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Virginia P. Abelson
Virginia P. Abelson

New York Times, Wednesday, July 27, 1983

Author:
Virginia P. Abelson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.4
Virginia P. Abelson has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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J
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D
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,314
Across
1
Lanchester or Maxwell : ELSA
5
Coalition : BLOC
9
Nuisance : PEST
13
"To fetch ___ of water" : APAIL
14
Hebrides island : IONA
15
Fitzgerald or Raines : ELLA
16
Please, in Potsdam : BITTE
17
Mars' counterpart : ARES
18
Bridge term : SLAM
19
Edge of a sort : ACEUPONESSLEEVE
22
One-chevron G.I. : PFC
23
Devour : EAT
24
Handy man : JACKOFALLTRADES
33
Out of town : AWAY
34
Greek letter : IOTA
35
"___ Maria" : AVE
36
Ancient ointment : NARD
37
Scorch : SINGE
39
Ricochet : SKIP
40
Time in N.Y.C. : EST
41
Jacket slit : VENT
42
Goodbye : TATA
43
Du Maurier novel : THEKINGSGENERAL
48
Bailey or Belli: Abbr. : ATT
49
Expend : USE
50
Gloriana : THEFAERIEQUEENE
59
Walk, with "it" : HOOF
60
Wooden pegs : NOGS
61
"Save the ___," Lemmon film : TIGER
62
Solan's kin : ERNE
63
Bird of the rail family : COOT
64
Rub out : ERASE
65
Comfort : EASE
66
Tritons : EFTS
67
Lease : RENT
Down
1
Heroic : EPIC
2
Tardy : LATE
3
In ___ (in position) : SITU
4
Syrian city : ALEPPO
5
Petruchio's sister-in-law : BIANCA
6
Learning : LORE
7
Dollars : ONES
8
Music lover's purchase : CASSETTE
9
Spanish coin : PESETA
10
Pronoun for Colette : ELLE
11
Croat, e.g. : SLAV
12
Antonym of feral : TAME
13
Goat's-hair fabric : ABA
20
Not on the mark : OFF
21
Pasternak heroine : LARA
24
Leigh or Gaynor : JANET
25
Overflowing : AWASH
26
A la ___ : CARTE
27
Author of "The Spanish Tragedy" : KYD
28
Gives off fluff : LINTS
29
Cut timber : LOG
30
Capital of Senegal : DAKAR
31
B'way musical : EVITA
32
Calyx part : SEPAL
37
Life is one : SENTENCE
38
Participial ending : ING
39
Bernadette, e.g. : STE
41
"Ars longa, ___ brevis" : VITA
44
Mocha in Munich : KAFFEE
45
Writers of bread-and-butter notes : GUESTS
46
Title of courtesy: Abbr. : ESQ
47
A gender : NEUTER
50
"Of ___ I Sing" : THEE
51
Israeli dance : HORA
52
Epochs and epochs : EONS
53
Heliport, at times : ROOF
54
"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
55
Gael's land : EIRE
56
Famed policeman Eddie ___ : EGAN
57
Where eggs get wings and legs : NEST
58
Palindromic preposition : ERE

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

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