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Carol Dutting
Carol Dutting

New York Times, Wednesday, October 8, 1980

5-Down : Pan's creator

Author:
Carol Dutting
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Carol Dutting has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,292
Across
1
Circle around the moon : HALO
5
Defeat : BEST
9
Hoard : AMASS
14
On the Red or Black : ASEA
15
Pierre's girlfriend : AMIE
16
Upper ___, African republic : VOLTA
17
Pay attention, poetically : LIST
18
Sub ___ (secretly) : ROSA
19
Rose essence : ATTAR
20
Figure with a scythe : FATHERTIME
23
Moss or Lorenz : HART
24
Prevaricate : LIE
25
Portuguese seaport : AVEIRO
27
Prate : BABBLE
31
Alpine peak : EIGER
33
Unique things : ONERS
34
More adamant : STEELIER
38
Aware of : ONTO
39
Tough query : POSER
41
Wreath for Lancelot : ORLE
42
Indicate a later time, as on a check : POSTDATE
44
Own : ADMIT
45
Umbrette's relative : HERON
46
Musical or movie : GREASE
47
Feel indignation : RESENT
50
Carte or mode predecessor : ALA
51
"___ There" : OVER
52
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth : SISTERSHIP
59
Pomme de ___ (potato) : TERRE
61
One of the Leeward Islands : SABA
62
Size of type : PICA
63
Marshal : ARRAY
64
Govt. agent : TMAN
65
King or Arkin : ALAN
66
Muskie's Department : STATE
67
Chooses : OPTS
68
Go oystering : TONG
Down
1
Game unit : HALF
2
Land mass : ASIA
3
For fear that : LEST
4
Pledge : OATH
5
Pan's creator : BARRIE
6
Overact : EMOTE
7
"In Spain they say ___" : SISI
8
Eagles or Falcons : TEAM
9
Actress Gardner : AVA
10
Main vein : MOTHERLODE
11
Mountainous source of the Ob : ALTAI
12
Bart ___, Packers' coach : STARR
13
Painter Andrea del ___ : SARTO
21
House extensions : ELLS
22
Kind of beaver : EAGER
26
Neckline word : VEE
27
Betty ___, cartoon flapper : BOOP
28
___ Domini : ANNO
29
Wagers : BETS
30
Reagan vehicle in 1938 : BROTHERRAT
31
City on the Ruhr : ESSEN
32
Suffix with bleacher : ITE
35
"Friend" in a 1949 film : IRMA
36
Greek site of first Olympics : ELIS
37
Network in the body : RETE
39
Roles : PARTS
40
Indian of Nebraska : OTO
43
Unter ___ Linden, in Berlin : DEN
44
Sandarac tree : ARAR
46
Culls : GLEANS
47
Sports lists : ROTAS
48
Turn outward : EVERT
49
Spanish missionary Junipero : SERRA
50
Facing the mound : ATBAT
53
Ratio words : ISTO
54
Coarsely ground corn : SAMP
55
Gaiter : SPAT
56
Hawaiian port : HILO
57
"___ Dream, Can't I?": 1938 song : ICAN
58
Hunger spasm : PANG
60
Buttonhole : EYE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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