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Virginia P. Abelson
Virginia P. Abelson

New York Times, Monday, May 16, 1983

Author:
Virginia P. Abelson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.66, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 23.1
Virginia P. Abelson has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,242
Across
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Cavalry weapon : SABER
6
N.Y.S.E. high risk : SPEC
10
Entreat : PRAY
14
Madison Square Garden, e.g. : ARENA
15
O'Hara home : TARA
16
Up-front spot at the Met : ROWE
17
R2-D2, e.g. : ROBOT
18
Journalist Jacob : RIIS
19
Fleming and Hunter : IANS
20
Broadway musical of 1957 : WESTSIDESTORY
23
Actress Ullmann : LIV
24
Corn spike : EAR
25
Mulberry and Henry Sts., etc., N.Y.C. : LOWEREASTSIDE
32
Coin of Capri : LIRA
33
Dyers' vessels : VATS
34
Eve's genesis : RIB
36
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
37
"___ Street Blues," 1916 song : BEALE
39
Grow dim : FADE
40
"___ transit gloria mundi" : SIC
41
Weapons : ARMS
42
Mimicked : APED
43
Jean Renoir film: 1945 : THESOUTHERNER
48
Superlative ending : EST
49
Greek vowel : ETA
50
Early Frost work : NORTHOFBOSTON
57
Actress Damita : LILI
58
Always : EVER
59
"___ and Ale," Maugham work : CAKES
61
Skilled : ABLE
62
Charge : RATE
63
"___ moi le déluge" : APRES
64
Autocrat : TSAR
65
Scads : SLEW
66
Sets the pace : LEADS
Down
1
Isl. near Corsica : SAR
2
"And pretty maids all in ___" : AROW
3
Rebozo : BEBE
4
He lived 905 years : ENOS
5
Kind of snake or trap : RATTLE
6
Struggle : STRIVE
7
Stamp on a check : PAID
8
Canal or city : ERIE
9
Music lover's purchase : CASSETTE
10
A ___ (deductively) : PRIORI
11
Bellow : ROAR
12
Bearded, as barley : AWNY
13
Affirmative answer : YES
21
Solti's title : SIR
22
Soviet news service : TASS
25
Confine : LIMIT
26
Spinachlike plant : ORACH
27
Wouk's "The Winds of ___" : WAR
28
Ahab's "Cease!" : AVAST
29
Maglie or Mineo : SAL
30
Heavy curtain : DRAPE
31
Sea duck : EIDER
32
___ Alamos, N.M. : LOS
35
Cot, e.g. : BED
37
Karamazovs, e.g. : BROTHERS
38
Relative of an ostrich : EMU
39
Rooter : FAN
41
Kind of prof. : ASST
44
Stranger : EERIER
45
Israel's official language : HEBREW
46
Ike's command in W.W. II : ETO
47
Scamp : RASCAL
50
His ___, the boss : NIBS
51
___ podrida (soup or stew) : OLLA
52
Football shape : OVAL
53
Gala event : FETE
54
Red or ticker follower : TAPE
55
Gumbo : OKRA
56
Require : NEED
57
Livy's lang. : LAT
60
Govt. agency : SSS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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