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Virginia W. Schneider
Virginia W. Schneider

New York Times, Monday, February 2, 1976

44-Down : Three-line rhyme

Author:
Virginia Schneider
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Virginia W. Schneider has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Virginia Schneider is an alias for Virginia W. Schneider.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,669
Across
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J. S. and C. P. E. : BACHS
6
Initials of 1930's : NRA
9
Composer Alban : BERG
13
Pale yellow : OCHER
14
Swerve : VEER
15
Jai ___ : ALAI
16
Concert offering : THERITEOFSPRING
19
Wield an ax : HEW
20
Composer Thomas : ARNE
21
Les ___ Unis : ETATS
22
Animal sound : BRAY
24
Uncommon, to de Falla : RARO
26
Elongated, as a leaf : LINEAR
29
Composer Jacob : DRUCKMAN
33
Theater awards : OBIES
34
Composer Satie : ERIK
35
Prefix for metric : ISO
36
Concert offering : BEETHOVENSNINTH
40
Grampus : ORC
41
Old pistol: Var. : DAGG
42
January, to Albéniz : ENERO
43
Men's hats : STETSONS
46
Attorney for Loeb and Leopold : DARROW
47
Common French verb : ETRE
48
Apollo's instrument : LYRE
49
"Fidelio," for one : OPERA
52
Soot, to Debussy : SUIE
54
Highland cap : TAM
57
Concert offering : NUTCRACKERSUITE
61
Johnson of TV : ARTE
62
Oboe or bassoon : REED
63
Composer Edward : ELGAR
64
Trim : NEAT
65
Dummkopf : ASS
66
Saint-___ : SAENS
Down
1
"You and me ___" : BOTH
2
Yearn : ACHE
3
___ the rag : CHEW
4
Possessive : HER
5
Hindu title : SRI
6
Store sign : NEON
7
Passing the buck, in a way : REFERRING
8
"___ longa ... " : ARS
9
Composer Béla : BARTOK
10
Nom de plume : ELIA
11
Declaim : RANT
12
Light carriages : GIGS
14
Part of V.H.F. : VERY
17
Arabian tambourine : TAAR
18
Orch. section : PERC
22
Sugar source : BEET
23
Allergy symptom : RASH
25
Diving birds : AUKS
26
Composer Villa-___ : LOBOS
27
Composer Jacques : IBERT
28
Relative : NIECE
29
Sediments : DREGS
30
De Beers worker : MINER
31
N. L. player : ASTRO
32
Forget it! : NOHOW
34
Dissipates : EVANESCES
37
Redolence : ODOR
38
Beer or East : NEAR
39
As to : INRE
44
Three-line rhyme : TERCET
45
Lucky or movie : STAR
46
Color worker : DYER
48
Schubert specialty : LIED
49
___ even keel : ONAN
50
Sheer : PURE
51
Miss Kett : ETTA
53
Hula accompaniers : UKES
54
Buster Brown's dog : TIGE
55
"Pictures ___ Exhibition" : ATAN
56
Seas, in France : MERS
58
Macaw : ARA
59
His, to Ravel : SES
60
Gums : ULA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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