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Beverly J. Seward
Beverly J. Seward

New York Times, Thursday, July 7, 1983

1-Down : Captures

Author:
Beverly J. Seward
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2
Beverly J. Seward has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,294
Across
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Object sometimes thrown : BOOK
5
Energy source : STEAM
10
Stork's kin : IBIS
14
Mil. supplies : AMMO
15
What Yo-Yo Ma plays : CELLO
16
Subject for Goya : NUDE
17
Stagehand : GRIP
18
First great master of the symphony : HAYDN
19
Manège maneuver : VOLT
20
Ophthalmologist's office? : SITEFORSOREEYES
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Pall : CLOY
24
"To each his ___" : OWN
25
Toady : JACKAL
28
Ephemeral : FLEETING
33
Orinoco feeder : ARO
34
First Pulitzer Prize novelist : POOLE
36
Kind of eclipse : SOLAR
37
Punny panelist-publisher : CERF
39
Monetary unit of Belgium : FRANC
41
Hayworth : RITA
42
Late, late news time : ONEAM
44
Unembellished : STARK
46
Chiang ___-shek : KAI
47
Its capital is Bridgetown : BARBADOS
49
Not in the pink : UNWELL
51
Rubber tree : ULE
52
Saudi province : ASIR
53
Dentists' offices? : FILLINGSTATIONS
61
___ strut (plane part) : OLEO
62
Lackluster : VAPID
63
Bender : TOOT
64
His barter should have been smarter : ESAU
65
Novelist Zola : EMILE
66
O. T. book : EZRA
67
Enervates : SAPS
68
Lessor's collection : RENTS
69
Hitchcock's "___ Window" : REAR
Down
1
Captures : BAGS
2
A king of Israel : OMRI
3
Skip : OMIT
4
Coin for a shopper at GUM : KOPECK
5
___ hard knocks : SCHOOLOF
6
Lachrymose : TEARY
7
Isle and city in E England : ELYS
8
Actor Ray : ALDO
9
Eponym of an African capital : MONROE
10
Patent pursuer : INVENTOR
11
Hearten : BUOY
12
Otiose : IDLE
13
Environs for thespians : SETS
21
Rhubarb of a sort : FLAP
22
They often get fleeced : EWES
25
Sculptor Epstein : JACOB
26
Hippodrome : ARENA
27
Kitchen gadget : CORER
28
Women's shoe styles : FLATS
29
Entertainer Horne : LENA
30
"___ New York in June ... " : ILIKE
31
Its capital is Pietermaritzburg : NATAL
32
Chalice : GRAIL
35
Approximately : ORSO
38
Incredible : FABULOUS
40
Lofty campaigns : CRUSADES
43
Timbuktu is here : MALI
45
Word with double or hand : KNIT
48
Singer John : DENVER
50
Grub Street denizen : WRITER
52
Like the Tower of Pisa : ATILT
53
Eries and Senecas, e.g. : FOES
54
Bergman role in "Casablanca" : ILSA
55
Vault : LEAP
56
Ready for adventure : GAME
57
Ballet maneuver : SPIN
58
Guck or muck : OOZE
59
Author Ephron : NORA
60
Altair is one : STAR

Answer summary:
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