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Cornelia Warriner
Cornelia Warriner

New York Times, Saturday, November 1, 1975

18-Down : Busby Berkeley specialties

Author:
Cornelia Warriner
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Cornelia Warriner has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,576
Across
1
Doer: Suffix : AST
4
Royal, in Italy : REALE
9
Lands : ACRES
14
Aspen gear : SKI
15
Register : ENROL
16
Kind of ends or change : LOOSE
17
College sessions : SEMESTERS
19
Divert : AMUSE
20
Still to be disbursed : UNEXPENDED
22
Nobleman : PEER
23
Mends : RESTORES
24
Conger : EEL
26
Hwy. : RTE
27
Sheen : PATINA
30
Proceedings, in law : ACTA
33
Behavior : DEPORTMENT
37
Pitcher Lefty : GROVE
39
Obstinate one : ASS
40
Uncanny : EERIE
41
Greedy actions : RAPACITIES
44
Face part : NOSE
45
Fanatics : BIGOTS
46
Arabian tea : KAT
48
Very old: Abbr. : ANC
49
Capable of being copied : IMITABLE
54
Israeli name : EBAN
57
"All ___ is impatience" (Kafka) : HUMANERROR
59
Bandage material : GAUZE
61
Related, as a sea tale : SPUNAYARN
62
Wall hanging : ARRAS
63
First king of Egypt : MENES
64
Compass point : NNE
65
Let : LEASE
66
Writer Luce : CLARE
67
German article : DAS
Down
1
Assyrian god : ASSUR
2
Old Greek theater area : SKENE
3
Occasions : TIMES
4
Position anew : RESPOT
5
Went onstage : ENTERED
6
Mother of Idas : ARENE
7
House of ___ : LORDS
8
Otherwise : ELSE
9
Wing : ALA
10
Like an Annie Oakley : COMPLIMENTARY
11
Rake : ROUE
12
Actual being : ESSE
13
Soothsayer : SEER
18
Busby Berkeley specialties : EXTRAVAGANZAS
21
"How ___ to my heart ... " : DEAR
25
Little: Suffix : ETTE
27
Do modeling : POSE
28
Wolfe : NERO
29
S.A. cuckoos : ANIS
30
Farming: Abbr. : AGR
31
Zodiac sign : CRAB
32
Pith helmet : TOPI
34
Consumes : EATS
35
Greek letter : PSI
36
___ off : TEE
38
College subject: Abbr. : ECON
42
Yen : ITCH
43
Kimbrough's friend : SKINNER
47
Resting : ATEASE
49
Drive forward : IMPEL
50
___ Loa : MAUNA
51
Make : BRAND
52
Miss Doone : LORNA
53
Sea birds : ERNES
54
Alike, in France : EGAL
55
Expose : BARE
56
Glow : AURA
58
Mil. branch : USMC
60
Locality: Suffix : ESE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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