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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Tuesday, October 19, 1976

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 40.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,929
Across
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Like some milk : SPILT
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Horn or string : SHOE
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Other, in Spain : OTRA
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Eagle's nest : AERIE
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Piquancy : TANG
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Gypsy girl : CHAI
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Novarro of films : RAMON
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Bounces off : RICOCHETS
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French family member : GRANDMERE
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Projecting window : ORIEL
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"___ Rider" : EASY
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Rise from water: Var. : EMERSE
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Sudden reactions : STARTS
28
Backtalk : LIP
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Trite remark : CLICHE
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Cigar : PANATELA
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"La ___ Vita" : DOLCE
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Grow : WAX
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Hockey teams : SIXES
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Expressed again : RESTATED
40
Of a songbird order : OSCINE
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Disencumber : RID
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Places for watches : WRISTS
43
Scold : BERATE
47
Ornamental border : DADO
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Zola : EMILE
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Kind of fireman : VOLUNTEER
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Lemonade or pop : SOFTDRINK
56
Amphitheater : ARENA
57
Preminger : OTTO
58
Old serf : ESNE
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Of a tissue : TELAR
60
Disarrange : MESS
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Stag : DEER
62
Source words : ETYMA
Down
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Puppet man : SARG
2
Diamond shape : PEAR
3
"My Friend ___" : IRMA
4
Nittany or sea : LION
5
Sympathetic : TENDERHEARTED
6
Strain's partner : STRESS
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Like O'Neill's ape : HAIRY
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Formerly : ONCE
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Kind of mania : EGO
10
Natural earth : OCHRE
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Possessive : THEIR
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Hotel clerks' concerns : RATES
13
Choice seat location : AISLE
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Sympathetic : COMPASSIONATE
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S.A. beverage : MATE
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German one : EIN
25
Blackthorn : SLOE
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Sesames : TILS
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Bookkeeper's record: Abbr. : ACCT
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Negligent : LAX
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Naval rank: Abbr. : CDR
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Muffle : PAD
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Twitches : TICS
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Door sign : EXIT
33
Eye part : LENS
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Enzyme suffix : ASE
36
Day: Abbr. : WED
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___-and-dye : TIE
40
Turkish army corps : ORDU
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Dapper ex-mayor of N.Y.C. : WALKER
43
Old broom : BESOM
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Overact : EMOTE
45
Estrangements : RIFTS
46
Voices : ALTOS
47
English poet : DONNE
49
Workbench item : VISE
50
Waste allowance : TRET
51
Slippery : EELY
52
Hindu grant : ENAM
53
___ avis : RARA
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Cap or carpet : RED

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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