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Virginia L. Yates
Virginia L. Yates

New York Times, Tuesday, June 21, 1983

24-Across : Black cuckoos

Author:
Virginia L. Yates
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Virginia L. Yates has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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L
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R
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L
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L
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P
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C
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,278
Across
1
Broadway bomb : FLOP
5
Queen Elizabeth 2, e.g. : SHIP
9
" ... and ___ to steer her by" : ASTAR
14
Tang dynasty poet : LIPO
15
Roof part : EAVE
16
Late-show heavy : LORRE
17
Gilded and Golden : AGES
18
Winged : ALAR
19
Wide : BROAD
20
Maritime trio : THREEMENINATUB
23
Soiled : STAINED
24
Black cuckoos : ANIS
25
Put on : DON
26
Forks over : PONIESUP
30
Legendary cowboy ___ Bill : PECOS
33
Tropical plant : CANNA
34
Period : ERA
35
Merit : EARN
36
Small flock of partridges : COVEY
37
Tenpenny, for one : NAIL
38
Inner: Prefix : ESO
39
"It ___ a heap o' livin' ... " : TAKES
40
Caesura : PAUSE
41
Paid a bounty hunter : REWARDED
43
French resort city : PAU
44
Scoria : SLAG
45
Making happy : ELATING
49
Albatross slayer : ANCIENTMARINER
52
Foe of Pericles : CLEON
53
___ out (resolve) : IRON
54
Job for Perry Mason : CASE
55
West, to Ponce de León : OESTE
56
Memo : NOTE
57
Sweeten the pot : ANTE
58
Davis or Midler : BETTE
59
Quarterdeck affirmatives : AYES
60
"___ we forget" : LEST
Down
1
Certain abodes : FLATS
2
Like some beers : LIGHT
3
It's sometimes grand : OPERA
4
God of the sea : POSEIDON
5
Salts : SEAMEN
6
Summoned to court : HALED
7
Czar's name : IVAN
8
Persian elf : PERI
9
Balkan country : ALBANIA
10
Sally : SORTIE
11
Honeymoon habiliments : TROUSSEAU
12
Bedouin : ARAB
13
Eric the ___ : RED
21
Biblical oldster : ENOS
22
Goat : NANNY
26
Did a street job : PAVED
27
Some bills : ONES
28
Author of "QB VII" : URIS
29
Wane or wan : PALE
30
Count or viscount : PEER
31
Leisure : EASE
32
Lofty sea perch : CROWSNEST
33
Industrial fuel : COKE
36
Sponge : CADGE
37
Adjective for this puzzle : NAUTICAL
39
Boot-camp recruit : TRAINEE
40
He wrote "I Kid You Not" : PAAR
42
March family creator : ALCOTT
43
Smooths : PLANES
45
Gush : EMOTE
46
Void : INANE
47
Fits one into another : NESTS
48
Welcome : GREET
49
Windward's opposite : ALEE
50
Historic vessel : NINA
51
Ancient battle site : TROY
52
Corn on the ___ : COB

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

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