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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, March 20, 1991

33-Across : Eastern V.I.P.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 36.7
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,107
Across
1
Beatles film : HELP
5
Play for time : STALL
10
Kind of chamber : ECHO
14
Brainchild : IDEA
15
Port in Crete : CANEA
16
Department in a hospital : XRAY
17
Make a call : DIAL
18
At right angles to a ship's keel : ABEAM
19
Part of a mansard : EAVE
20
Champ's epithet: 1937-49 : THEBROWNBOMBER
23
One with ESP : SEER
24
Egyptian cobra : ASP
25
Took away, with "off" : CARTED
28
Kind of baby : TESTTUBE
33
Eastern V.I.P. : EMIR
34
Star of "48 HRS." : NOLTE
35
Cluster of seals : POD
36
Marvelous Marvin's successor : SUGARRAYLEONARD
40
"___ was saying ... " : ASI
41
Actor Warren ___: 1928-82 : OATES
42
Resort in Sicily : ENNA
43
Embarrassed : REDFACED
45
Open spaces in sylvan places : GLADES
47
German theologian: 1486-1543 : ECK
48
S. African of Huguenot descent : BOER
49
Words from the champ of champs : IAMTHEGREATEST
56
Everly Brothers offering : DUET
57
" ... and ___ a good-night" : TOALL
58
Actor Tamiroff : AKIM
60
U.S.S.R. city : OREL
61
Zhou of China : ENLAI
62
Since, in Ayr : SYNE
63
Superior, e.g. : LAKE
64
Author of "A Victorian Village" : REESE
65
River duck : TEAL
Down
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Secreted : HID
2
Use a blue pencil : EDIT
3
One of Jacob's wives : LEAH
4
Gymnasium for Spartan wrestlers : PALESTRA
5
In a panic : SCARED
6
Small drum : TABOR
7
Once more : ANEW
8
Spare : LEAN
9
Attack verbally : LAMBASTE
10
Released from : EXEMPT
11
Sourpuss : CRAB
12
Eat : HAVE
13
___ and terminer : OYER
21
Bonnet dweller? : BEE
22
Bone: Comb. form : OSTEO
25
Actor Romero : CESAR
26
Divert : AMUSE
27
Unbending : RIGID
28
Trifled : TOYED
29
Wings : ELLS
30
___-coming (showing promise) : UPAND
31
Carried : BORNE
32
Icelandic literary works : EDDAS
34
Odomes of the Buffalo Bills : NATE
37
Household pest, for short : ROACH
38
Tennis player : RACKETER
39
Global area in the news : NEAREAST
44
State of fitness : FETTLE
45
Lacrosse player : GOALIE
46
Rent : LET
48
Namesakes of Benjamin's first son : BELAS
49
Pop singer Billy ___ : IDOL
50
Nimbus : AURA
51
Docile; gentle : MEEK
52
Used up : GONE
53
Respiratory sound : RALE
54
Scottish isle : SKYE
55
Singer Turner : TINA
59
Blanc or Brooks : MEL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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