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Virginia Hassinger
Virginia Hassinger

New York Times, Wednesday, March 12, 1980

23-Across : Ham's click

Author:
Virginia Hassinger
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Virginia Hassinger has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,082
Across
1
Nightingale's symbol : LAMP
5
Dog or mess : CHOW
9
Sheik, for one : ARAB
13
Addict : USER
14
Indian nobleman : RANA
15
Mascagni product : OPERA
16
Notary : SCRIVENER
18
Law of a church : CANON
19
Ochlophobist's dread : THEMADDINGCROWD
21
Ballerina's knee bend : PLIE
22
Islet : AIT
23
Ham's click : DIT
26
Airline abbr. : ETD
27
High place : ALP
28
God, in Genova : DIO
31
One of a well-known quintet : ERIE
33
Cleansing : ABLUTION
35
Why scholars need more dollars : COLLEGETUITIONS
39
Counteractive agent : ANTIDOTE
40
___-dieu, kneeling bench : PRIE
41
Ghent stream : LYS
42
Actress Scala : GIA
43
Scout or reporter : CUB
46
Made a lap : SAT
47
Place for flour : BIN
48
Wallet fillers : ONES
50
Campaign topic : RISINGINFLATION
58
"___ My Souvenirs" : AMONG
59
Library department : REFERENCE
60
Book of the Bible : KINGS
61
Oscar winner, 1958 : IVES
62
Berliners' exclamations : ACHS
63
St. Paul's dean : INGE
64
Gets the point : SEES
65
Kind of head : MAST
Down
1
Concupiscence : LUST
2
Author of "Moses" : ASCH
3
Pure and simple : MERE
4
Dress up fussily : PRIMP
5
___ card : CREDIT
6
Follower of single or open : HANDED
7
"The ___ Love" : ONEI
8
Alert : WARN
9
Separate : APART
10
Vegas competitor : RENO
11
Lined up : AROW
12
Kind of stand or leader : BAND
15
Back of the head : OCCIPUT
17
___ of tears : VALE
20
Caesar's foes : GALLI
23
Transfer picture : DECAL
24
Literary device : IRONY
25
Canopies : TILTS
27
___-Bakr, Mohammed's father-in-law : ABU
28
Certain dress designs : DIORS
29
City in Michigan : IONIA
30
Assault : ONSET
32
Ransom ___ Olds : ELI
33
Lunched : ATE
34
Perquisite : TIP
36
Borders : EDGINGS
37
Auction word : GOING
38
Seventh Greek letter : ETA
43
Contents of a biggin : COFFEE
44
Except : UNLESS
45
Kodiak, e.g. : BEAR
47
Carousal : BINGE
49
Feature of a sauna : STEAM
50
Turkish liqueur : RAKI
51
"___ the Mood for Love" : IMIN
52
Carol : SONG
53
Rainbow : IRIS
54
Granular snow : NEVE
55
Peruvian : INCA
56
Baron in "Der Rosenkavalier" : OCHS
57
Residence robbed by a squirrel : NEST

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

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