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Valerie Meunier
Valerie Meunier

New York Times, Wednesday, September 26, 1979

18-Across : Elephant's nasal extension

Author:
Meunier
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 241 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Valerie Meunier has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Meunier is an alias for Valerie Meunier.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,914
Across
1
Ore deposit : LODE
5
Unit of elec. current : AMP
8
Violin for a virtuoso : AMATI
13
Chimps : APES
14
Keats feats : ODES
15
Scimitar : SABER
16
Main idea : GIST
17
Prefix with meter or trooper : PARA
18
Elephant's nasal extension : TRUNK
19
Very special person : ONEINAMILLION
22
Wait on tables : SERVE
23
Against : ANTI
24
Chances : ODDS
27
Loner at a hop : STAG
28
Christmas : NOEL
29
Follower of astro or cosmo : NAUT
30
Delicate sensitivity : TACT
32
Tease : RIB
34
New Deal letters : NRA
35
"He ___ me to lie down ... " : MAKETH
38
Site of Lafayette College : EASTON
40
Epoch : ERA
41
Auditory organ : EAR
43
Man or Rhodes : ISLE
44
Care for : TEND
46
Mexican day laborer : PEON
48
Trips around the track : LAPS
51
Wise one : SAGE
52
Beanery sign : EATS
53
Anagram for canoe : OCEAN
55
Terrible odds : AMILLIONTOONE
58
Wicked king : HEROD
60
Metalware, often lacquered : TOLE
61
Flats: Abbr. : APTS
62
Solitary : ALONE
63
"On thy cold gray stones, ___!" : OSEA
64
Part of a vending machine : SLOT
65
Sheen : GLOSS
66
Legal matter : RES
67
Heroine of an 1891 novel : TESS
Down
1
Capital of Nigeria : LAGOS
2
Thinks : OPINES
3
Gobi or Sahara : DESERT
4
Snooze through the summer : ESTIVATE
5
Obdurate : ADAMANT
6
Breed of sheep : MERINO
7
Biblical book : PSALTER
8
Italian province, noted for wine : ASTI
9
Leave high and dry : MAROON
10
Copious : ABUNDANT
11
Number of Commandments : TEN
12
Annoy : IRK
14
___-Locka, city in Fla. : OPA
20
Nullify : NEGATE
21
Easter flowers : LILIES
25
Coin for 46 Across : DURO
26
Netman Smith : STAN
31
Place of worship : CHAPEL
33
Vote : BALLOT
35
They play at Shea : METS
36
Region : AREA
37
Leaper recorded by Captain Cook : KANGAROO
39
Littoral area : SEACOAST
42
He has lots to sell : REALTOR
43
Shoe parts : INSOLES
45
Incubuses : DEMONS
47
Indolent : OTIOSE
49
Folks : PEOPLE
50
World's largest coffee port : SANTOS
54
Hoopoes' homes : NESTS
56
Kin of kalends and nones : IDES
57
Rival of the A.F.T. : NEA
58
Crone : HAG
59
Building extension : ELL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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