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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Wednesday, July 29, 1981

56-Across : Black bird

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,586
Across
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Adjective for a famous wedding: July 29, 1981 : REGAL
6
Goose ___ (zeros) : EGGS
10
Rhyme scheme : ABAB
14
"Louise," for one : OPERA
15
Con ___ (with spirit) : BRIO
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Bishop's headdress : MITER
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Warlike : BELLICOSE
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Receptacles of sorts : CONES
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Tennis term : ADIN
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Old English rune, replaced by w : WEN
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Opposite of zeniths : NADIRS
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Reduce in rank : DEMOTE
28
Pindar work : ODE
30
S-shaped molding : OGEE
31
Actor-director Howard : RON
32
Exploit : GEST
34
First name in espionage : MATA
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Pick up the tab : TREAT
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One of the Goldbergs : RUBE
40
Feels pity for : ACHES
42
Site of 1952 Winter Olympics : OSLO
43
Put forth muscle power : EXERT
45
Kin of a grinder or submarine : HERO
46
Town near Naples : NOLA
47
___ rule : ASA
48
Cable : WIRE
50
Attic ___ : WIT
51
Least furnished : BAREST
54
"Or what's a ___ for?": Browning : HEAVEN
56
Black bird : ANI
57
Peau de ___, rich silk cloth : SOIE
59
French dramatist Guitry : SACHA
61
Pugilist seeking a title : CONTENDER
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"Lorna ___" : DOONE
66
Former queen of Greece : OLGA
67
Logan or Fitzgerald : ELLA
68
Wisconsin city : ELROY
69
Home of a creeper : NEST
70
Rhythmic silence, in music : REST
71
River in Belgium : SENNE
Down
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Gypsy man : ROM
2
Heroic : EPIC
3
Become oriented : GETONESBEARINGS
4
Montreal Forum, e.g. : ARENA
5
"The Streets of ___" : LAREDO
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Recede : EBB
7
Facilitate progress : GREASETHEWHEELS
8
Coat with a gold color : GILD
9
Word with South or citizen : SOLID
10
Agcy. superseded by the N.R.C. : AEC
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Money in the bank : ASSET
13
American couturier : BEENE
19
Adjective for argon : INERT
21
Greek letter : SIGMA
25
Arrive at : REACH
27
Stupid one : MORON
28
Anagram for gore : OGRE
29
Pas de ___, ballet figure : DEUX
33
Opposite of prolix : TERSE
35
Cliff dwelling : AERIE
37
"You're ___ Need" : ALLI
38
Precisely : TOAT
41
Rails : SORAS
44
Armor or French cup : TASSE
49
Circumvents : EVADES
51
Noted contemporary of Shakespeare : BACON
52
American chameleon : ANOLE
53
Employee in a paint company : TONER
55
Pierre's school : ECOLE
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Vain : IDLE
60
Soon : ANON
62
Use a shuttle : TAT
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Hair appurtenance : RAT
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Cat's-___ (gem or marble) : EYE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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