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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Wednesday, September 29, 1976

13-Down : Helpers: Abbr.

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, 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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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,909
Across
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Embrace : CLASP
6
Jade : TIRE
10
Star in Lyra : VEGA
14
Miss Rookh : LALLA
15
Monitor lizard : URAN
16
Followers: Suffix : ITES
17
Moslem noble : AMEER
18
Warm underwear : LONGJOHNS
20
Like some sharks : MANEATING
22
Warn : ALERT
23
Lulus : PIPS
24
Says boo to : SCARES
25
Makes wet : BATHES
28
Utensil for foo yong : WOK
29
Scope : TETHER
30
Small purse : RETICULE
35
Center of worship : ALTAR
36
Water or flower : BED
37
Artist's need : EASEL
38
Ones who project : PLANNERS
40
Subway needs : TOKENS
41
Common Latin word : AMO
42
Chair workers : CANERS
43
Come-on artists : SHILLS
47
Spanish duke : ALBA
48
Veranda : LANAI
49
Hope-chest come true : TROUSSEAU
54
Fragrant plants : AROMATICS
56
Milton or Beverly : SILLS
57
Certain word : VERB
58
Wings : ALAE
59
Sacro-___ : ILIAC
60
Tense : EDGY
61
Fit together : NEST
62
Arnold of movies : STANG
Down
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___ up : CLAM
2
Tibetan monk : LAMA
3
Danish measure : ALEN
4
Old ship cradle : SLEE
5
Personal belongings : PARAPHERNALIA
6
Bright flowers : TULIPS
7
Clubs for Snead : IRONS
8
Phoned : RANG
9
Eur. country : ENG
10
___ d'amore : VIOLA
11
Heavens : ETHER
12
Style : GENRE
13
Helpers: Abbr. : ASSTS
19
Well-known widow : JACKIEONASSIS
21
Layer : TIER
24
Tosspot : SOT
25
Carillon unit : BELL
26
"___ boy!" : ATTA
27
Conjunction : THAN
28
Day: Abbr. : WED
29
On ___ (available) : TAP
30
Legal thing : RES
31
Thing to take : CAKE
32
Employer : USER
33
Refracting device : LENS
34
Letters : ELS
36
Relative: Abbr. : BRO
39
German spa : EMS
40
Forbidden : TABU
42
Fibber McGee's catchall : CLOSET
43
Bondman : SLAVE
44
Ran swiftly : HARED
45
Neither plant nor animal: Abbr. : INORG
46
___ pie (sweetie) : LAMBY
47
Son of Zeus : ARCAS
49
Pipe material : TILE
50
Sediment : SILT
51
Essayist : ELIA
52
Old hunting dog : ALAN
53
Initials for a Spar : USCG
55
Black and ___ : TAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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