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Virginia P. Abelson
Virginia P. Abelson

New York Times, Saturday, August 17, 1985

43-Down : Fireplace screen

Author:
Virginia P. Abelson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q U V X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Virginia P. Abelson has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
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F
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,066
Across
1
Twerps : DRIPS
6
Soprano Gluck : ALMA
10
"The ___ 'e knows ... ": Kipling : ORSE
14
Author of "Gods, Graves and Scholars" : CERAM
15
"Billy ___": Courtenay film : LIAR
16
Seines : NETS
17
One-time Globetrotter : MEADOWLARKLEMON
20
Flower chain : FESTOON
21
Put on a pedestal : ADORE
22
"Scarface" director : HOWARDHAWKS
25
Scraped : RASPED
29
Widely outspread : OARY
30
Less cordial : ICIER
31
Locarno event: 1925 : PACT
33
Beame or Burrows : ABE
36
Designer of St. Paul's Cathedral : CHRISTOPHERWREN
40
Half a bray : HEE
41
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
42
Healing: Comb. form : IATRO
43
Gambling game : FARO
45
Bitterns' kin : EGRETS
46
Nixon's first Secretary of HEW : ROBERTFINCH
51
Houston's The Summit, e.g. : ARENA
52
Sporting dogs : SETTERS
56
Pope John Paul II, once : CARDINALWOJTYLA
60
Pronoun for Piaf : ELLE
61
Incite : ABET
62
Mr. T's group : ATEAM
63
Bambi, e.g. : DEER
64
Rods : GATS
65
Outdoes : BESTS
Down
1
Brit. mil. award : DCM
2
"Donovan's ___": 1963 film : REEF
3
Dies ___ : IRAE
4
Tablets : PADS
5
Entertainer Tom or Dick : SMOTHERS
6
Let : ALLOW
7
Climbing plant : LIANA
8
Damage : MAR
9
Barn-voyage craft? : ARK
10
"___ at a Time" : ONEDAY
11
Cut grass again : REMOW
12
Adjutant : STORK
13
Anglo-Saxon laborers : ESNES
18
Irwin's driver, e.g. : WOOD
19
Author of "Notes on a Cowardly Lion" : LAHR
23
Rock for René : ROCHE
24
Kind of palm : DATE
25
Affluent : RICH
26
Word after back or head : ACHE
27
Secretariat's retirement role : SIRE
28
Architect I.M. ___ : PEI
31
Rainbow's ___ gold : POTOF
32
Wou-wou : APE
33
Pitti Palace display : ARTE
34
Convy or Wheeler : BERT
35
Simian space traveler : ENOS
37
Caustic : TART
38
Weapon for Hearns : RIGHTJAB
39
"Ares' chick": Aristophanes : WAR
43
Fireplace screen : FENDER
44
Goddesses of vengeance : ARAI
45
Outside: Comb. form : ECTO
46
Sped : RACED
47
Fanon : ORALE
48
Adolf or Milton : BERLE
49
Eyot : ISLET
50
Tritons : NEWTS
53
Suffix for cigar : ETTE
54
Bread and whisky : RYES
55
Louver board : SLAT
57
Faultfinder : NAG
58
Arabian garment : ABA
59
Morning hrs. : AMS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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