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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Thursday, January 15, 1981

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 31.1
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,391
Across
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Pine marten : SABLE
6
Comedian from Montreal : SAHL
10
Saroyan hero : ARAM
14
Actor Ryan : ONEAL
15
The British call it marge : OLEO
16
Hyena in Capp's comics : LENA
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Silly : INANE
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Dolley, e.g. : FIRSTLADY
20
Seat formed by interlocked hands and wrists : LADYCHAIR
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Garden flower, for short : HELIO
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Suffix with liquid : ATOR
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Memorable U.N. name : DAG
25
Pied-___ : ATERRE
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Pullman : CHAIRCAR
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Elissa of old films : LANDI
34
English prison : GAOL
35
"___ be in England ... ": Browning : OHTO
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___ Vogler, German composer : ABT
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Kin of demijohns : CARBOYS
40
Call ___ day : ITA
41
Italian finger game : MORA
43
"Honi ___ ... " : SOIT
44
Palindromic title : MADAM
46
Village near Omaha : BOYSTOWN
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Lloyd and Paul of baseball's Hall of Fame : WANERS
49
José or Juan : SAN
50
Trial : TEST
51
Cry of the Ancient Mariner : ASAIL
54
Type of dwelling : TOWNHOUSE
59
Small container for sewing articles : HOUSEWIFE
61
Computer data : INPUT
62
First name of 6 Across : MORT
63
Sight from Cleveland : ERIE
64
African republic : NIGER
65
Greek vowels : ETAS
66
Zona Gale's "Miss Lulu ___" : BETT
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Anserine bird : GOOSE
Down
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Loam : SOIL
2
Mrs. Leonowens : ANNA
3
Gun's front sight : BEAD
4
Nautical rope : LANYARD
5
Thrilling : ELECTRIC
6
Until now : SOFAR
7
Et ___ : ALII
8
Title in Thuringia : HERR
9
Blake's "The Book of ___" : LOS
10
Brisk, in music : ALLEGRO
11
Not fictitious : REAL
12
Bacheller's "D'ri ___" : ANDI
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Clinic name : MAYO
19
Bangkok native : THAI
21
Gardening tool : HOE
24
He moderated "What's My Line?" : DALY
25
Gentle as ___ : ALAMB
26
Banned : TABOO
27
Ingress : ENTRY
28
Kind of cruiser : CABIN
29
Derisive sound : HOOT
30
Reprove : CHIDE
31
Perfume base : ATTAR
32
Ranges : ROAMS
34
Increase : GROW
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" ... unto us ___ is given" : ASON
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Very impressive : SMASHING
42
Baseball plays : ASSISTS
45
Duke in "The Tempest" : ANTONIO
47
Yarn : TALE
48
Benign bump on the skin : WEN
50
Bird sound : TWEET
51
Alas! : AHME
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Pollutant : SOOT
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Atmosphere : AURA
54
Kind of iron : TIRE
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"Heaven make thee free ___!": Hamlet : OFIT
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Ascent : UPGO
57
Petitions : SUES
58
Common French verb : ETRE
60
Arachnoid's "parlor" : WEB

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

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