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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Saturday, October 1, 1988

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Y }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 40.0
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,207
Across
1
Half-wild horse, for short : BRONC
6
Tomtit : WREN
10
Ornamental fastening : FROG
14
Homophone for 6 Down : RETCH
15
Hero in Sanskrit literature : RAMA
16
A top crop in Ark. : RICE
17
Berlin's "I Poured My Heart ___ Song" : INTOA
18
Speech teacher's command : ENUNCIATE
20
Gives false accounts : MISSTATES
22
These need deflating : RATES
23
Suffix with exist : ENCE
24
Scold : BERATE
25
"To break ___ he never made?": S. Butler : ANOATH
28
Disparity : GAP
29
Father of Zeus : CRONUS
30
Condensed : DIGESTED
35
Indian for whom a sea was named : CARIB
36
Part of R.S.V.P. : SIL
37
Trapp family home : STOWE
38
Loosens belts : UNSTRAPS
40
Netherlands dollar : GULDEN
41
"___ Rhinestone Cowboy" : IMA
42
Musical toys : KAZOOS
43
Subordinate ruler : SATRAP
47
Dimension : SIZE
48
Stage part : APRON
49
Perverse : UNNATURAL
54
Overwhelmed : INUNDATED
56
Vestige : TRACE
57
Smooth breathing, in phonetics : LENE
58
Tree-lined walk : MALL
59
Works for : EARNS
60
Behalf : SAKE
61
River into the Dordogne : ISLE
62
Frozen rain : SLEET
Down
1
Hat part : BRIM
2
Noted Bolognese painter : RENI
3
Mel and Ed of baseball : OTTS
4
Aides for lts. : NCOS
5
Steakhouse order : CHATEAUBRIAND
6
Deplorably unfortunate person : WRETCH
7
Punjabi princess : RANEE
8
Feathered six-footers : EMUS
9
One of the Bobbsey Twins : NAN
10
This Tuck liked his food : FRIAR
11
Lasso : RIATA
12
Sonnet part : OCTET
13
Honkers : GEESE
19
Certain pancakes : CREPESUZETTES
21
Book by Julian Huxley : ANTS
24
Purse : BAG
25
___ Island, off NW Ireland : ARAN
26
Negative correlatives : NORS
27
Step ___ (hurry) : ONIT
28
"___ Blas" : GIL
29
Hosp. area : CCU
30
Pluto, to Pompey : DIS
31
Historic French town : STLO
32
Commotion : TODO
33
Rams' dams : EWES
34
Iniquity locale : DEN
36
Karlsbad is one : SPA
39
Elec. unit : AMP
40
Mediterranean port : GAZA
42
Bring to life : KINDLE
43
Moonrakers : SAILS
44
Asphyxia : APNEA
45
Dumbo's proboscis : TRUNK
46
Actress-singer-composer Blakley : RONEE
47
Fish-line attachment : SNELL
49
Actress Hagen and namesakes : UTAS
50
U.S.S.R. river : URAL
51
Like 5 Down, sometimes : RARE
52
Teen curse : ACNE
53
"___ we forget ... ": Kipling : LEST
55
French friend : AMI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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