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Mary Virginia Orna
Mary Virginia Orna

New York Times, Wednesday, January 2, 1980

8-Down : Eagles' org.

Author:
Mary Virginia Orna
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 25.1
Mary Virginia Orna has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Regarding 43-Across clue, mandrills are generally classified as monkeys, not apes; left as in the original.

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C
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H
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R
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C
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L
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B
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L
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B
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N
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W
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A
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M
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A
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P
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N
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G
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C
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C
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,012
Across
1
Substance for etching : ACID
5
Make thread : SPIN
9
N'Djamena is its capital : CHAD
13
___ avis : RARA
14
A swell in Swansea : TOFF
15
Gladiator's milieu : ARENA
16
Faneuil Hall : CRADLEOFLIBERTY
19
In a levelheaded way : SENSIBLY
20
Loops formed by slipknots : NOOSES
21
Fiver : VEE
22
Amaze : STUN
23
Composer Samuel : BARBER
27
Word canceling a deletion : STET
28
Maglie or Mineo : SAL
31
Oxford college : ORIEL
32
Afrikaner : BOER
33
Verne's captain : NEMO
34
"Annie Hall" : WOODYALLENMOVIE
37
Italian noble house : ESTE
38
Fat and lye product : SOAP
39
Waugh et al. : ALECS
40
___ gestae : RES
41
Agitate : STIR
42
Saws wood with closed eyes : SNORES
43
Mandrills, e.g. : APES
44
Word with hole or luck : POT
45
Charm : ENAMOR
48
Follow a car closely : TAILGATE
53
Gus Hall : COMMUNISTLEADER
55
Dweller in Dalmatia : CROAT
56
Appraise : RATE
57
Word with ground or absolute : ZERO
58
Merit : EARN
59
Jejune : ARID
60
Landers and Sheridan : ANNS
Down
1
Circle parts : ARCS
2
Concern : CARE
3
Country on the Gulf of Oman : IRAN
4
Pops : DADS
5
Eleanor, the soprano : STEBER
6
Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1918 : POOLE
7
Uncertain : IFFY
8
Eagles' org. : NFL
9
Legendary Greek king : CREON
10
Word on a bath towel : HERS
11
Poker stake : ANTE
12
"Long ___ Journey Into Night" : DAYS
15
"___ face!" : ABOUT
17
Frisky : LIVELY
18
Apprentice of a sort : INTERN
22
Brew : STEEP
23
Leafy shelter : BOWER
24
Came into being : AROSE
25
Melees' kin : RIOTS
26
Hetty Sorrel's lover : BEDE
27
Kind of energy : SOLAR
28
Cut off : SEVER
29
Garb worn with alb and chasuble : AMICE
30
Loam deposit : LOESS
32
City on the Loire : BLOIS
33
___ contendere : NOLO
35
Aft : ASTERN
36
Cape or Mickey : MANTLE
41
Teapot feature : SPOUT
42
In need of 38 Across : SOILED
43
Capital of Jordan : AMMAN
44
Page from Oklahoma : PATTI
45
"___ homo!" : ECCE
46
Torvald Helmer's wife : NORA
47
Cupid, in art : AMOR
48
Aleksei Mikhailovich, e.g. : TSAR
49
Where Samson died : GAZA
50
Gulf or port : ADEN
51
Relative of a jaeger : TERN
52
Topic in a Platonic symposium : EROS
54
Levin or Wolfert : IRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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.

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