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Rosalind Pavane
Rosalind Pavane

New York Times, Wednesday, June 3, 1981

21-Down : Gaelic

Author:
Rosalind Pavane
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Rosalind Pavane has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,530
Across
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Coalition of a sort : BLOC
5
Like Red Riding Hood's wolf : BAD
8
Scheme : PLOT
12
Italian capital, to Loren : ROMA
13
Spanish coins : DUROS
15
Distinctive air : AURA
16
Opposed, in Dogpatch : AGIN
17
Prefix for mural or venous : INTRA
18
Precipitation : RAIN
19
Wagnerian opera, with "Die" : GOTTERDAMMERUNG
22
Air Force heroes : ACES
23
N.B.A. player : PRO
24
District : SECTOR
27
Accessory for Lew Archer : HOLSTER
31
South African village : KRAAL
32
Brawl : MELEE
33
Cover : LID
35
Desires : YENS
36
Packer of bulky goods : BALER
37
Beau Brummell : DUDE
38
Outside: Prefix : ECT
39
Founder of French opera : LULLY
40
Poet W. H. : AUDEN
41
Home of the Blue Jays : TORONTO
43
Main highway : ARTERY
44
Brain-wave rec. : EEG
45
Heroic : EPIC
46
Bernstein one-act opera: 1952 : TROUBLEINTAHITI
54
Banish : OUST
55
Outdo : EXCEL
56
Roman god of war : MARS
57
Erase : DELE
58
Affectionate term of address : DEARY
59
"I've Got ___ in Kalamazoo" : AGAL
60
Scent : ODOR
61
Highway sign : SLO
62
City in Alaska : NOME
Down
1
Boast : BRAG
2
Trademark : LOGO
3
Leave out : OMIT
4
Choral works : CANTATAS
5
Leagues, German style : BUNDS
6
Department or river of Greece : ARTA
7
Univ. building : DORM
8
Imitate : PARROT
9
Hilo feast : LUAU
10
"Mourning Becomes Electra" role : ORIN
11
Pungency : TANG
13
More ominous : DIRER
14
Cloth that may contain a motto : SAMPLER
20
Environmental biol. : ECOL
21
Gaelic : ERSE
24
___ terrier : SKYE
25
Like homo sapiens : ERECT
26
Division of a Pound poem : CANTO
27
Greeting for the Levi lass : HELLO
28
Composer Speaks : OLEY
29
Be evasive : ELUDE
30
T.R. was a "Rough" one : RIDER
32
Beer ingredient : MALT
34
Disown : DENY
36
Made a hash of : BUNGLED
37
Wagner's "The Flying ___" : DUTCHMAN
39
Famed physiologist: 1859-1924 : LOEB
40
Operatic song : ARIA
42
Founder of an international news agency : REUTER
43
In a suitable way : APTLY
45
First month in Tijuana : ENERO
46
Commotion; fuss : TODO
47
Regretted : RUED
48
Capital of Norway : OSLO
49
Former spouses : EXES
50
Ending with poet : ICAL
51
Operatic and dramatic villain : IAGO
52
Streetcar in London : TRAM
53
Homophone for I'll : ISLE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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