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Virginia L. Yates
Virginia L. Yates

New York Times, Monday, September 7, 1992

64-Across : Piccolo sound

Author:
Virginia L. Yates
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Virginia L. Yates has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
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D
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L
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D
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O
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,644
Across
1
Emulated Annabel Lee : LOVED
6
Styptic : ALUM
10
Peak : ACME
14
" ... partridge in ___ tree" : APEAR
15
Cook book : COMA
16
Plug away : TOIL
17
Tendrils : CIRRI
18
Barricade by police cars : ROADBLOCK
20
Nixon has two : ENS
21
Sisyphean : VAIN
23
Wipes off the map : ERASES
24
Bogart film: 1937 : DEADEND
26
Tours firms: Abbr. : CIES
27
Have : EAT
28
Practiced pyromancy : FORETOLD
32
By and by : DOWNTHEROAD
36
Run : HIE
37
Keep ___ (persist) : ATIT
38
Small drink : SIP
39
This often flies : TIME
40
Was victorious : WON
41
Gets going : HITSTHEROAD
45
Lingerie item : NEGLIGEE
47
United : ONE
48
Novelist Tyler : ANNE
49
Landscaped urban thoroughfare : PARKWAY
53
DO NOT ___ (Monopoly setback) : PASSGO
56
Submarine : HERO
57
"What a good boy ___!" : AMI
58
Traveling : ONTHEROAD
60
Out of line : UNDUE
62
"___ From Muskogee," M. Haggard hit : OKIE
63
Martinelli of the screen : ELSA
64
Piccolo sound : TRILL
65
Enrich, in a way : LARD
66
F.D.R.'s New ___ : DEAL
67
Paved the way : EASED
Down
1
Spiked the punch : LACED
2
Guess : OPINE
3
Vice tag-along : VERSA
4
Organ with a drum : EAR
5
Suggest : DRIVEAT
6
Stinging : ACRID
7
Arctic diver : LOON
8
Actress Thurman : UMA
9
Sherry's kin : MADEIRA
10
Finally : ATLAST
11
___ Bay, Ore. : COOS
12
Nursery trio : MICE
13
Lodge fellows : ELKS
19
Propagate : BREED
22
Lit. collection : ANTH
25
Mar the car : DENT
26
Vote in a new member : COOPT
28
Looped upholstery fabric : FRISE
29
Where Canton is : OHIO
30
This is there, too : LIMA
31
Title : DEED
32
Occur to, with "on" : DAWN
33
Okla. Indian : OTOE
34
___ it (improvise) : WING
35
First name in cosmetics : ESTEE
39
Journey : TREK
41
Joint on a door : HINGE
42
Cold-shouldered : IGNORED
43
Rime : HOAR
44
On the way : ENROUTE
46
Scolded severely : LASHED
49
Cycle : PEDAL
50
Arroyas : WADIS
51
Stubborn as ___ : AMULE
52
Highway sign : YIELD
53
Natatorium : POOL
54
"My Way" songwriter : ANKA
55
Commotion : STIR
56
"The night ___ thousand eyes" : HASA
59
"This ___ House," 1954 song : OLE
61
Hunters' gp. : NRA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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