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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Tuesday, December 17, 1974

42-Down : Prose color

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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W
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R
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O
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N
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S
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S
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A
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L
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E
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S
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L
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S
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K
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M
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K
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N
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H
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S
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U
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P
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D
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P
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O
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N
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U
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P
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C
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,257
Across
1
Kind of number : WRONG
6
Speedy jets : SSTS
10
Competent : ABLE
14
Recognition : HONOR
15
Great Barrier Island : OTEA
16
Seven ___ : SEAS
17
Mirror sight : IMAGE
18
Usurer : LOANSHARK
20
"___ make passes at ... " : MENSELDOM
22
Small anchor : KEDGE
23
Penury : NEED
24
Curtain-call critic : HISSER
25
"The Last ___" : SUPPER
28
___ Patch, famed pacer : DAN
29
Society mainstay : PILLAR
30
Publisher's imprint : COLOPHON
35
Miss Moorehead : AGNES
36
___ and far between : FEW
37
Rail signal : FLARE
38
Breaks, as a vase : SHATTERS
40
Showed warmth : SMILED
41
One, in Italy : UNO
42
Tellers' customers : PAYEES
43
Agreement : ACCORD
47
System of worship : CULT
48
Oil-bearing rock : SHALE
49
One on the way up : CAREERIST
54
Riverboat con artist : CARDSHARP
56
Worm-catching bird : EARLY
57
Heraldic border : ORLE
58
False god : IDOL
59
32 Boy or Girl Scouts : TROOP
60
Despot : TSAR
61
Period : TIME
62
Actress Carol : HANEY
Down
1
Caprice : WHIM
2
"When in ___ ... " : ROME
3
Son of Judah : ONAN
4
Christmas drinks : NOGS
5
Resting place in 23rd Psalm : GREENPASTURES
6
Metal joiner : SOLDER
7
Joined an ovation : STOOD
8
"Yea, ___!" : TEAM
9
Diego or Pablo : SAN
10
Ruins : ASHES
11
Necklace : BEADS
12
Robe size : LARGE
13
Ridge of sand : ESKER
19
"I escaped by the ___" : SKINOFMYTEETH
21
Side glance : LEER
24
Prince ___ : HAL
25
Sound of resignation : SIGH
26
Forearm bone : ULNA
27
Russian whip : PLET
28
___ Jones average : DOW
29
___ de deux : PAS
30
These: Fr. : CES
31
Ballet bend : PLIE
32
In good shape : HALE
33
Mine products : ORES
34
Little Edward : NED
36
Back : FRO
39
Goal : END
40
Auction : SALE
42
Prose color : PURPLE
43
Scarf : ASCOT
44
British cleaning women : CHARS
45
Hurricane of 1961 : CARLA
46
More ripe : OLDER
47
Rebound : CAROM
49
Moslem judge : CADI
50
___ avis : RARA
51
Do a house chore : IRON
52
Wild plum : SLOE
53
Conforming to kind : TYPY
55
Success : HIT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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