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Stephanie Spadaccini
Stephanie Spadaccini

New York Times, Thursday, December 15, 1977

48-Down : Eric Blair's pen name

Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J V X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Stephanie Spadaccini has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 36 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,351
Across
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Companions of ifs and buts : ANDS
5
Rubella eruption : RASH
9
Hammett pooch : ASTA
13
Plunder : LOOT
14
___-Maritimes (where Nice is) : ALPES
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Kind of heap : SLAG
17
Poll-taker Roper : ELMO
18
Fight site: Oct. 30, 1974 : ZAIRE
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Yearn : PINE
20
Useless people : GOODFORNOTHINGS
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Seed : GERM
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"Tantum ___," Eucharist stanzas : ERGO
25
Goat-man of Greek legends : SATYR
28
Ghana's capital : ACCRA
31
Sapporo sash : OBI
32
Dreamy drawing : DOODLE
35
Girl in an old song : NITA
39
Inventor's dream : BETTERMOUSETRAP
42
Blackthorn : SLOE
43
Fondle : CARESS
44
Roll-book notation: Abbr. : ABS
45
Glean information : LEARN
47
Small hat : TOQUE
49
Pervade : FILL
51
Mimic : APER
53
Musical comedy of 1941 : BESTFOOTFORWARD
60
___ Major : URSA
61
Bassanio's emotion : AMORE
62
Kazan : ELIA
63
Net lining in a woman's hat : CAUL
64
Aegean gulf : SAROS
65
Jacquard : LOOM
66
"Blue Night" artist : KLEE
67
Like Paul Pry : NOSY
68
Citole : LUTE
Down
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Shake ___ (hurry) : ALEG
2
Part of Agnew's plea : NOLO
3
Major-___ : DOMO
4
Very old-fashioned : STODGY
5
Kind of clam : RAZOR
6
Early morning sound : ALARM
7
Gyrate : SPIN
8
Admired one : HERO
9
Position seeker : ASPIRANT
10
Singapore ___ (bar drink) : SLING
11
Dance for two : TANGO
12
Ripens : AGES
15
Tennis term : SET
21
___-lance : FERDE
22
Pronoun : HER
25
Weeps : SOBS
26
Biblical victim : ABEL
27
Yugoslav leader : TITO
28
Bedeck : ADORN
29
Tip : CLUE
30
Tax : CESS
33
Killer whale : ORCA
34
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
36
World's sixth largest oil producer : IRAQ
37
Forbidden : TABU
38
Church recess : APSE
40
Revealing : TELLTALE
41
Ethyl acetoacetate : ESTER
46
Mischievous child : ELF
48
Eric Blair's pen name : ORWELL
49
Untamed : FERAL
50
Flow : ISSUE
51
Certain hairdos : AFROS
52
Poetic poetry : POESY
53
It stopped at Truman : BUCK
54
Western Hemisphere org. : OAS
55
Muscat is its capital : OMAN
56
Charger in a Mexican arena : TORO
57
Ballplayer Matty : ALOU
58
Brawl : RIOT
59
Christie's title : DAME

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