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Gloria Evans
Gloria Evans

New York Times, Friday, June 6, 1986

39-Down : "Close ___," 1963 song

Author:
Gloria Evans
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Gloria Evans has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,359
Across
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Nothing, to Navratilova : LOVE
5
Notable king of Judea : HEROD
10
Inits. for a figure expert : CPA
13
Romance lang. : ITAL
14
Where Greeks once gathered : AGORA
15
Celtic minstrel-poet : BARD
16
Parrot's remark? : MIMICRYCRY
18
Neighbor of Calif. : ARIZ
19
J. B. Rhine's field : ESP
20
Refs' kin : UMPS
21
Suit : BECOME
23
Countenance : ABET
24
Innsbruck's locale : TYROL
25
Kind of cow : SACRED
28
Khartoum native : SUDANESE
31
King of England: 946-55 : EDRED
32
Chesterfields : SOFAS
33
Tease : RIB
34
Lamb of pork fame : ELIA
35
Oscar-winning role for Borgnine : MARTY
36
Went lickety-split : TORE
37
Pro ___ : TEM
38
Plurality components : VOTES
39
Chan portrayer : TOLER
40
Prototype : ORIGINAL
42
To the point : COGENT
43
Curtain fabric : NINON
44
"___ con Dios," 1953 song : VAYA
45
Necktie : CRAVAT
47
Go it alone : SOLO
48
Early English money : ORA
51
Man or pot follower : HOLE
52
Ideal mother? : OPTIMUMMUM
55
Arabian sultanate : OMAN
56
Dorothy, to Em : NIECE
57
James II daughter : ANNE
58
Crony : PAL
59
Veered off course : YAWED
60
" ... many a summer ___ the swan" : DIES
Down
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Welles's role in "The Third Man" : LIME
2
Regretful Miss : OTIS
3
Improvise, in jazz : VAMP
4
Hebrew judge : ELI
5
Inflicted damage : HARMED
6
Snefru's realm : EGYPT
7
Fabulous birds : ROCS
8
Norris Trophy winner: 1968-75 : ORR
9
Song from "Godspell" : DAYBYDAY
10
Part for Lombard? : CAROLEROLE
11
Stiffly proper : PRIM
12
Cooper's tool : ADZE
15
"Novum Organum" author : BACON
17
Raised to the third power : CUBED
22
Significant periods : ERAS
23
Kind of rug : AREA
24
Mass. university : TUFTS
25
Take care of : SEETO
26
Austrian psychiatrist : ADLER
27
Capone? : CRIMINALAL
28
"The Red and the Black" protagonist : SOREL
29
Enchantress : SIREN
30
First president of Germany : EBERT
32
Prince of Darkness : SATAN
35
Wearisome uniformity : MONOTONY
36
Attire for Valerian : TOGA
38
Author Delmar : VINA
39
"Close ___," 1963 song : TOYOU
41
Kind of name : GIVEN
42
Tranquilized : CALMED
44
Sinatra's gift : VOICE
45
Tennis stroke : CHOP
46
Locale of the Via Condotti : ROMA
47
Fret : STEW
48
Hawks' arena : OMNI
49
Ancient alphabet character : RUNE
50
City on the Skunk : AMES
53
Brain covering, for short : PIA
54
Kind of money : MAD

Answer summary:
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