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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Wednesday, January 23, 1991

2-Down : Readily available

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,051
Across
1
Commercials : ADS
4
Unfermented grape juice : STUM
8
Altercation : BRAWL
13
Inst. in Cambridge : MIT
14
Classy : TONY
15
Weird : EERIE
16
Fruit of the apple family : POME
17
"Think nothing ___" : OFIT
18
Monads : ATOMS
19
Choicest; best : CREAMOFTHECROP
22
Rip to pieces : TEARUP
23
Greek letter : CHI
24
Morse-code word : DIT
25
Items for table setters : PLACEMATS
31
Clear, fresh air : OZONE
33
Queues : LINES
34
Princess's sleeping problem : PEA
35
Loaf : LAZE
36
Godfrey instrument : UKE
37
Rugged rock : CRAG
38
Donkey, in Nice : ANE
39
Luce subject : WOMEN
41
___ Vance, fictional sleuth : PHILO
42
Refined emotion : SENTIMENT
44
Kind of can or cloth : OIL
45
___ Johnson, explorer : OSA
46
A ___ sheep's clothing : WOLFIN
49
Saroyan play, with "The" : TIMEOFYOURLIFE
54
Palindromic title : MADAM
55
King or producer : LEAR
56
Crocus, e.g. : IRID
57
Sharp mountain ridge : ARETE
58
Pismires : ANTS
59
Id ___ (that is) : EST
60
Defective car : LEMON
61
Attention getter : PSST
62
Some coll. linemen : RTS
Down
1
Love, in Milano : AMORE
2
Readily available : DIMEADOZEN
3
Candlemaker's need : STEARINE
4
Condescend : STOOP
5
British dandy : TOFF
6
United whole : UNIT
7
Tale about Eros, e.g. : MYTH
8
Jones, Pebble, etc : BEACHES
9
Adorn again : RETRIM
10
Buck chaser : AROO
11
Ineffective one : WIMP
12
"___ Girls," Kelly movie : LES
16
One-hundredth part: Abbr. : PCT
20
Silent : MUTE
21
"___ homo" : ECCE
25
Feather : PLUME
26
Compare : LIKEN
27
As to : ANENT
28
Fun date : APRILFIRST
29
River duck : TEAL
30
Starchy food : SAGO
31
Waves, to Pedro : OLAS
32
Grey of the westerns : ZANE
37
Not so warm : CHILLIER
39
Epiphany trio : WISEMEN
40
Hawaiian thrush : OMAO
41
"Alas! ___ Yorick" : POOR
43
Source of a sauce : TOMATO
46
Sausage : WURST
47
"___ Tuesday ... ": 1969 film : IFITS
48
Sparks or Beatty : NED
49
Leguminous plant : TARE
50
The same, to Seneca : IDEM
51
Hullabaloo : FLAP
52
Cravings : YENS
53
Feed-bag fillers : OATS
54
___ de mer (cruise blues) : MAL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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