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Virginia Godwin
Virginia Godwin

New York Times, Monday, October 28, 1974

9-Down : In a frenzy

Author:
Virginia Godwin
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 32.3
Virginia Godwin has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,207
Across
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Army noncom : SGT
4
History Muse : CLIO
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Like some gases : RARE
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Mideast native : KURD
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Polynesian : MAORI
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Send forth : EMIT
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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"Tempest" spirit : ARIEL
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Morse or area : CODE
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Tennessee Williams play : SUMMERANDSMOKE
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Becomes blurry : MISTS
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French resort : PAU
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Flood stages : CRESTS
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What turnabout is : FAIRPLAY
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Golf units : HOLES
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Formal affairs : BALLS
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Yes, in Nice : OUI
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Blyth and Harding : ANNS
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Of a flower part : TORAL
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Unadulterated : PURE
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Chemical suffix : IDE
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Sweep forward : SURGE
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Tribulation : TRIAL
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Schubert piano trio : NOTTURNO
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Prejudiced : BIASED
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Sea bird : ERN
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Roman spirits : GENII
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Galsworthy trilogy : THEFORSYTESAGA
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Waste allowance : TRET
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Dreads : FEARS
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" ... were Paradise ___!" : ENOW
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Became tedious : WORE
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Anthologist Martha ___ : FOLEY
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Capital of Yemen : SANA
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Scent : ODOR
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Speedy planes : SSTS
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Napoleonic marshal : NEY
Down
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Equipment for Killy : SKIS
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Hindu pundit : GURU
3
Fish snare : TRAMMELNET
4
Ecuador Indians : CARAS
5
Meat cut : LOIN
6
Angered : IRED
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Beach hazard : OILSPILL
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Get back, as one's losses : RECOUP
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In a frenzy : AMOK
10
Join the fox hunt : RIDE
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Riviera season : ETE
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Estate transfers : DEMISES
14
Trading centers : MARTS
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Superlative suffixes : ESTS
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Planet : MARS
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Kind of gang : CHAIN
25
Sonata movement : RONDO
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Wells's partner : FARGO
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Wings : ALAE
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Pelican State resident : LOUISIANAN
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Emanations : AURAE
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Road-entrance sign : YIELD
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"___ Free" : BORN
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Expressway ramps : TURNOFFS
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Butters up : PRAISES
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Milieu for a certain board : SURF
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Fork part : TINE
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Move unsteadily : TEETER
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Ross : BETSY
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Whirls : GYRES
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Stepped on : TROD
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Leander's beloved : HERO
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Old cars : REOS
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Season : SALT
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"___ are the days ... " : GONE
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Absent : AWAY
51
Kind of timer : TWO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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