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Frances K. Schnitzer
Frances K. Schnitzer

New York Times, Thursday, June 30, 1983

10-Down : Delay

Author:
Frances K. Schnitzer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Frances K. Schnitzer has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,287
Across
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Prune's source : PLUM
5
Spanish toast : SALUD
10
Four-star review : RAVE
14
Ponselle : ROSA
15
Egg-shaped : OVATE
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Automnes' predecessors : ETES
17
Arabian Sea gulf : ADEN
18
Long short stories : NOVELETTES
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Treat via pills, etc. : MEDICATE
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Brownish gray : TAUPE
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Jamie of TV : FARR
24
Musical symbol : SLUR
26
Peeped : SPIED
29
Ignites : ENKINDLES
34
German toast : PROSIT
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Its spill may kill one with a bill : OIL
37
Lodger of a sort : ELK
38
Fabric fibers : LINT
39
Main artery : AORTA
41
Exchange premium : AGIO
42
Here, in Le Havre : ICI
43
Dernier ___ (latest style) : CRI
44
Per ___ : CAPITA
46
Kind of knockout : TECHNICAL
50
Roadside hostelry : MOTEL
51
Jot : IOTA
52
Vittles : EATS
54
Say "*!!*!!" : SWEAR
57
Like Marguerite's lover : FAUSTIAN
61
Equal in value or effect : TANTAMOUNT
64
Dark red pigment : LAKE
65
A language of Pakistan : URDU
66
Layden of football fame : ELMER
67
Sponsorship : EGIS
68
Eleanor's follower : BESS
69
Distrustful : LEERY
70
Pearl Buck book : SONS
Down
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Kensington Park vehicle : PRAM
2
Miner's bonanza : LODE
3
Threadbare, possibly : USED
4
Display : MANIFEST
5
Tracking device : SONAR
6
___ santé (French toast) : AVOTRE
7
Wash : LAVE
8
John Duncan was one : UTE
9
One of 50: Abbr. : DEL
10
Delay : RETARD
11
Volcanic island : ATTU
12
Barkley nickname : VEEP
13
Verb for Virgil : ESSE
19
Vingt-___ (gambling game) : ETUN
21
Mohammedan judge : CADI
24
Comedy sketch : SKIT
25
N.H. state flower : LILAC
26
Stock division : SPLIT
27
Miller's "The ___" : PRICE
28
Type of architecture : IONIC
30
Water wheel : NORIA
31
Not phony : LEGIT
32
Choice : ELITE
33
Scandinavian toast : SKOAL
35
Implied, but not expressed : TACIT
40
Sea film of 1977 : ORCA
41
___ Creed : APOSTLES
45
C.P.A.'s bottom lines : AMTS
47
Gap : HIATUS
48
Kaye of ballet fame : NORA
49
A throw at horseshoes : LEANER
53
The Angels' angel : AUTRY
54
Havana's last section : STUB
55
Hard follower : WARE
56
Extremities : ENDS
57
Reek : FUME
58
Othello's deceiver : IAGO
59
Related : AKIN
60
Famed crime fighter : NESS
62
Singer Tillis : MEL
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Carmichael's "___ Buttermilk Sky" : OLE

Answer summary:
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