 11 men : PUTASPIDERONMOON
114
One in ambush : LIER
115
Missouri tributary : OSAGE
116
Black: It. : NERO
117
Asian sorghum: Var. : DOURA
118
Porsena : LARS
119
Salamanders : NEWTS
120
Coffee grind : DRIP
121
Successful : ONTOP
Down
1
Rule, in India : RAJ
2
I love: Lat. : AMO
3
" ... ___ the stars" : COURSESOF
4
Man's name : ELROY
5
Western city : RENO
6
" ... be a dog and ___ " : BAYTHEMOON
7
Eng. course : LIT
8
Flurries : ADOS
9
Lessen : BATE
10
Phone sound device : BEEPER
11
Navy man: Abbr. : ADM
12
___ de Oro : RIO
13
In space : ALOFT
14
Classman: Abbr. : SENR
15
Point in orbit : APOGEE
16
One of trio on first moon orbit : BORMAN
17
See 16 Down : ANDERS
18
Obdurate : STONEY
24
Baltic state: Abbr. : ESTH
25
Assembles : HERDS
30
Has an obligation : OWES
31
July 31, for example: Abbr. : EOM
32
Cotton from Bengal : ADATI
34
Selfish one : EGOIST
36
Labor pioneer : GOMPERS
37
Architects' patterns : EPURES
40
Private eye : TEC
41
Relatives, familiarly : UNCS
42
West : MAE
43
Soft mineral : TALC
45
___ fire : SPITTING
48
Russian hemp : RINE
50
Flanged beam : HBAR
51
Set ___ of interest : ARATE
52
"Au Clair ___ " : DELALUNE
53
Paper measure : REAM
54
Movie dog : ASTA
55
Pipe joints : TEES
58
Brant : GOOSE
59
Man of the hour : HERO
61
Whetstone : HONE
62
Australian shrub : COOBA
64
Bligh: Abbr. : CAPT
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___ breve : ALLA
66
Flight ___ : PLAN
67
Medical assay : BIOTEST
68
Three: Ger. : DREI
70
English painter : OPIE
71
Musical syllables : TRALAS
72
Brown colors : COCOAS
73
Words for a good splashdown : ARTFULDROP
75
Very: Fr. : TRES
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State: Abbr. : TENN
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Put through a dry run : TESTEDOUT
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Scottish city, to poets : EDINA
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___ Paulo : SAO
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Alternatives : ORS
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Evergreen : PINE
85
Inch along : CREEP
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Certain times: Abbr. : NTS
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See 16 Down : LOVELL
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Girl's name : ALICIA
90
Infernal : NETHER
91
Brave ones : DARERS
93
College chores : THESES
94
Beginner : TYRO
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Divert : AMUSE
99
Fruit : LEMON
101
Preposition : UPON
103
Covering : RIND
104
River to the Baltic : ODER
106
Prefix for a country : INDO
109
Shooter : TAW
110
Deputy: Abbr. : AGT
111
Silkworm : ERI
112
Gold: Sp. : ORO
113
Fuzz : NAP

Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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