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Vaughn Keith
Vaughn Keith

New York Times, Saturday, May 14, 1983

37-Across : "How ___ the little busy bee ... "

Author:
Vaughn Keith
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 337 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 87, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 6 (2 triple stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 30.6
Vaughn Keith has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,240
Across
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Coarse cotton cloth : CRASH
6
N.Y. mayor : KOCH
10
Chance, formerly : HAP
13
Verso's opposite : RECTO
14
Matty, Felipe or Jesus : ALOU
15
A Marx : KARL
16
Supporters of mob rule : OCHLOCRATS
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"Thou ___ lady": King Lear : ARTA
19
Hindu title : SRI
20
Klutz : OAF
21
Mountains between Tibet and China : KUNLUN
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Companion of poivre : SEL
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Behave : ACT
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Gain : WIN
26
Poetic palindrome : ERE
27
Solidarity leader : WALESA
29
Kurosawa film: 1951 : THEIDIOT
31
The Moor, to a madrileño : OTELO
32
Inquiry: Abbr. : QUES
33
Pro ___ (proportionately) : RATA
34
"I see a bad moon ___" : RISIN
35
Actress Hagen : UTA
36
Spanish gentleman : SENOR
37
"How ___ the little busy bee ... " : DOTH
38
Grove on a prairie : MOTT
39
Walsy's partner : PALSY
40
Air: Comb. form : PNEUMATO
42
Military docs : MEDICS
43
Subject of a Keatsian ode : URN
44
Somewhat: Suffix : ISH
45
Mandible : JAW
46
Horse "somebody bet on" : BAY
47
Wheel of fortune? : ZODIAC
49
Anger : VEX
50
Hosp. group : RNS
51
Where to get views of gnus : ZOOS
52
Ambushes : LIESINWAIT
56
K–P connection : LMNO
57
Redact : EDIT
58
Met's Marilyn : HORNE
59
Sidewinder shape : ESS
60
Pearl Buck novel : SONS
61
Other nations, to Israelites : GOYIM
Down
1
Popular diversion : CROSSWORDPUZZLE
2
3
Football trainers' concerns : ACHILLESTENDONS
4
One N.L. team's insignia : STL
5
Cry of triumph : HOO
6
Jeweler's unit : KARAT
7
Norwegian king : OLAF
8
Small bed : COT
9
Malamutes : HUSKIES
10
Part of the British Museum : HARLEIANLIBRARY
11
Parma's gift to music : ARTUROTOSCANINI
12
Part of the harmony of the universe : PLANETARYSYSTEM
15
Mo. neighbor : KAN
17
Caesar's erstwhile partner : COCA
22
Prefix with corn or verse : UNI
24
" ... unto us ___ is given" : ASON
25
A source of bran : WHEAT
28
One of Job's visitors : ELIHU
29
Entire: Mus. : TUTTO
30
Fear : DREAD
32
"___ the raven ... " : QUOTH
36
Eject forcibly : SPEW
38
Steel plates used in 13th-century armor : MASCLES
41
Farrow : MIA
42
Dress style : MAXI
45
Wisecracks : JESTS
48
Equal: Prefix : ISO
49
Miner's discovery : VEIN
53
Wedding words : IDO
54
Modern Teutonic tongue: Abbr. : NHG
55
Court : WOO

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.

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