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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Thursday, January 10, 1974

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, 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.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,916
Across
1
Reason : LOGIC
6
Constructed : MADE
10
Scanty : SLIM
14
Friendship : AMITY
15
Chinese city : AMOY
16
Area of Istanbul : PERA
17
Deep-sea ___ : DIVER
18
Pest at a concert : LATECOMER
20
Prepare surgical tools : STERILIZE
22
Foolish : LOONY
23
Theater box : LOGE
24
Film-festival city : CANNES
25
___ of honor : MATRON
28
Trifling sum : SOU
29
Jargon : PATOIS
30
Weighed carefully : PONDERED
35
Distribute : ALLOT
36
Dine : EAT
37
Entire : EVERY
38
G.I. happy time : MAILCALL
40
City in Denmark : ODENSE
41
___ and hers : HIS
42
Thirty: Fr. : TRENTE
43
___ virgin : VESTAL
47
Mop : SWAB
48
Among: Prefix : INTER
49
Qualify : MEASUREUP
54
Bank's bad news : OVERDRAWN
56
"___ bleu!" : SACRE
57
Cut of meat : LOIN
58
Spark or fire : PLUG
59
Acting area : STAGE
60
Math ratio : SINE
61
Ex-N. Y. mayor, for short : IMPY
62
Swiss air : YODEL
Down
1
Boys : LADS
2
Leave out : OMIT
3
Yield : GIVE
4
Roman road : ITER
5
Portrayer of Captain Hook : CYRILRITCHARD
6
Speak ill of : MALIGN
7
Surprise : AMAZE
8
Be overfond of : DOTE
9
Hurricane center : EYE
10
Ladle : SPOON
11
Dud : LEMON
12
Peace goddess : IRENE
13
Martin and Astor : MARYS
19
"Clair de Lune" composer : CLAUDEDEBUSSY
21
Writer Anita : LOOS
24
Cheat : CON
25
___ fide (in bad faith) : MALA
26
Gudrun's husband : ATLI
27
Cat's-paw : TOOL
28
Tosspot : SOT
29
Card game : PAM
30
Chum : PAL
31
Level : EVEN
32
Lease : RENT
33
Gaelic : ERSE
34
Color : DYE
36
City lines : ELS
39
Trouble : AIL
40
Danish moneys : ORAS
42
Nasal : TWANGY
43
Stringed instruments : VIOLS
44
Final stanza : ENVOI
45
Beer mug : STEIN
46
Coated iron : TERNE
47
Monopolize : SEWUP
49
Brick made of clay and chalk : MALM
50
Flight acronym : RATO
51
Modified organism : ECAD
52
Encourage : URGE
53
Pare : PEEL
55
Campus in Troy, N. Y. : RPI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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