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Barbara J. Weakley
Barbara J. Weakley

New York Times, Monday, May 24, 1982

34-Down : Ornamental case

Author:
Barbara J. Weakley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { B F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 18.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Barbara J. Weakley has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,885
Across
1
Tale twister : LIAR
5
Upper hand : EDGE
9
Turn's partner : TOSS
13
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
14
Bully or jerky : MEAT
15
Paid for a poker hand : ANTED
17
Streak : VEIN
18
Comb. form indicating an eye defect : OPIA
19
Full of cheer : MERRY
20
Urgent : IMPORTANT
22
Verify : PROVE
23
Swerves : VEERS
24
Evening prayer : VESPER
25
Trample : TREAD
28
An ungulate : TAPIR
30
Varnish ingredient : MASTIC
32
Affirmative : YES
33
Melon or squash : PEPO
37
Armory : ARSENAL
39
Race official : STARTER
41
Lack : NEED
42
Aries : RAM
44
Quantity : AMOUNT
45
Glacial ridge : SERAC
47
Improper : AMISS
48
Edit : REDACT
52
Raccoon's cousin : COATI
54
Knowing : AWARE
55
What Americans are entitled to pursue : HAPPINESS
59
Number of wonders : SEVEN
60
Hibernia : ERIN
61
Wicked : EVIL
62
Soprano Leontyne : PRICE
63
Sayers's "The ___ Tailors" : NINE
64
Memo : NOTE
65
Stopping places: Abbr. : STAS
66
Kind of novel : SAGA
67
___ off (in a snit) : TEED
Down
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V.P. Morton: 1889–93 : LEVI
2
Article : ITEM
3
On cat's feet : ATIP
4
Made over : RENOVATED
5
Ham it up : EMOTE
6
Take to the air at O'Hare : DEPART
7
Dispute : GAINSAY
8
French state : ETAT
9
Monkey (with) : TAMPER
10
Blows that cause kayos : ONERS
11
Barber's purchase : STROP
12
Answer a purpose : SERVE
16
His stint is making tints : DYER
21
"Nature, ___ tooth and claw": Tennyson : REDIN
24
Outlook : VISTA
25
Special agent at D.C. : TMAN
26
Unusual : RARE
27
"___ Quam Videri," N.C. motto : ESSE
29
Locale of the talus : PES
31
Printer's mark : CARET
33
Noticeable : PROMINENT
34
Ornamental case : ETUI
35
Writes : PENS
36
Scraps : ORTS
38
Household god : LAR
40
Cremona creation : AMATI
43
Daughter of Heracles : MACARIA
45
Stage settings : SCENES
46
Kind of saw : COPING
48
Grate : RASP
49
Pitchers : EWERS
50
Device for hoisting liners' boats : DAVIT
51
Betel palm : ARECA
53
Asphyxia : APNEA
55
Layers : HENS
56
Bacchanal's cry : EVOE
57
Developer's concern : SITE
58
Coaster : SLED

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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