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Jeanne Wilson
Jeanne Wilson

New York Times, Friday, July 30, 1982

31-Across : Light, in Livorno

Author:
Jeanne Wilson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { V W }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jeanne Wilson has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,952
Across
1
Mardi ___ : GRAS
5
Scenic view : SCAPE
10
Portside : LEFT
14
Mata ___ : HARI
15
DNA's double ___ : HELIX
16
Wagon shaft : AXLE
17
Marie Houle, e.g. : QUINTUPLET
19
Hill in Jerusalem : ZION
20
Emulate Heiden : SKATE
21
Discounts : REBATES
23
Patrimony : ESTATE
25
Coin of Kuwait : DINAR
26
Shoes for some dances : CLOGS
27
Gives new confidence to : REASSURES
31
Light, in Livorno : LUCE
32
Soho oasis : PUB
33
Tall Aryan of Caucasia : OSSETE
34
Service-station giveaway : AIR
35
Tangled mass : MAT
36
Tom Kite is one : PRO
37
Penrod's pal : SAM
38
Melted wax was his downfall : ICARUS
40
Prefix with array or robe : DIS
41
Con : DUPE
42
Memory : RETENTION
44
Spurn : REPEL
45
Bagpipe : DRONE
46
Tunic : CAMISE
47
Town on the Rhine : BENDORF
50
Apollo 16 lunar lander : ORION
51
Potpourri : OLIO
52
Nourishing : ALIMENTARY
56
Vim : ZING
57
"Star Wars" director : LUCAS
58
Ornamental case : ETUI
59
Señorita's peepers : OJOS
60
Put into action : EXERT
61
Like Hume's tomes : DEEP
Down
1
Res. for the brass : GHQ
2
Noted Indian author : RAU
3
Hidalgo : ARISTOCRAT
4
Depression : SINKAGE
5
He wrote "On the Beach" : SHUTE
6
Mushroom : CEPE
7
"___ the Way," 1957 song : ALL
8
Birthplace of the Muses : PIERIA
9
Straightening muscles : EXTENSORS
10
Her poem is engraved under Miss Liberty : LAZARUS
11
Egress : EXIT
12
Growler : FLOE
13
Lacrosse teams : TENS
18
Makes lace : TATS
22
___ profundo : BASSO
23
Pastry : ECLAIR
24
Floodgate : SLUICE
25
Socialite, for short : DEB
27
Highway hazard : RUT
28
Inverted, as a flower : RESUPINATE
29
Warehouses : ETAPES
30
Mother of Dionysus : SEMELE
32
Idyllic composition : PASTORALE
35
Saki : MUNRO
36
Gudgeon : PIN
39
Football blitzes : REDDOGS
40
Buck's mate : DOE
41
Lowered in grade : DEMOTED
43
River mouth : INFLUX
44
Kind of tree or forest : RAIN
46
Surfer's surface : CREST
47
Big, strong sap : BOZO
48
Heb. prophet : ELIJ
49
Tenor Martini : NINO
50
Khayyám : OMAR
53
Bartender's "rocks" : ICE
54
___ anemone : RUE
55
Pup's plaint : YIP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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