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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Tuesday, December 17, 1974

1-Across : Kind of number

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 40.0
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
W
2
R
3
O
4
N
5
G
6
S
7
S
8
T
9
S
10
A
11
B
12
L
13
E
14
H
O
N
O
R
15
O
T
E
A
16
S
E
A
S
17
I
M
A
G
E
18
L
O
A
N
19
S
H
A
R
K
20
M
E
N
S
E
21
L
D
O
M
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K
E
D
G
E
23
N
E
E
D
24
H
I
S
S
E
R
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S
26
U
27
P
P
E
R
28
D
A
N
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P
I
L
L
A
R
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C
O
L
O
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P
32
H
33
O
34
N
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A
G
N
E
S
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F
E
W
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F
L
A
R
E
38
S
H
A
T
T
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E
R
S
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S
M
I
L
E
D
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U
N
O
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P
A
Y
E
E
S
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A
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C
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C
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O
R
D
47
C
U
L
T
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S
H
A
L
E
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C
A
R
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E
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R
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I
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S
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T
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C
A
R
D
S
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H
A
R
P
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E
A
R
L
Y
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O
R
L
E
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I
D
O
L
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T
R
O
O
P
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T
S
A
R
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T
I
M
E
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H
A
N
E
Y
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,257
Across
1
Kind of number : WRONG
6
Speedy jets : SSTS
10
Competent : ABLE
14
Recognition : HONOR
15
Great Barrier Island : OTEA
16
Seven ___ : SEAS
17
Mirror sight : IMAGE
18
Usurer : LOANSHARK
20
"___ make passes at ... " : MENSELDOM
22
Small anchor : KEDGE
23
Penury : NEED
24
Curtain-call critic : HISSER
25
"The Last ___" : SUPPER
28
___ Patch, famed pacer : DAN
29
Society mainstay : PILLAR
30
Publisher's imprint : COLOPHON
35
Miss Moorehead : AGNES
36
___ and far between : FEW
37
Rail signal : FLARE
38
Breaks, as a vase : SHATTERS
40
Showed warmth : SMILED
41
One, in Italy : UNO
42
Tellers' customers : PAYEES
43
Agreement : ACCORD
47
System of worship : CULT
48
Oil-bearing rock : SHALE
49
One on the way up : CAREERIST
54
Riverboat con artist : CARDSHARP
56
Worm-catching bird : EARLY
57
Heraldic border : ORLE
58
False god : IDOL
59
32 Boy or Girl Scouts : TROOP
60
Despot : TSAR
61
Period : TIME
62
Actress Carol : HANEY
Down
1
Caprice : WHIM
2
"When in ___ ... " : ROME
3
Son of Judah : ONAN
4
Christmas drinks : NOGS
5
Resting place in 23rd Psalm : GREENPASTURES
6
Metal joiner : SOLDER
7
Joined an ovation : STOOD
8
"Yea, ___!" : TEAM
9
Diego or Pablo : SAN
10
Ruins : ASHES
11
Necklace : BEADS
12
Robe size : LARGE
13
Ridge of sand : ESKER
19
"I escaped by the ___" : SKINOFMYTEETH
21
Side glance : LEER
24
Prince ___ : HAL
25
Sound of resignation : SIGH
26
Forearm bone : ULNA
27
Russian whip : PLET
28
___ Jones average : DOW
29
___ de deux : PAS
30
These: Fr. : CES
31
Ballet bend : PLIE
32
In good shape : HALE
33
Mine products : ORES
34
Little Edward : NED
36
Back : FRO
39
Goal : END
40
Auction : SALE
42
Prose color : PURPLE
43
Scarf : ASCOT
44
British cleaning women : CHARS
45
Hurricane of 1961 : CARLA
46
More ripe : OLDER
47
Rebound : CAROM
49
Moslem judge : CADI
50
___ avis : RARA
51
Do a house chore : IRON
52
Wild plum : SLOE
53
Conforming to kind : TYPY
55
Success : HIT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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