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Virginia P. Abelson
Virginia P. Abelson

New York Times, Tuesday, February 7, 1984

16-Down : Protagonist of a Wright novel

Author:
Virginia P. Abelson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Virginia P. Abelson has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
A
2
N
3
D
4
S
5
T
6
O
7
I
8
C
9
F
10
R
11
A
12
R
O
I
13
P
O
R
T
O
14
T
O
I
L
15
C
U
R
16
B
17
A
L
I
E
N
18
H
I
L
L
19
A
N
T
I
20
C
21
T
O
M
D
22
O
O
L
E
Y
23
G
R
24
E
E
N
25
E
L
M
26
E
27
L
28
E
G
I
A
C
29
S
M
E
A
30
R
31
E
32
D
33
L
A
X
E
S
T
34
R
A
N
35
S
H
A
Y
36
E
M
I
R
S
37
M
U
G
38
A
B
O
V
E
39
V
A
S
T
40
P
R
E
41
L
I
E
D
E
R
42
E
S
T
H
43
E
R
S
44
C
A
R
C
A
S
S
45
O
R
O
46
C
A
P
E
K
47
T
48
O
49
M
M
Y
J
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O
H
N
51
D
E
52
F
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E
54
R
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A
S
I
A
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E
R
E
C
57
T
58
T
A
P
E
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I
L
E
S
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C
L
E
A
R
61
K
I
N
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L
O
N
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T
E
R
N
I
64
E
C
T
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,509
Across
1
Connective : AND
4
Follower of Zeno : STOIC
9
Italian friar's title : FRA
12
Charles VII, e.g. : ROI
13
___ Alegre, Brazil : PORTO
14
Labor : TOIL
15
Restrain : CURB
17
Martian, e.g. : ALIEN
18
Kop, to a Boer : HILL
19
Huxley's "___ Hay" : ANTIC
21
American folk ballad : TOMDOOLEY
23
Inexperienced : GREEN
25
Desirable tree : ELM
26
Expressing sorrow : ELEGIAC
29
Calumniated : SMEARED
33
Least strict : LAXEST
34
Hied : RAN
35
Holmes vehicle : SHAY
36
Arab princes : EMIRS
37
Phiz : MUG
38
Over : ABOVE
39
Huge : VAST
40
Before: Prefix : PRE
41
Schumann's songs : LIEDER
42
Waters and Williams : ESTHERS
44
Frame of a ship : CARCASS
45
"___ y plata," Montana motto : ORO
46
Author of "The Cheat": 1941 : CAPEK
47
Pitcher in three World Series : TOMMYJOHN
51
Put off : DEFER
55
Where Laos is : ASIA
56
Upright : ERECT
58
Record : TAPE
59
___ du Salut (Safety Islands) : ILES
60
Transparent : CLEAR
61
Kith's partner : KIN
62
Actor Chaney : LON
63
Province of Umbria : TERNI
64
Outer: Comb. form : ECT
Down
1
Medieval Italian chest : ARCA
2
Parsing word : NOUN
3
Grime : DIRT
4
Bath, e.g. : SPA
5
Pre-Aztec Indian in Mexico : TOLTEC
6
Astral hunter : ORION
7
Article : ITEM
8
Doom : CONDEMN
9
Fencing weapon : FOIL
10
Peeve : RILE
11
Partner : ALLY
14
Subject of an Anouilh play : THOMASBECKET
16
Protagonist of a Wright novel : BIGGERTHOMAS
20
Wooden stand : CRISS
22
Comedian Olsen : OLE
24
Breakfast : EAT
26
Parisian pupil : ELEVE
27
Fernando or Lorenzo : LAMAS
28
Live : EXIST
29
Slump : SAG
30
George Meredith heroine : RHODA
31
Word before drop : EAVES
32
They have colorful jobs : DYERS
34
Actress McClanahan : RUE
37
Grundy or Wiggs : MRS
38
Noised about : AIRED
40
Undertaking : PROJECT
41
Race division : LAP
43
Suffix with arch or witch : ERY
44
MacLaine movie : CANCAN
46
Comfort : CHEER
47
Kind of end or spin : TAIL
48
Formerly Christiania : OSLO
49
Demeanor : MIEN
50
Escutcheon border : ORLE
52
Ersatz : FAKE
53
Majestic : EPIC
54
Tear : RENT
57
Prefix for angle or color : TRI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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