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Frances Hansen
Frances Hansen

New York Times, Tuesday, September 22, 1987

45-Across : ___ ball (alert)

Author:
Frances Hansen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F P Q X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Frances Hansen has 81 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 40 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,832
Across
1
Women's U.S. Open tennis champ: 1968 : WADE
5
See 51 Across : MAHAL
10
Twice DCL : MCCC
14
Race track : OVAL
15
Deep black : EBONY
16
Words of surprise : OHOH
17
Actor Auberjonois : RENE
18
Champion of dance : GOWER
19
Veracious : TRUE
20
Two-time Women's Open champ : TRACYAUSTIN
23
C.P.A.'s employer, maybe : IRS
24
Jay Silverheels on TV : TONTO
25
Uses a luge : COASTS
27
One of the Days : ARBOR
30
Anouk from Paris : AIMEE
31
Bête ___ : NOIRE
32
Saved, as one's strength : CONSERVED
36
Building addition : ELL
37
Bounce back : CAROM
38
Inner: Prefix : ESO
39
Popular : WELLLIKED
42
A Nobel physicist: 1925 : HERTZ
44
Subtle satire : IRONY
45
___ ball (alert) : ONTHE
46
Where Eugene may be seen : OREGON
48
Human chaser : BEING
51
With 5 Across, Agra edifice : TAJ
52
Reigning tennis queen : NAVRATILOVA
57
Made tracks : HIED
59
Co-star of 46 Down : MEARA
60
Like most cupcakes : ICED
61
Jacob's twin : ESAU
62
Bay window : ORIEL
63
Show life : STIR
64
Reverberated : RANG
65
Devon donkey : NEDDY
66
___ Mandlikova, 1985 champ : HANA
Down
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Brewer's malt infusion : WORT
2
Declare : AVER
3
An Andrews : DANA
4
Certain college member : ELECTOR
5
TV actress Fellows : MEGAN
6
Roughly : ABOUT
7
"Why?" : HOWSO
8
Dill of the Bible : ANET
9
Shelley's forte : LYRICISM
10
Quip : MOT
11
The six-time champ : CHRISEVERT
12
Three-time champ Margaret ___ : COURT
13
Where a king may be castled : CHESS
21
Auld lang syne : YORE
22
Alaska's gold-rush city : NOME
26
Chalice veil : AER
27
Once more : ANEW
28
Function : ROLE
29
Three-time champ, familiarly : BILLIEJEAN
30
"And giving ___, up the chimney ... ": Moore : ANOD
32
Like compact powder : CAKY
33
Pay dirt : ORE
34
Man from Tallinn : ESTH
35
Drop off a bit : DOZE
37
Reddish brown : CINNAMON
40
Bigger than med. : LRG
41
Crazy-sounding bird : LOON
42
Hagar the Horrible's daughter : HONI
43
Spin put on a ball : ENGLISH
46
"The ___ Woman," Linden TV movie : OTHER
47
Memorable soprano Rosa : RAISA
48
Queue : BRAID
49
Auriculate : EARED
50
Davis Cup winner: 1976 : ITALY
53
Billy Budd's captain : VERE
54
Prefix with chord or meter : OCTA
55
Mood : VEIN
56
Historic Spanish town : ADRA
58
Understood archeology? : DUG

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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