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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

New York Times, Wednesday, January 31, 1979

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 33.3
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 26-Down isn't quite accurate—a scute is a bony plate found on some reptiles and thus covers only a fairly small part of a reptile.

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B
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D
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A
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V
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P
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U
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L
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G
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S
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L
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M
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T
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G
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N
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D
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,676
Across
1
Elec. unit : AMP
4
L.A. locale : CALIF
9
Travois : SLED
13
Do fingerpainting : DAUB
15
Bell town : ADANO
16
Held up in use : WORE
17
Excerpt : ARTICLEPARTICLE
20
Governs badly : MISRULES
21
Not so puzzling : EASIER
22
Stowe title : DRED
23
Invites : ASKS
24
Sticky : VISCID
27
Prepay the pot : ANTE
28
Dunce : ASS
31
Of Andean natives : INCAN
32
Ballerina's knee bend : PLIE
33
Monitor lizard : URAN
34
37
Mal à la ___ : TETE
38
Puccini piece : ARIA
39
Mitt : GLOVE
40
"But where ___ the snows ... " : ARE
41
Word on an octagonal sign : STOP
42
Luise from Vienna : RAINER
43
Form of "lie" : LAIN
44
Creator of the Buddenbrooks : MANN
45
Swear to : ATTEST
48
Tended the flowers : GARDENED
52
Gold standard : TREASUREMEASURE
54
Yours and mine : OURS
55
Duke or Day : DORIS
56
Getz : STAN
57
Confined, with "up" : PENT
58
Robert ___ Sherwood : EMMET
59
Pig's digs : STY
Down
1
"Madam, I'm ___" : ADAM
2
Parisian spouse : MARI
3
___ forth (proposes) : PUTS
4
Directed the hoedown : CALLED
5
"___ without a name": "Macbeth" : ADEED
6
Track circuits : LAPS
7
Actress Balin : INA
8
Ranger of a sort : FORESTER
9
Bernese, e.g. : SWISS
10
Math points : LOCI
11
Gardner : ERLE
12
Elk's ilk : DEER
14
Canary's confines : BIRDCAGE
18
Smokehouse process : CURING
19
Film segment : TAKE
23
Loos : ANITA
24
Panorama : VISTA
25
Kind of city or tube : INNER
26
Reptile's covering : SCUTE
27
Town in NE Illinois : ALSIP
28
Gaseous element in our atmosphere : ARGON
29
Ointment : SALVE
30
Derisive look : SNEER
32
Name of fame in Argentina : PERON
33
Duckling's problem : UGLINESS
35
Line on a map : LATITUDE
36
Amin's realm : UGANDA
41
Back talk : SASS
42
Most uncommon : RAREST
43
Minimum : LEAST
44
Former First Lady : MAMIE
45
On the peak : ATOP
46
Factual : TRUE
47
Sea swallow : TERN
48
Bacterium : GERM
49
C.O. Skinner's "___ in May" : NUTS
50
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
51
Gainsay : DENY
53
Male gypsy : ROM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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