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Mary Virginia Orna
Mary Virginia Orna

New York Times, Friday, June 19, 1981

Author:
Mary Virginia Orna
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 35.5
Mary Virginia Orna has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
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O
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C
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D
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Z
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A
V
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C
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B
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P
L
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N
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B
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C
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N
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F
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G
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N
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R
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P
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T
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H
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N
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A
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K
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A
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T
H
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I
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S
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T
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M
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N
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G
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M
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A
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G
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R
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T
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T
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U
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H
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D
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A
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C
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L
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D
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,546
Across
1
Famed anthropologist : BOAS
5
Pros : ACES
9
Hatchetlike tool : ADZE
13
"___ plaisir!" : AVEC
14
Highlands hillside : BRAE
15
Exercised : PLIED
16
Character in Jonson's "Sejanus" : NERO
17
Sturdy fiber : BAST
18
River of the Argonne Forest : AISNE
19
Climbing spurge of Madagascar : CROWNOFTHORNS
22
Name in Cooperstown : OTT
23
"Stamboul Train" author : GREENE
26
Disgusts : REPELS
30
"In ___ Our Life": Glasgow : THIS
32
"Neither snow, ___ rain ... " : NOR
33
Roman rooms : ATRIA
34
City on the Dnepr : KIEV
35
" ... unto us ___ is given" : ASON
36
Continuous annoyance : THORNINONESSIDE
39
Mild : TAME
40
Yuletide concoctions : NOGS
41
Levels, e.g. : TOOLS
42
Duo after em : ENO
43
Prefix with physics : META
44
Deep red shade : GARNET
45
Boxholder : RENTER
47
Athenians' 300 : TAU
48
McCullough novel : THETHORNBIRDS
55
Ermine : STOAT
57
Jejune : ARID
58
Rail : COOT
59
Galloon : ORRIS
60
Behindhand : LATE
61
___ May Oliver : EDNA
62
"Happy ___," Beckett play : DAYS
63
Pip : ONER
64
Hart or hind : DEER
Down
1
Judgment seat : BANC
2
Done : OVER
3
Prefix with sol or space : AERO
4
Barge : SCOW
5
Priory principals : ABBOTS
6
Weaving or knitting, e.g. : CRAFT
7
Down ___ (New England or Maine) : EAST
8
A son of Adam : SETH
9
Dress style : ALINE
10
Strife : DISSENSION
11
Form of Buddhism : ZEN
12
City near Ibadan : EDE
15
Samlets : PARRS
20
Man in "The Man Without a Country" : NOLAN
21
Gothic arch : OGIVE
24
Bean : NOODLE
25
Gann or Renan : ERNEST
26
Stoolie : RATTER
27
Gaseous hydrocarbon : ETHANE
28
Headland : PROMONTORY
29
Erstwhile name of a republic : EIRE
30
Pennsylvania county : TIOGA
31
Layers : HENS
34
Bend or hitch : KNOT
35
Ancient stringed instrument : ASOR
37
Supine : INERT
38
Rusty of baseball : STAUB
43
Assembles : MEETS
44
Male graylag : GANDER
46
Opera by Massenet : THAIS
47
Shopworn : TRITE
49
Relative of a corona : HALO
50
Algerian seaport : ORAN
51
Chilled : ICED
52
Teased : RODE
53
Finished : DONE
54
Thuban, e.g. : STAR
55
Turf : SOD
56
La leader : TRA

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

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