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Grace Fabbroni
Grace Fabbroni

New York Times, Monday, February 25, 1980

4-Down : Crucial

Author:
Grace Fabbroni
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Grace Fabbroni has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,066
Across
1
Member of a Finnic group : LAPP
5
Celebration in Calabria : FESTA
10
Knot in wood : KNAR
14
Calvary letters : INRI
15
Else : OTHER
16
Function : ROLE
17
Caesar's 1,104 : MCIV
18
Cachets : SEALS
19
Spirit : ELAN
20
Start of a quotation from Kingsley : BEGOODSWEETMAID
23
Doubly: Prefix : TWI
24
Nothing : NIL
25
Court : ROMANCE
29
Kind of punishment : CAPITAL
33
Nuncupative : ORAL
34
Village of South African natives : KRAAL
36
Ephron or Charles : NORA
37
Quotation: Part II : AND
38
Equip : RIG
39
Quotation: Part III : LET
40
Oliver Twist's request : MORE
42
Termite, e.g. : BORER
44
Kismet : FATE
45
Greek herald : STENTOR
47
Lydia Languish, e.g. : REPINER
49
Greek letter : TAU
50
Swiss river : AAR
51
End of the quotation : WHOWILLBECLEVER
60
Branches : RAMI
61
Jefferson was one : DEIST
62
Half: Comb. form : DEMI
63
Chester ___ Arthur : ALAN
64
Growing out : ENATE
65
Auricular : OTIC
66
Ponder : PORE
67
Made an incised mark : RASED
68
Gusset : GORE
Down
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An arm or a leg : LIMB
2
Ending with attend or perform : ANCE
3
Prude : PRIG
4
Crucial : PIVOTAL
5
Fearless ___ : FOSDICK
6
French seasons : ETES
7
G.B.S. : SHAW
8
Part of TV : TELE
9
Magazine : ARSENAL
10
Russian citadel : KREMLIN
11
Vincent Lopez's theme : NOLA
12
Jai ___ : ALAI
13
Tear apart : REND
21
Possess : OWN
22
Apex : TIP
25
Saunters : ROAMS
26
"Ready ___ ... " : ORNOT
27
Sierra ___ : MADRE
28
Blunder : ERROR
29
Basketball player : CAGER
30
Chemical compound : TOLAN
31
Alpine crest : ARETE
32
Not now! : LATER
35
Tune : AIR
41
Braid : ENTWINE
42
City near the world's highest dam : BOULDER
43
Did a double take : REACTED
44
Andiron : FIREDOG
46
Bangkok native : TAI
48
Chum : PAL
51
Shawl : WRAP
52
Aura : HALO
53
Poet translated by FitzGerald : OMAR
54
U.S.S.R. river : LENA
55
Prejudice : BIAS
56
East wind, in Ecuador : ESTE
57
Turn down : VETO
58
Arabian potentate : EMIR
59
"Street Scene" playwright : RICE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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