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Virginia P. Abelson
Virginia P. Abelson

New York Times, Tuesday, February 7, 1984

Author:
Virginia P. Abelson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 26.6
Virginia P. Abelson has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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A
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N
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D
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S
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O
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I
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C
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F
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R
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R
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P
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T
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C
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B
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A
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H
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C
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O
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Y
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G
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E
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N
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E
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L
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G
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C
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S
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R
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D
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L
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X
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T
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R
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S
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Y
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E
M
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M
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G
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A
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V
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P
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L
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H
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C
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O
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C
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K
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M
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F
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T
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K
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,509
Across
1
Connective : AND
4
Follower of Zeno : STOIC
9
Italian friar's title : FRA
12
Charles VII, e.g. : ROI
13
___ Alegre, Brazil : PORTO
14
Labor : TOIL
15
Restrain : CURB
17
Martian, e.g. : ALIEN
18
Kop, to a Boer : HILL
19
Huxley's "___ Hay" : ANTIC
21
American folk ballad : TOMDOOLEY
23
Inexperienced : GREEN
25
Desirable tree : ELM
26
Expressing sorrow : ELEGIAC
29
Calumniated : SMEARED
33
Least strict : LAXEST
34
Hied : RAN
35
Holmes vehicle : SHAY
36
Arab princes : EMIRS
37
Phiz : MUG
38
Over : ABOVE
39
Huge : VAST
40
Before: Prefix : PRE
41
Schumann's songs : LIEDER
42
Waters and Williams : ESTHERS
44
Frame of a ship : CARCASS
45
"___ y plata," Montana motto : ORO
46
Author of "The Cheat": 1941 : CAPEK
47
Pitcher in three World Series : TOMMYJOHN
51
Put off : DEFER
55
Where Laos is : ASIA
56
Upright : ERECT
58
Record : TAPE
59
___ du Salut (Safety Islands) : ILES
60
Transparent : CLEAR
61
Kith's partner : KIN
62
Actor Chaney : LON
63
Province of Umbria : TERNI
64
Outer: Comb. form : ECT
Down
1
Medieval Italian chest : ARCA
2
Parsing word : NOUN
3
Grime : DIRT
4
Bath, e.g. : SPA
5
Pre-Aztec Indian in Mexico : TOLTEC
6
Astral hunter : ORION
7
Article : ITEM
8
Doom : CONDEMN
9
Fencing weapon : FOIL
10
Peeve : RILE
11
Partner : ALLY
14
Subject of an Anouilh play : THOMASBECKET
16
Protagonist of a Wright novel : BIGGERTHOMAS
20
Wooden stand : CRISS
22
Comedian Olsen : OLE
24
Breakfast : EAT
26
Parisian pupil : ELEVE
27
Fernando or Lorenzo : LAMAS
28
Live : EXIST
29
Slump : SAG
30
George Meredith heroine : RHODA
31
Word before drop : EAVES
32
They have colorful jobs : DYERS
34
Actress McClanahan : RUE
37
Grundy or Wiggs : MRS
38
Noised about : AIRED
40
Undertaking : PROJECT
41
Race division : LAP
43
Suffix with arch or witch : ERY
44
MacLaine movie : CANCAN
46
Comfort : CHEER
47
Kind of end or spin : TAIL
48
Formerly Christiania : OSLO
49
Demeanor : MIEN
50
Escutcheon border : ORLE
52
Ersatz : FAKE
53
Majestic : EPIC
54
Tear : RENT
57
Prefix for angle or color : TRI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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