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Margetts
Margetts

New York Times, Tuesday, April 28, 1981

Author:
Margetts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 6, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Margetts has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,494
Across
1
Antony and Connelly : MARCS
6
Los Angeles eleven : RAMS
10
Thrust : STAB
14
W.W. II beach : OMAHA
15
Netherlands town : EDAM
16
Total reached by a surveyor : AREA
17
Where Gov. Atiyeh works : SALEM
18
Overenthusiastic : GAGA
19
Fashion creator : DIOR
20
Work by 45 Down : THEFOURMILLION
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100 square meters : ARE
24
Word with Palmas or Vegas : LAS
25
Work by 45 Down, with "The" : COPANDTHEANTHEM
34
Cheers in Toledo : OLES
35
Rootless aquatic plant : ALGA
36
A goal for NOW : ERA
37
Anatomical network : RETE
38
Early TV comedian : BERLE
40
Type of house, on campus : FRAT
41
LX divided by XX : III
42
Wild plum : SLOE
43
Billy or Pete : ROSE
44
Work by 45 Down, with "The" : OCTOPUSMAROONED
49
Pronoun : HER
50
One of 320 in a mile : ROD
51
Work by 45 Down : THETRIMMEDLAMP
59
Gab : CHIN
60
Object of worship : IDOL
61
Ancient region of Asia Minor : IONIA
62
Singer Vikki : CARR
63
Hawaiian goose : NENE
64
Taunts : TWITS
65
"The Voice of the ___," by 45 Down : CITY
66
Butt or butter : GOAT
67
Gossipy woman : YENTA
Down
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Greatest number of : MOST
2
Nanking nursemaid : AMAH
3
Abnormal breathing sound : RALE
4
Kitchen general : CHEF
5
Pago Pago person : SAMOAN
6
First filly to win the Kentucky Derby : REGRET
7
First gardener : ADAM
8
"The Gift of the ___," by 45 Down : MAGI
9
Wild celery : SMALLAGE
10
Follower of a well-known marquis : SADIST
11
King Cole's fiddlers : TRIO
12
Ages and ages : AEON
13
Sand or chocolate follower : BAR
21
Indian bean : URD
22
Actress Turner : LANA
25
Burlesque queen : CORIO
26
Obtained from oil : OLEIC
27
Kind of jury : PETIT
28
Suffix denoting an enzyme : ASE
29
Place for a sheik's wives : HAREM
30
Building extension : ELL
31
Stork's relative : HERON
32
Clean the slate : ERASE
33
Beat at chess : MATED
38
Smearing : BLURRING
39
Goddess of the dawn : EOS
40
To's companion : FRO
42
Small barracuda : SPET
45
William S. Porter : OHENRY
46
Biceps band : ARMLET
47
Brooklyn Dodgers' Preacher : ROE
48
Peculiar thing : ODDITY
51
Native of Bangkok : THAI
52
Trumpeter Al : HIRT
53
Prefix for logical or motor : IDEO
54
Actress Maris : MONA
55
Actor Edmund : LOWE
56
Have ___ with (enjoy influence) : ANIN
57
Padded glove : MITT
58
"Qué ___?" ("What's the matter?"): Sp. : PASA
59
Org. under F.D.R. : CCC

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

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