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Virginia Godwin
Virginia Godwin

New York Times, Tuesday, June 24, 1975

49-Down : Difficulty

Author:
Virginia Godwin
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Virginia Godwin has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,446
Across
1
Grampuses : ORCS
5
Attention-getter : AHEM
9
Former V. P. : AGNEW
14
Weasel, in England : VARE
15
Weathercock : VANE
16
Hackneyed : TRITE
17
Places for: Suffix : ORIA
18
Make revisions : EDIT
19
___ la vista : HASTA
20
Diminished : LESSENED
22
Charioteer of note : BENHUR
23
Mythical descender : ORPHEUS
24
Firmness : GRIT
25
Bullring sound : OLE
26
Countable asset : BLESSING
30
Wing-shaped : ALARY
33
Steppe or moor, e.g. : TRACT
34
Boat-racer Wood : GAR
35
Peace or gas : PIPE
36
Material for the third pig's house : BRICK
37
Scottish island : IONA
38
Salton, for one : SEA
39
Straighten : ALINE
40
Bedeck : ARRAY
41
Wife of 23 Across : EURYDICE
43
Publicize : AIR
44
Let up on : EASE
45
Onions, chives, etc. : ALLIUMS
49
Bursts of activity : SPASMS
52
Sterne's "___ Shandy" : TRISTRAM
53
Miss Talmadge : NORMA
54
Early harp : LYRE
55
English river : AIRE
56
Quivery tree : ASPEN
57
Closely allied : AKIN
58
Tooth's partner : NAIL
59
Belgian port : GHENT
60
Muddle : MESS
61
Pronoun : THAT
Down
1
Convex molding : OVOLO
2
Less common : RARER
3
Bacon order : CRISP
4
Vacation spot : SEASHORE
5
Means of access : AVENUE
6
Where 41 Across went : HADES
7
Oklahoma city : ENID
8
N. L. player : MET
9
Unbeliever : ATHEIST
10
U. S. and Cary : GRANTS
11
Yugoslav city : NISH
12
"___, Brute" : ETTU
13
Fatigue : WEAR
21
Slippery : EELY
22
Hilly area, in England : BRECK
24
Candied : GLACE
26
Pickles' milleu : BRINE
27
Sikorsky : IGOR
28
Zola novel : NANA
29
Like Barbara Frietchie's hair : GRAY
30
Church area : APSE
31
Stead : LIEU
32
Armadillo : APAR
33
Moment : TRICE
36
Joy : BLISS
37
Sand in a shoe, i.e. : IRRITANT
39
Unbending : ADAMANT
40
Has troubles : AILS
42
Toadies : YESMEN
43
Foreigners : ALIENS
45
Column edge : ARRIS
46
Mr. Heep : URIAH
47
Callas : MARIA
48
Food fish : SMELT
49
Difficulty : SNAG
50
Fancy : POSH
51
Harps, in Italy : ARPE
52
Youngster : TYKE
54
Take it on the ___ : LAM

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

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