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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Tuesday, October 19, 1976

45-Down : Estrangements

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,929
Across
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Like some milk : SPILT
6
Horn or string : SHOE
10
Other, in Spain : OTRA
14
Eagle's nest : AERIE
15
Piquancy : TANG
16
Gypsy girl : CHAI
17
Novarro of films : RAMON
18
Bounces off : RICOCHETS
20
French family member : GRANDMERE
22
Projecting window : ORIEL
23
"___ Rider" : EASY
24
Rise from water: Var. : EMERSE
25
Sudden reactions : STARTS
28
Backtalk : LIP
29
Trite remark : CLICHE
30
Cigar : PANATELA
35
"La ___ Vita" : DOLCE
36
Grow : WAX
37
Hockey teams : SIXES
38
Expressed again : RESTATED
40
Of a songbird order : OSCINE
41
Disencumber : RID
42
Places for watches : WRISTS
43
Scold : BERATE
47
Ornamental border : DADO
48
Zola : EMILE
49
Kind of fireman : VOLUNTEER
54
Lemonade or pop : SOFTDRINK
56
Amphitheater : ARENA
57
Preminger : OTTO
58
Old serf : ESNE
59
Of a tissue : TELAR
60
Disarrange : MESS
61
Stag : DEER
62
Source words : ETYMA
Down
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Puppet man : SARG
2
Diamond shape : PEAR
3
"My Friend ___" : IRMA
4
Nittany or sea : LION
5
Sympathetic : TENDERHEARTED
6
Strain's partner : STRESS
7
Like O'Neill's ape : HAIRY
8
Formerly : ONCE
9
Kind of mania : EGO
10
Natural earth : OCHRE
11
Possessive : THEIR
12
Hotel clerks' concerns : RATES
13
Choice seat location : AISLE
19
Sympathetic : COMPASSIONATE
21
S.A. beverage : MATE
24
German one : EIN
25
Blackthorn : SLOE
26
Sesames : TILS
27
Bookkeeper's record: Abbr. : ACCT
28
Negligent : LAX
29
Naval rank: Abbr. : CDR
30
Muffle : PAD
31
Twitches : TICS
32
Door sign : EXIT
33
Eye part : LENS
34
Enzyme suffix : ASE
36
Day: Abbr. : WED
39
___-and-dye : TIE
40
Turkish army corps : ORDU
42
Dapper ex-mayor of N.Y.C. : WALKER
43
Old broom : BESOM
44
Overact : EMOTE
45
Estrangements : RIFTS
46
Voices : ALTOS
47
English poet : DONNE
49
Workbench item : VISE
50
Waste allowance : TRET
51
Slippery : EELY
52
Hindu grant : ENAM
53
___ avis : RARA
55
Cap or carpet : RED

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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