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Virginia L. Yates
Virginia L. Yates

New York Times, Monday, December 16, 1985

50-Down : Highway to Fairbanks

Author:
Virginia L. Yates
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Virginia L. Yates has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,187
Across
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Nuisance : PEST
5
Call ___ day : ITA
8
Planted : SOWED
13
Scamper : RACE
14
At once, once : ANON
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Having one component : UNARY
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Smoothed over : IRONEDOUT
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Varnish ingredient : RESIN
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From ___ Z : ATO
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Drill master? : DENTIST
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"___ Haw," TV program : HEE
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Finishes : MOPSUP
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Pursue : CHASE
27
Played a role : ACTED
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Uris best seller : EXODUS
33
Serve the soup : LADLE
36
Singer Jerry : VALE
38
Sweet, fortified wine : PORT
39
Iniquity : EVIL
40
Get control over : SEWUP
41
Anatomical fold : RUGA
42
Unless, in law : NISI
43
Guest houses : INNS
44
Provide the provender : CATER
45
Stick : ADHERE
47
Clipped : SHORN
49
Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
51
Hatch : COOKUP
55
Put two and two together : ADD
57
Copernican theorist : GALILEO
60
Hwy. : RTE
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Fair structure : BOOTH
63
Empties : CLEANSOUT
65
Vinegar bottle : CRUET
66
Arkin or Alda : ALAN
67
Concerning : INRE
68
Gluts : SATES
69
Ship-shaped clock : NEF
70
Reviews unfavorably : PANS
Down
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Troy's last king : PRIAM
2
Have an ___ the ground : EARTO
3
Ice-cream server : SCOOP
4
Take ___ (rest) : TEN
5
Having a share of : INON
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Praise highly : TOUT
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Prank : ANTIC
8
Levy on top of a levy : SURTAX
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Just ___ of those things : ONE
10
Pale and wan : WASHEDOUT
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Buffalo's lake : ERIE
12
Force unit : DYNE
14
Skilled : ADEPT
17
Draw forth : EDUCE
21
Cotswold, for one : SHEEP
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Set out briskly : SALLIED
26
Member of a choir : SOPRANO
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Tied : EVEN
29
Advents : DAWNS
31
Egg on : URGE
32
Headliner : STAR
33
Chanteuse Horne : LENA
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Eager : AVID
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Doled : DISHEDOUT
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Opulent : LUSH
40
Tuscan city : SIENA
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Sing like Bing : CROON
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Some are civil : RIGHTS
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The bounding main : OCEAN
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Highway to Fairbanks : ALCAN
52
Swedish coin : KRONA
53
About-face for a driver : UTURN
54
Rose and Fountain : PETES
55
Basics : ABCS
56
Copperfield's first wife : DORA
58
"Winnie ___ Pu" : ILLE
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Thing taken from someone's book : LEAF
62
Kickoff gizmo : TEE
64
Draw on a straw : SIP

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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