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Mary Virginia Orna
Mary Virginia Orna

New York Times, Thursday, January 10, 1980

Author:
Mary Virginia Orna
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 25.0
Mary Virginia Orna has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,020
Across
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Canal Zone lake : GATUN
6
Cartoonist Addams : CHAS
10
Pilot's place : HELM
14
Domicile : ABODE
15
___ libre, rum drink : CUBA
16
"Caro nome," e.g. : ARIA
17
Famous soprano from Mass. : GERALDINEFARRAR
20
Dallas or Kowalski : STELLA
21
Pipe's companions : SLIPPERS
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S.A. capital : LIMA
24
Crucifixes : ROODS
25
Relative of the A.L. : VFW
28
H.R.E., for example : EMP
29
Announcer Allen : MEL
30
Hodgepodge : OLIO
32
Skipper's "Hard ___!" : ALEE
34
Failure : LAPSE
39
Legendary duo : CASTORANDPOLLUX
42
Set of values : ETHIC
43
Synonym for 42 Across : CODE
44
Persian fairy : PERI
45
Between Mao and tung : TSE
47
Place for Pasteur: Colloq. : LAB
49
Opposite of fore : AFT
50
Reporter's delight : SCOOP
53
Yalies : ELIS
55
Most acute : SHARPEST
58
Theme of "Papillon" : ESCAPE
62
Proverbial trio : TOMDICKANDHARRY
64
Comb. form for a planet : AREO
65
Metric unit, for short : KILO
66
Fran's friend : OLLIE
67
Cars of the 20's : REOS
68
Raced : SPED
69
Unskilled laborers : PEONS
Down
1
End man's specialty : GAGS
2
Aid's partner : ABET
3
Split : TORE
4
Carter competitor in 1975–76 : UDALL
5
Cohan's "Little ___ Kelly": 1922 : NELLIE
6
Year in Severus's reign : CCI
7
Attila's cohorts : HUNS
8
U.S. labor leader : ABEL
9
"Full Disclosure" author : SAFIRE
10
Memorable mime : HARPO
11
Slipped : ERRED
12
People detected by polygraphs : LIARS
13
Ares, to Antony : MARS
18
Resin : DAMMAR
19
Aldrin's command : APOLLO
23
___ in the sun : APLACE
25
Sotto ___ : VOCE
26
A or E, e.g. : FLAT
27
Fairy godmother's offering : WISH
29
Kibitz : MEDDLE
31
Extinct Brazilian group : OTI
33
Wine: Comb. form : ENO
35
High tor : ALP
36
Cop a ___ : PLEA
37
Waikiki feature : SURF
38
Sartre's "No ___" : EXIT
40
Cephalopods with eight arms : OCTOPI
41
Emulated Big Ben : PEALED
46
Motes : SPECKS
48
Chessman : BISHOP
50
Littoral locale : SHORE
51
Relief of a sort : CAMEO
52
Church calendars : ORDOS
54
Climb : SCALE
55
Denebola, e.g. : STAR
56
Omit : SKIP
57
"The Winter's ___" : TALE
59
Guthrie : ARLO
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Major: Abbr. : PRIN
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Piñero's "Short ___" : EYES
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Biblical land : NOD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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