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Virginia Butler
New York Times, Wednesday, September 29, 1976
Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 40.0
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 L | 3 A | 4 S | 5 P | 6 T | 7 I | 8 R | 9 E | 10 V | 11 E | 12 G | 13 A |
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14 L | A | L | L | A | 15 U | R | A | N | 16 I | T | E | S |
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17 A | M | E | E | R | 18 L | O | N | G | 19 J | O | H | N | S |
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20 M | A | N | E | A | 21 T | I | N | G | 22 A | L | E | R | T |
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23 P | I | P | S | 24 S | C | A | R | E | S |
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25 B | 26 A | 27 T | H | E | S | 28 W | O | K | ||||||
29 T | E | T | H | E | R | 30 R | E | T | I | 31 C | 32 U | 33 L | 34 E |
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35 A | L | T | A | R | 36 B | E | D | 37 E | A | S | E | L |
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38 P | L | A | N | N | 39 E | R | S | 40 T | O | K | E | N | S |
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41 A | M | O | 42 C | A | N | E | R | S | ||||||
43 S | 44 H | 45 I | 46 L | L | S | 47 A | L | B | A | |||||
48 L | A | N | A | I | 49 T | R | O | U | S | 50 S | 51 E | 52 A | 53 U |
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54 A | R | O | M | A | 55 T | I | C | S | 56 S | I | L | L | S |
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57 V | E | R | B | 58 A | L | A | E | 59 I | L | I | A | C |
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60 E | D | G | Y | 61 N | E | S | T | 62 S | T | A | N | G |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,909
Across
1
Embrace : CLASP
6
Jade : TIRE
10
Star in Lyra : VEGA
14
Miss Rookh : LALLA
15
Monitor lizard : URAN
16
Followers: Suffix : ITES
17
Moslem noble : AMEER
18
Warm underwear : LONGJOHNS
20
Like some sharks : MANEATING
22
Warn : ALERT
23
Lulus : PIPS
24
Says boo to : SCARES
25
Makes wet : BATHES
28
Utensil for foo yong : WOK
29
Scope : TETHER
30
Small purse : RETICULE
35
Center of worship : ALTAR
36
Water or flower : BED
37
Artist's need : EASEL
38
Ones who project : PLANNERS
40
Subway needs : TOKENS
41
Common Latin word : AMO
42
Chair workers : CANERS
43
Come-on artists : SHILLS
47
Spanish duke : ALBA
48
Veranda : LANAI
49
Hope-chest come true : TROUSSEAU
54
Fragrant plants : AROMATICS
56
Milton or Beverly : SILLS
57
Certain word : VERB
58
Wings : ALAE
59
Sacro-___ : ILIAC
60
Tense : EDGY
61
Fit together : NEST
62
Arnold of movies : STANG
Down
1
___ up : CLAM
2
Tibetan monk : LAMA
3
Danish measure : ALEN
4
Old ship cradle : SLEE
5
Personal belongings : PARAPHERNALIA
6
Bright flowers : TULIPS
7
Clubs for Snead : IRONS
8
Phoned : RANG
9
Eur. country : ENG
10
___ d'amore : VIOLA
11
Heavens : ETHER
12
Style : GENRE
13
Helpers: Abbr. : ASSTS
19
Well-known widow : JACKIEONASSIS
21
Layer : TIER
24
Tosspot : SOT
25
Carillon unit : BELL
26
"___ boy!" : ATTA
27
Conjunction : THAN
28
Day: Abbr. : WED
29
On ___ (available) : TAP
30
Legal thing : RES
31
Thing to take : CAKE
32
Employer : USER
33
Refracting device : LENS
34
Letters : ELS
36
Relative: Abbr. : BRO
39
German spa : EMS
40
Forbidden : TABU
42
Fibber McGee's catchall : CLOSET
43
Bondman : SLAVE
44
Ran swiftly : HARED
45
Neither plant nor animal: Abbr. : INORG
46
___ pie (sweetie) : LAMBY
47
Son of Zeus : ARCAS
49
Pipe material : TILE
50
Sediment : SILT
51
Essayist : ELIA
52
Old hunting dog : ALAN
53
Initials for a Spar : USCG
55
Black and ___ : TAN
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 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.