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Virginia Hassinger
Virginia Hassinger

New York Times, Wednesday, June 10, 1981

26-Down : Singer Lena or Marilyn

Author:
Virginia Hassinger
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Virginia Hassinger has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,537
Across
1
___ one's time : BIDE
5
Resell tickets illegally : SCALP
10
Except : SAVE
14
Kind of forest : RAIN
15
Small drum : TABOR
16
Inst. like Northeastern : UNIV
17
"I the heir of all the ___": Tennyson : AGES
18
___ ear and out ... : INONE
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___ B'rith : BNAI
20
Words said with a sigh : YOUCANTWINEMALL
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Hep or hip : ONTO
24
Late shipping magnate's sobriquet : ARI
25
Sidetracks : SHUNTS
28
Triple Crown winner: 1948 : CITATION
33
___ word (coinage of a sort) : NONCE
34
Rivera work : MURAL
35
Year in the reign of Anastasius I : DVI
36
Site of Mercyhurst College : ERIE
37
Annual open golf tournament : DORAL
38
Turf used for fuel : PEAT
39
Suffix with exist : ENT
40
Gown material : SATIN
41
Abuse : BASTE
42
Perseverant; unwavering : RESOLUTE
44
Loser in 1980 : CARTER
45
Jet ___ : LAG
46
Beverage : COLA
47
Words said with a sigh : ITMIGHTHAVEBEEN
55
Mack's weapon : SHIV
56
___ of Cawdor : THANE
57
Behind schedule : LATE
58
Gate : TAKE
59
Sniggler for wrigglers : EELER
60
Bacchanals' cry : EVOE
61
Darb : ONER
62
Where Chanticleer rules : ROOST
63
Delight, mod style : SEND
Down
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Heehaw : BRAY
2
Roderigo's assassin : IAGO
3
Diable's opposite : DIEU
4
Settle snugly or securely : ENSCONCE
5
Tasks : STINTS
6
"Divine Comedy" division : CANTO
7
"And a certain man drew ___ ... ": I Kings 22:34 : ABOW
8
Actress Anderson : LONI
9
Before birth : PRENATAL
10
Say "uncle!" : SUBMIT
11
Vronsky's lover : ANNA
12
Medicine bottle : VIAL
13
Sinister : EVIL
21
Put up a poker chip : ANTE
22
Of an age : ERAL
25
Smile derisively : SNEER
26
Singer Lena or Marilyn : HORNE
27
Monads : UNITS
28
Discoverer of polonium : CURIE
29
OPEC country : IRAN
30
That is, to Cicero : IDEST
31
Like Humpty Dumpty : OVATE
32
Material for gunpowder : NITER
34
Suffragette Stanton's colleague : MOTT
37
"B.F.'s ___": Marquand : DAUGHTER
38
Apologues' kin : PARABLES
40
Scoria : SLAG
41
Bound bundle : BALE
43
Twist or Goldsmith : OLIVER
44
Hidden : COVERT
46
Weaves rattan : CANES
47
Ratio words : ISTO
48
"Easier said ___ done" : THAN
49
Emcee's need : MIKE
50
Kojak : THEO
51
Aureole : HALO
52
House part : EAVE
53
Jacket or collar : ETON
54
"A friend in ___" : NEED

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

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