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Jeanne Wilson
Jeanne Wilson

New York Times, Tuesday, March 8, 1983

1-Down : Italian marble center

Author:
Jeanne Wilson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { G H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 240 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 16, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jeanne Wilson has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,173
Across
1
Trade center : MART
5
Chicken ___ reine : ALA
8
"Nor iron ___ cage": Lovelace : BARSA
13
Solo for Scotto : ARIA
14
___ Palmas : LAS
15
Famed cow owner : OLEARY
17
Scorch : SEAR
18
Refuge : ARK
19
British Prime Minister: 1945-51 : ATTLEE
20
Roosevelt Dam's locale : SALTRIVER
23
A Colonial governor : EATON
24
Brazilian palm : ASSAI
25
Fruity drink : ADE
26
Creek : RIA
27
Baseball stat. : RBI
29
Specific hymnal : PSALTER
33
Instance : CASE
36
"___, O Ship of State!": Longfellow : SAILON
39
Lupino : IDA
40
Light ___ feather : ASA
41
Veteran tar : OLDSALT
42
Switch positions : ONS
43
Cap. of Georgia : ATL
44
Household pest : REDANT
45
Ginger follower : SNAP
46
Sodium ___ : NITRATE
48
Equal: Comb. form : ISO
50
Cereal grass : OAT
51
Ump's confrere : REF
54
Existing : ALIVE
58
Actress Beulah ___: 1892-1981 : BONDI
60
Kind of taffy : SALTWATER
62
Melting action : FUSION
64
Big ___, Calif. : SUR
65
Singer Vikki ___ : CARR
66
" ... all things ___": Heraclitus : AREONE
67
___ out (barely make it) : EKE
68
Other than : ELSE
69
Like impudent kids : SASSY
70
"___ Filles de Cadiz" : LES
71
Tinted : DYED
Down
1
Italian marble center : MASSA
2
Fields of study : AREAS
3
Iranian coins : RIALS
4
Steak ___ : TARTARE
5
U.S.S.R. range : ALAI
6
Tadpole, e.g. : LARVA
7
Invited : ASKED
8
Neckpiece : BOA
9
Catalyst of a sort : ALTERANT
10
Pass the word : RETAIL
11
Dancing : SALTATION
12
Mars: Comb. form : AREO
16
Hankering : YEN
21
Needle : RIB
22
Design again : REPLAN
28
Ait : ISLET
30
Conductor Georg ___ : SOLTI
31
Best of films : EDNA
32
File : RASP
33
He played Sonny Corleone : CAAN
34
Whence some vino comes : ASTI
35
Imperial Valley lake in Calif. : SALTONSEA
37
European vipers : ADDERS
38
"Rose ___ rose ... " : ISA
41
Ciceronian collection : ORATIONS
45
Comforted : SOLACED
47
Crystal sets, e.g. : RADIOS
49
Adage : SAW
52
Frame for Turner : EASEL
53
Accidental stroke of luck : FLUKE
55
"The Boot" : ITALY
56
Berryman product : VERSE
57
Made a boo-boo : ERRED
58
Deg. for a would-be Wood : BFA
59
Yours and mine : OURS
61
___ bien : TRES
63
A loser at Waterloo : NEY

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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