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Virginia Godwin
New York Times, Tuesday, June 24, 1975
37-Down : Sand in a shoe, i.e.
Author:
Virginia Godwin
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Virginia Godwin has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 O | 2 R | 3 C | 4 S | 5 A | 6 H | 7 E | 8 M | 9 A | 10 G | 11 N | 12 E | 13 W |
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14 V | A | R | E | 15 V | A | N | E | 16 T | R | I | T | E |
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17 O | R | I | A | 18 E | D | I | T | 19 H | A | S | T | A |
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20 L | E | S | S | 21 E | N | E | D | 22 B | E | N | H | U | R |
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23 O | R | P | H | E | U | S | 24 G | R | I | T | ||||
25 O | L | E | 26 B | L | E | S | S | 27 I | 28 N | 29 G |
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30 A | 31 L | 32 A | R | Y | 33 T | R | A | C | T | 34 G | A | R |
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35 P | I | P | E | 36 B | R | I | C | K | 37 I | O | N | A |
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38 S | E | A | 39 A | L | I | N | E | 40 A | R | R | A | Y |
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41 E | U | R | 42 Y | D | I | C | E | 43 A | I | R | ||||
44 E | A | S | E | 45 A | L | L | I | 46 U | 47 M | 48 S |
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49 S | 50 P | 51 A | S | M | S | 52 T | R | I | S | T | R | A | M |
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53 N | O | R | M | A | 54 L | Y | R | E | 55 A | I | R | E |
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56 A | S | P | E | N | 57 A | K | I | N | 58 N | A | I | L |
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59 G | H | E | N | T | 60 M | E | S | S | 61 T | H | A | T |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,446
Across
1
Grampuses : ORCS
5
Attention-getter : AHEM
9
Former V. P. : AGNEW
14
Weasel, in England : VARE
15
Weathercock : VANE
16
Hackneyed : TRITE
17
Places for: Suffix : ORIA
18
Make revisions : EDIT
19
___ la vista : HASTA
20
Diminished : LESSENED
22
Charioteer of note : BENHUR
23
Mythical descender : ORPHEUS
24
Firmness : GRIT
25
Bullring sound : OLE
26
Countable asset : BLESSING
30
Wing-shaped : ALARY
33
Steppe or moor, e.g. : TRACT
34
Boat-racer Wood : GAR
35
Peace or gas : PIPE
36
Material for the third pig's house : BRICK
37
Scottish island : IONA
38
Salton, for one : SEA
39
Straighten : ALINE
40
Bedeck : ARRAY
41
Wife of 23 Across : EURYDICE
43
Publicize : AIR
44
Let up on : EASE
45
Onions, chives, etc. : ALLIUMS
49
Bursts of activity : SPASMS
52
Sterne's "___ Shandy" : TRISTRAM
53
Miss Talmadge : NORMA
54
Early harp : LYRE
55
English river : AIRE
56
Quivery tree : ASPEN
57
Closely allied : AKIN
58
Tooth's partner : NAIL
59
Belgian port : GHENT
60
Muddle : MESS
61
Pronoun : THAT
Down
1
Convex molding : OVOLO
2
Less common : RARER
3
Bacon order : CRISP
4
Vacation spot : SEASHORE
5
Means of access : AVENUE
6
Where 41 Across went : HADES
7
Oklahoma city : ENID
8
N. L. player : MET
9
Unbeliever : ATHEIST
10
U. S. and Cary : GRANTS
11
Yugoslav city : NISH
12
"___, Brute" : ETTU
13
Fatigue : WEAR
21
Slippery : EELY
22
Hilly area, in England : BRECK
24
Candied : GLACE
26
Pickles' milleu : BRINE
27
Sikorsky : IGOR
28
Zola novel : NANA
29
Like Barbara Frietchie's hair : GRAY
30
Church area : APSE
31
Stead : LIEU
32
Armadillo : APAR
33
Moment : TRICE
36
Joy : BLISS
37
Sand in a shoe, i.e. : IRRITANT
39
Unbending : ADAMANT
40
Has troubles : AILS
42
Toadies : YESMEN
43
Foreigners : ALIENS
45
Column edge : ARRIS
46
Mr. Heep : URIAH
47
Callas : MARIA
48
Food fish : SMELT
49
Difficulty : SNAG
50
Fancy : POSH
51
Harps, in Italy : ARPE
52
Youngster : TYKE
54
Take it on the ___ : LAM
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.