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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Thursday, June 20, 1974

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { H J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,077
Across
1
Singers : ALTOS
6
Wayside Inn fare : TALE
10
___ even keel : ONAN
14
Musical instrument : VIOLA
15
Iranian coin : RIAL
16
Arabian drink : BOZA
17
Serve : AVAIL
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Ones neither withdrawn nor outgoing : AMBIVERTS
20
Capabilities : RESOURCES
22
Black-ink item : ASSET
23
Fit to be ___ : TIED
24
Like some clouds : FLEECY
25
Updates a chart : REMAPS
28
Earlier than: Prefix : PRE
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Restricts : LIMITS
30
Dustin Hoffman role : GRADUATE
35
Kind of acid : AMINO
36
Trifle : TOY
37
"The Lady ___" : INRED
38
Private teaching : TUTORING
40
Skillful : SCIENT
41
Doer: Suffix : IST
42
Patio-chair material : RATTAN
43
Glove feature : INSEAM
47
Machete : BOLO
48
Lloyd or Philip : NOLAN
49
Checkroom needs : COATRACKS
54
Place for a blackboard : CLASSROOM
56
Empty : INANE
57
Got off : ALIT
58
English composer : ARNE
59
Irk : ANNOY
60
Capitol men: Abbr. : SENS
61
Look closely : PEER
62
Retreats : NESTS
Down
1
Caucasian native : AVAR
2
Not on tape : LIVE
3
Samoan warriors : TOAS
4
Hodgepodge : OLIO
5
Spring orators : SALUTATORIANS
6
Vestiges : TRACES
7
Prepared to fire : AIMED
8
Science rooms : LABS
9
Samuel's teacher : ELI
10
Overweight : OBESE
11
Oslo people : NORSE
12
Mexican Indian : AZTEC
13
Spiteful : NASTY
19
Spring orator : VALEDICTORIAN
21
Certain tides : RIPS
24
Brother : FRA
25
N. Z. tree : RIMU
26
Express : EMIT
27
Japanese cape : MINO
28
Use a crowbar : PRY
29
School subject: Abbr. : LAT
30
Guildhall statue : GOG
31
Kind of rule or pricing : UNIT
32
Space : AREA
33
State: Abbr. : TENN
34
Time initials : EDT
36
Explosive : TNT
39
Theory : ISM
40
Condiment : SALT
42
Nomad : ROAMER
43
S. A. natives : INCAS
44
___ prosequi : NOLLE
45
Done in : SLAIN
46
" ... the ___ gift": Browning : EASTS
47
Daniel or Pat : BOONE
49
Fruit part : CORE
50
Boleyn : ANNE
51
Preserves : CANS
52
Carrick bend : KNOT
53
Cuts of beef, in Scotland : SEYS
55
Door sound : RAP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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