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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Tuesday, September 17, 1974

8-Down : Miss Rutherford et al.

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,166
Across
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Turkish title : PASHA
6
Quarrel : SPAT
10
Lynda Bird ___ : ROBB
14
"___ with a View" : AROOM
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Marine bird : ERNE
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Eye part : UVEA
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Scout unit : TROOP
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Rocky Mountain height : LONGSPEAK
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Mountain-climbers' grips : HANDHOLDS
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Mesta : PERLE
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Ancient date : IDES
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Sharp ridges : ARETES
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Kind of snake : GARTER
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Color : HUE
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Eastern princes : RAJAHS
30
Exaggerated fears : BUGABOOS
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Counterpart : IMAGE
36
Self: Prefix : AUT
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Animal backs : DORSA
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In an ethereal way : AERIALLY
40
Inclined : LEANED
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Banana or drawer : TOP
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More precise : NEATER
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Church parts : SPIRES
47
Called up : RANG
48
One with longings : PINER
49
Sherpas' milieu : HIMALAYAS
54
Genetic opposite of dominant : RECESSIVE
56
Piano-key material : IVORY
57
Greek letters : ETAS
58
"Somewhere ___ the rainbow ... " : OVER
59
Word with truth : NAKED
60
Lesson : EASE
61
N. Y. five : NETS
62
___ over (whitewash) : GLOSS
Down
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N.Y.-N.J. transit : PATH
2
Irish expletive : ARRA
3
Before long : SOON
4
Mobster : HOOD
5
Colosseum and others : AMPHITHEATERS
6
Wall St. bear : SELLER
7
Incites : PRODS
8
Miss Rutherford et al. : ANNS
9
Young sheep : TEG
10
Indian money : RUPEE
11
Manifest : OVERT
12
Memphis blues street : BEALE
13
Prepares oysters Rockefeller : BAKES
19
Stretching out : SPREADEAGLING
21
Poetic works : ODES
24
Month: Abbr. : AUG
25
Plucky : GAME
26
Like some doors : AJAR
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Eastern grass : RAGI
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Shelter : HUT
29
Inlet : RIA
30
Be bullish : BUY
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Life or gravy : BOAT
32
River of France : ORNE
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Dare, in France : OSER
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Downcast : SAD
36
Mountain : ALP
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___ Alamos : LOS
40
Miss Horne : LENA
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New parents, at times : NAMERS
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Binge : SPREE
44
Michelangelo work : PIETA
45
Cuzco people : INCAS
46
Dodgers' Pee Wee : REESE
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Fasten firmly : RIVET
49
Active place : HIVE
50
Of grandparents : AVAL
51
___ Ono : YOKO
52
Greek god : ARES
53
Chaplin son et al. : SYDS
55
Family member : SON

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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