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Virginia L. Yates
Virginia L. Yates

New York Times, Monday, February 16, 1987

2-Down : Politician Abzug

Author:
Virginia L. Yates
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1
Virginia L. Yates has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,614
Across
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Dwindles : EBBS
5
Fen : MARSH
10
What to keep from the door : WOLF
14
Capriole or jeté : LEAP
15
Where Pocatello is : IDAHO
16
On ___ (equivalent) : APAR
17
Actress Lanchester : ELSA
18
Sturdy fabric : DENIM
19
It goes oom-pah-pah : TUBA
20
Hangers-on of a sort : CLINGINGVINES
23
Dowdy : TACKY
24
Pinna's organ : EAR
25
Burst of activity : SPASM
29
Casino patron : ROLLER
33
"Love ___ Many-Splendored Thing" : ISA
36
Begone! : SHOO
38
Spondulicks : MOOLA
39
Wallflower : SHRINKINGVIOLET
43
Magna cum ___ : LAUDE
44
Soccer great : PELE
45
Bandleader Brown : LES
46
Nest robbers : EGGERS
48
Michener best seller : TEXAS
51
"___ Maria" : AVE
52
Fling : SPREE
56
Do-gooder of a sort : BLEEDINGHEART
61
Surrealist Salvador : DALI
63
Maugham's ___ Thompson : SADIE
64
A wife of Esau : ADAH
65
Cupid : EROS
66
Coral island : ATOLL
67
Gam or Hayworth : RITA
68
Bulb unit : WATT
69
U.K. part : WALES
70
By and by : SOON
Down
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Chosen : ELECT
2
Politician Abzug : BELLA
3
Like some English : BASIC
4
Moves along smartly : SPANKS
5
French region : MIDI
6
South Yemen's gulf : ADEN
7
Knelled : RANG
8
Hood's knife : SHIV
9
More comfy : HOMIER
10
A London bridge : WATERLOO
11
Composition : OPUS
12
Chem. room : LAB
13
___ Filippo Lippi : FRA
21
Rip-off : GYP
22
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
26
Invite : ASK
27
Steamer, e.g. : SHIP
28
Painter of water lilies : MONET
30
Droop : LOLL
31
Robert ___ : ELEE
32
Snitches : RATS
33
Wight, for one : ISLE
34
Catch flies : SHAG
35
Cut ___ (jitterbug) : ARUG
37
Eye amorously : OGLE
40
Utopia seeker : IDEALIST
41
Audacity : NERVE
42
Rub the wrong way : VEX
47
Fluctuate : SEESAW
49
Blonde shade : ASH
50
Stalks of asparagus : SPEARS
53
Active beginner : RADIO
54
A Muse or Dryad : ERATO
55
Patriot Allen : ETHAN
56
A ___ on one's escutcheon : BLOT
57
Computer fare : DATA
58
Golden calf, for one : IDOL
59
Yellowish green : NILE
60
Thickens : GELS
61
"Into a sea of ___": E. Field : DEW
62
Parseghian : ARA

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