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Grace Fabbroni
New York Times, Monday, January 28, 1980
17-Across : Author of "The Deserted Village"
Author:
Grace Fabbroni
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 20.0
Grace Fabbroni has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 C | 2 R | 3 A | 4 B | 5 C | 6 A | 7 I | 8 R | 9 O | 10 M | 11 A | 12 M | 13 A |
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14 R | I | S | E | 15 U | N | D | E | R | 16 I | M | A | S |
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17 O | L | I | V | 18 E | R | G | O | L | D | 19 S | M | I | T | H |
20 P | L | A | Y | B | I | L | L | 21 T | O | D | A | Y |
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22 B | E | E | 23 I | 24 V | E | S | ||||||||
25 A | 26 L | 27 A | 28 T | E | 29 A | N | I | M | A | 30 T | 31 E | |||
32 G | O | L | D | D | 33 I | 34 G | G | E | R | S | 35 A | X | 36 E |
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37 E | R | I | S | 38 S | L | O | P | E | 39 E | R | I | N |
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40 D | A | B | 41 H | E | A | R | T | O | 42 F | G | O | L | D |
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43 N | I | 44 G | E | R | I | A | 45 R | O | S | E | S |
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46 A | C | E | R | 47 T | 48 W | I | ||||||||
49 S | 50 C | 51 A | N | T | 52 T | E | A | M | 53 S | 54 T | 55 E | 56 R |
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57 T | H | E | G | O | 58 L | 59 D | E | N | F | L | E | E | C | E |
60 L | I | R | E | 61 L | E | A | S | E | 62 T | A | R | A |
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63 O | T | I | S | 64 B | O | R | E | R | 65 S | L | U | R |
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,038
Across
1
Grumble : CRAB
5
Sight from El Giza : CAIRO
10
"I Remember ___" : MAMA
14
Get up : RISE
15
"___ Western Eyes," Conrad novel : UNDER
16
"___ corny as Kansas ... " : IMAS
17
Author of "The Deserted Village" : OLIVERGOLDSMITH
20
Theater program : PLAYBILL
21
Early morning TV fare : TODAY
22
A gathering of sorts : BEE
23
Currier's partner : IVES
25
Winged : ALATE
29
Enliven : ANIMATE
32
Avaricious girls : GOLDDIGGERS
35
Can : AXE
37
A sister of Ares : ERIS
38
Slant : SLOPE
39
Emerald Isle : ERIN
40
Smidgen : DAB
41
Generous nature : HEARTOFGOLD
43
Its capital is Lagos : NIGERIA
45
"___ are red ... " : ROSES
46
Maple tree genus : ACER
47
Doubly: Prefix : TWI
49
Barely sufficient : SCANT
52
Truck driver : TEAMSTER
57
Argonauts' quest : THEGOLDENFLEECE
60
Coins of Italy : LIRE
61
Tenant's document : LEASE
62
Fictional plantation : TARA
63
A.F.B. on Cape Cod : OTIS
64
Beetle, at work : BORER
65
Slight : SLUR
Down
1
Item held by a jockey : CROP
2
Brook : RILL
3
Global area : ASIA
4
Cluster : BEVY
5
Nobelist in Chemistry: 1911 : CURIE
6
Viewpoint : ANGLE
7
Revered one : IDOL
8
Dau. or bro. : REL
9
California fort : ORD
10
Tropical flowering shrub : MIMOSA
11
Surrounded by : AMID
12
Half a spy's name : MATA
13
Gray : ASHY
18
Receded : EBBED
19
Stalks : STEMS
23
Unqualified : INEPT
24
Small bird : VIREO
25
Long-lived : AGED
26
Navigation system : LORAN
27
Excuse : ALIBI
28
Six-pt. scores on the gridiron : TDS
29
Kind of phobia : AGORA
30
Starchy plants : TAROS
31
Napoleon at Elba : EXILE
33
Its capital is Grenoble : ISERE
34
Egg white : GLAIR
36
Completes : ENDS
39
Word with mania or trip : EGO
41
Hundred: Prefix : HECTO
42
Composer of "The Vagabond King" : FRIML
44
Sacred Hindu river : GANGES
47
High-strung : TENSE
48
Cookie : WAFER
49
Manche town : STLO
50
Voucher : CHIT
51
Atmosphere: Comb. form : AERI
52
Rend : TEAR
53
Tennis units : SETS
54
Greenish blue : TEAL
55
Color of raw silk : ECRU
56
Word with admiral or guard : REAR
58
Law sch. alumnus : LLB
59
___ gratias : DEO
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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