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Virginia P. Abelson
Virginia P. Abelson

WHITE HOUSE MOONLIGHTERS

New York Times, Sunday, December 28, 1986

47-Down : Fort in the news in 1861

Author:
Virginia P. Abelson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 549 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 131, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Virginia P. Abelson has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,564
Across
1
Blanched : PALED
6
While preceder : ERST
10
Bikini top : BRA
13
Instruments played like rattles : SISTRA
19
Adams or Gobel : ALICE
20
Sanctions : RATIFIES
22
Surround : ENWRAP
23
President as painter : JACKSONPOLLOCK
25
Crust for Colette : CROUTE
26
Expert : ACE
27
"___ Kick Out of You" : IGETA
28
Matures : AGES
29
The Velvet Fog : TORME
30
Oversees : MANAGES
32
Symbol of Ra : ATEN
33
Tropical climber : LIANA
34
Leblanc's Lupin : ARSENE
35
President as another painter : GRANTWOOD
37
Snooze : NAP
40
Gang or mob follower : STER
41
Touches upon : ABUTS
43
Part of r.b.i. : RUNS
44
NCO : CPL
45
Tokyo's one-time name : EDO
46
Paul or Peter : TSAR
47
Editor's note : STET
49
Cartographer's creation, in Cádiz : MAPA
50
President as economist : ARTHURBURNS
53
Lacquer : JAPAN
54
Residue : ASH
57
Daring deed : FEAT
58
Weapons at St.-Cyr : ARMES
59
Balzac : HONORE
60
Sprinkle or splash : SPATTER
62
Actress Ekland : BRITT
63
Hunting dog : POINTER
64
Garaged : PARKED
65
Muskie's home state : MAINE
66
Maidenhair, e.g. : FERN
67
They loop the Loop : ELS
68
Mistake : ERROR
69
President as Senator-Cabinet officer : CARTERGLASS
71
Former money of Brazil : REIS
72
A Long : HUEY
73
One, in Oberhausen : EINE
74
Exclamations of disbelief : AWS
77
Busy agcy. of W.W. II : SSS
78
He wrote "My People" : EBAN
80
Cambridge and Scarsdale : DIETS
82
Plant parasite : MITE
84
D.D.E.'s command : ETO
85
President as baseball commissioner : FORDFRICK
88
"___ Kisses," Truffaut film : STOLEN
90
Sprat's choice : NOFAT
92
Overhang : EAVE
93
Cautious : GUARDED
94
Musical tone : CFLAT
95
Egyptian dancer : ALME
96
Wickerwork willow : OSIER
98
Navy mail sta. : FPO
99
Option : CHOICE
100
President as football player : ROOSEVELTGRIER
103
Tray : SERVER
104
Emulate Mark Hopkins : INSTRUCT
105
Deserves : EARNS
106
These might be holy : ORDERS
107
Yes : AYE
108
Bshs., e.g. : AMTS
109
"___ Foolish Things ... ": 1935 song : THESE
Down
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Nightwear for felines? : PAJAMAS
2
Menu words : ALACARTE
3
Privileged : LICENSED
4
Opponent of Luther : ECK
5
Pattern : DESIGN
6
Piscivorous raptors : ERNES
7
Engrossed : RAPT
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Plato's portico : STOA
9
Sesame : TIL
10
Hypothetical protein molecule : BIOGEN
11
New : RECENT
12
Queries : ASKS
13
Subdivision : SECTION
14
Encroachments : INROADS
15
Like some testimony : SWORN
16
President as author : TRUMANCAPOTE
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Valuation : RATE
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Bonzo, e.g. : APE
21
___ a pancake : FLATAS
24
Double curve : OGEE
31
Prefix for space : AERO
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Hockey's ___ Ross Trophy : ART
33
Boors : LOUTS
35
Religious mentor : GURU
36
British navy group : WRENS
38
Garb : APPAREL
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Carpenters' tools : PLANERS
41
"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
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Bangkok money : BAHT
46
Cornered : TREED
47
Fort in the news in 1861 : SUMTER
48
Waste allowance : TRET
49
"Separate Tables" director : MANN
50
Miller's "___ the Fall" : AFTER
51
Snow in Tampa, e.g. : RARITY
52
Salt water : BRINE
53
Unites : JOINS
54
Slander : ASPERSE
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Leanest : SPAREST
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President as actor : HARRISONFORD
59
Word before play or trade : HORSE
61
Ring decisions, for short : TKOS
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Unvarnished : BARE
63
Heraldic furs : PEANS
65
Unit of weight in India : MAUND
66
Dart : FLIT
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Graph : CHART
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Carnival performer : GEEK
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Cupid : AMOR
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Heat lightning : WILDFIRE
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Increases : STEEPENS
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Eradicator : EFFACER
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Straw hats : BOATERS
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Strip : DIVEST
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Ferber's "___ Palace" : ICE
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Approve : ENDORSE
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Hijacking, e.g. : FELONY
87
Branched : RAMOSE
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Plum-pudding ingredient : SUET
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Clay pigeon, e.g. : TARGET
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Novelist Schreiner : OLIVE
93
Gold trims : GILTS
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Loire tributary : CHER
95
Cavatina's kin : ARIA
96
Female gamete : OVUM
97
Denomination : SECT
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Army V.I.P. : CSO
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It's urged by NOW : ERA
102
Cheer : RAH

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3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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