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Virginia L. Yates
Virginia L. Yates

New York Times, Monday, August 26, 1985

28-Down : To no avail

Author:
Virginia L. Yates
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Virginia L. Yates has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,075
Across
1
Combines resources : POOLS
6
Fuddy-duddies : DODOS
11
Phooey : BAH
14
Indignation : ANGER
15
Run away, in a way : ELOPE
16
Full of: Suffix : OSE
17
Priggish : STRAITLACED
19
Brownie's org.'s original initials : GSA
20
___ the line (obeyed) : TOED
21
" ... a right jolly old ___" : ELF
22
Found fault : NAGGED
24
Boston Common tree : ELM
26
Surfeit : SATIETY
27
Cause confusion : DISRUPT
31
Exercise, as power : WIELD
32
Flurry : ADO
33
More orderly : NEATER
35
Nervous : EDGY
38
Speak on impulse, with "out" : BLURT
40
Dessert : PIE
41
"Two hearts that beat ___" : ASONE
42
Since: Scot. : SYNE
43
Follower of Falstaff : PISTOL
45
Peaked : WAN
46
Interior designer's concern : DECOR
48
Learned persons : SAVANTS
50
Minotaur's slayer : THESEUS
52
Colonial cabinet : KAS
53
Distribute another hand : REDEAL
54
Grippe's cousin : FLU
56
Melon or pumpkin : PEPO
60
Letters after em : ENO
61
Simplified : STREAMLINED
64
Sandy's bark : ARF
65
Keats's Muse : ERATO
66
Rebelled : AROSE
67
Quarrel: Abbr. : DIF
68
Units of force : DYNES
69
Gamma follower : DELTA
Down
1
Kind of participle : PAST
2
Hip : ONTO
3
Monster : OGRE
4
Head : LEADER
5
___ Lanka : SRI
6
Farmer's place : DELL
7
Norwegian royal name : OLAF
8
"What's up, ___?" : DOC
9
The outdoors : OPENAIR
10
Decorous : SEDATE
11
Mired : BOGGEDDOWN
12
Thing of value : ASSET
13
Intoxicating : HEADY
18
Home of Ariz.'s Sun Devils : TEMPE
23
Patron saint of cripples : GILES
25
Fontanne's co-star : LUNT
26
Confections : SWEETS
27
Pats; smidgens : DABS
28
To no avail : IDLY
29
Cut loose verbally : SOUNDEDOFF
30
Rhinoceroslike mammals : TAPIRS
34
"___ the season to be jolly" : TIS
36
Midge : GNAT
37
Hankers : YENS
39
Singer Della : REESE
41
Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
43
Fowl : POULTRY
44
Boat-seam sealer : OAKUM
47
Halted : CEASED
49
Aim high : ASPIRE
50
Crush underfoot : TREAD
51
Painter Matisse : HENRI
54
Regale : FETE
55
Vientiane's country : LAOS
57
Chemical compound : ENOL
58
Nuisance : PEST
59
Music halls : ODEA
62
Also-___ (loser) : RAN
63
Stripling : LAD

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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