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Rosalind Pavane
New York Times, Saturday, December 7, 1991
10-Down : "Sons" author: 1932
Author:
Rosalind Pavane
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { J Q }
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 0.0
Rosalind Pavane has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:
This is the only pre-Shortz crossword that is not fully connected. Its flow value is zero.
1 S | 2 A | 3 W | 4 BUCK | 5 S | 6 T | 7 A | 8 R | 9 T | 10 P | 11 U | 12 M | 13 P |
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14 O | R | A | L | 15 H | A | N | O | I | 16 E | N | O | L |
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17 L | I | N | E | 18 A | R | E | E | L | 19 A | G | U | A |
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20 D | A | D | D | 21 Y | W | A | R | BUCK | S | 22 R | U | S | S |
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23 O | I | L | 24 B | L | A | S | T |
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25 S | 26 P | 27 A | W | N | 28 B | 29 E | 30 T | 31 T | Y | BUCK | L | E | Y |
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32 P | E | O | N | 33 B | E | L | A | I | R | |||||
34 Y | A | K | 35 R | E | F | E | R | E | E | 36 T | 37 A | 38 X |
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39 O | L | I | V | E | R | 40 BUCK | E | Y | E |
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41 BUCK | 42 P | 43 R | 44 I | V | A | T | E | S | 45 M | R | A | N | D |
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46 A | L | I | C | E | 47 A | D | O | |||||||
48 R | U | B | E | 49 BUCK | 50 E | 51 T | 52 B | R | I | G | 53 A | 54 D | 55 E |
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56 O | N | E | BUCK | 57 R | A | Z | O | R | 58 E | B | O | N |
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59 O | G | R | E | 60 A | S | A | N | A | 61 R | E | D | O |
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62 S | E | A | T | 63 M | Y | R | O | N | 64 S | L | O | W |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,369
Across
1
Tenner : SAWBUCK
5
Commence : START
10
Low-cut shoe : PUMP
14
Actinal : ORAL
15
Vietnamese capital : HANOI
16
Chemical compound : ENOL
17
Queue : LINE
18
Dizzy : AREEL
19
___ Caliente, Costa Rica : AGUA
20
Annie's benefactor : DADDYWARBUCKS
22
Crooner Columbo : RUSS
23
Salad addition : OIL
24
Sand-trap shot : BLAST
25
Produce : SPAWN
28
A star of "Cats" on Broadway : BETTYBUCKLEY
32
Mexican muzhik : PEON
33
Town NE of Baltimore : BELAIR
34
Sarlak : YAK
35
Court arbiter : REFEREE
36
Duty : TAX
39
Musical that won six Oscars : OLIVER
40
Nickname for an Ohioan : BUCKEYE
41
Abbott-Costello film: 1941 : BUCKPRIVATES
45
"___ Mrs. North," 1941 film : MRAND
46
Gobel's widow : ALICE
47
Fuss : ADO
48
Hick : RUBE
49
Makeshift firefighting group : BUCKETBRIGADE
56
Eight bits : ONEBUCK
57
Implement of Figaro : RAZOR
58
Inky : EBON
59
Gargantua : OGRE
60
Yoga posture : ASANA
61
Take it from the top : REDO
62
Trousers part : SEAT
63
Vidal book: 1974 : MYRON
64
Slack; not busy : SLOW
Down
1
Hawked : SOLD
2
Song for Millo : ARIA
3
Baton : WAND
4
Tuneful order to Winsocki : BUCKLEDOWN
5
Stole : SHAWL
6
Hill near Dublin : TARA
7
Male ant : ANER
8
A male deer : ROEBUCK
9
Sesames : TILS
10
"Sons" author: 1932 : PEARLBUCK
11
Claw-shaped : UNGUAL
12
Chilled dessert : MOUSSE
13
Surgical repair: Comb. form : PLASTY
21
Yang's companion : YIN
24
Cow shed, in Yorkshire : BYRE
25
Smiley was one : SPY
26
Princess annoyer : PEA
27
"Thumbs up" message : AOK
28
Suit : BEFIT
29
Pupil of a maître : ELEVE
30
Noxious weeds : TARES
31
Layer : TIER
33
Bartók or Lugosi : BELA
35
Stray : ROVE
36
An infusion : TEA
37
Novelist Rand : AYN
38
Crossed out : XED
40
Spaceman hero in comics : BUCKROGERS
41
Cowboys : BUCKAROOS
42
Dive : PLUNGE
43
Rio bank : RIBERA
44
Place for cubes : ICEBUCKET
45
Year in Luther's time : MDI
47
A Scottish isle : ARRAN
49
Stiff fabric for lining : BUCKRAM
50
Simple : EASY
51
Russian ruler: Var. : TZAR
52
Palm Springs's mayor : BONO
53
"Green Mansions" hero : ABEL
54
Fuddy-duddy : DODO
55
FitzGerald's "enough" : ENOW
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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