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Virginia P. Abelson
Virginia P. Abelson

STERLING STEEDS

New York Times, Sunday, May 11, 1986

2-Down : Marianne or Melba

Author:
Virginia P. Abelson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 656 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 161, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Virginia P. Abelson has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,333
Across
1
Triple Crown winner: 1935 : OMAHA
6
Chinese cinnamon : CASSIA
12
Branches, to a biologist : RAMI
16
Rainbows : ARCS
20
Kind of energy : SOLAR
21
Climb : ASCENT
22
"___! poor Yorick" : ALAS
23
Grenoble's river : ISERE
24
Leading money winner: 1951 : COUNTERPOINT
26
Triple Crown winner: 1930 : GALLANTFOX
28
"___ and the Man" : ARMS
29
Galley words : STETS
30
AM or FM : RADIO
32
Simplest : BAREST
33
Matter, in law : RES
34
On the left side : APORT
35
Card pile : TALON
36
Panel : JURORS
37
Par ___ : AVION
38
Elizabeth I's Lord ___ : CECIL
39
Cuban coins : PESOS
40
Famous filly : RUFFIAN
43
Triple Crown winner: 1977 : SEATTLESLEW
45
Bleat : BAA
48
Away from the mouth : ABORAL
49
"The coward does it with ___" : AKISS
50
Early O'Neill play : GOLD
51
Parent's word : DONT
52
City near Buenos Aires : MORON
53
Silent greeting : SMILE
54
Heroic tales : SAGAS
56
Five-time Horse of the Year : KELSO
57
Fox's feet : PAWS
58
Fruit of the blackthorn : SLOE
59
"___ Diary": Twain : EVES
60
Huarache : SANDAL
61
Penn, e.g. : STA
62
A Mary O'Hara horse : THUNDERHEAD
66
Wither : SHRIVEL
67
___ to go : RARING
69
Skins : PEELS
70
Delectate : PLEASE
71
Nuptials : WEDDING
73
Triple Crown winner: 1973 : SECRETARIAT
75
Sister : NUN
78
Ascribe : IMPUTE
79
Jets' former home : SHEA
80
Quaff in Bonn : BIER
81
Usher follower : ETTE
82
Balance : SCALE
83
Agraffe : CLASP
84
Tulwar : SABER
86
Donald Sutherland role : KLUTE
87
Nudnik : PEST
88
Thin-skinned place : SHIN
89
Sharpened : HONED
90
Bucked : REARED
91
Aye : YES
92
Sewell's horse : BLACKBEAUTY
95
Cake mixtures : BATTERS
96
World-weary : BLASE
97
Files : RASPS
98
Subsequently : SINCE
99
Addison's associate : STEELE
101
Faction : PARTY
102
Slider, e.g. : PITCH
103
Concorde : SST
106
Sound system : STEREO
107
Get up : ARISE
108
Conductor Georg : SOLTI
109
Shopper stopper : SALE
110
Triple Crown winner: 1937 : WARADMIRAL
112
Leading money winner: 1953 : NATIVEDANCER
115
Aides: Abbr. : ASSTS
116
Whimper : MEWL
117
Rubber : ERASER
118
Ponti's wife : LOREN
119
Quaker's pronoun : THEE
120
Sheet of stamps : PANE
121
Hinders : DETERS
122
Kentucky Derby winner: 1955 : SWAPS
Down
1
Hammerstein : OSCAR
2
Marianne or Melba : MOORE
3
Styptics : ALUMS
4
Arp or Conried : HANS
5
Buchwald : ART
6
Capp creation : CARTOON
7
"The ___ Papers": H. James : ASPERN
8
"Redgauntlet" author : SCOTT
9
Six in Sevilla : SEIS
10
Boniface's place : INN
11
Lures : ATTRACTS
12
Ann or Andy : RAGDOLL
13
Pen name of Emile Chartier : ALAIN
14
Saint-___, French seaport : MALO
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N.Z. is one : ISL
16
One-time Colt .45's : ASTROS
17
Allude : REFER
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Word before patch or word : CROSS
19
Canonical hour : SEXT
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"And pretty maids all ___" : INAROW
25
Observation : ESPIAL
27
Mistreated : ABUSED
31
Got off Swale : ALIT
34
Pertaining to birds : AVIAN
35
Hector : TEASE
36
Coagulates : JELLS
37
Hair styles : AFROS
38
Overlay with boards or plaster : CEIL
39
Lumbar muscle : PSOAS
40
Sloping walkways : RAMPS
41
One of Tirpitz's menaces : UBOAT
42
Preakness winner: 1968 : FORWARDPASS
43
Performed christies : SKIED
44
Urged, with on : EGGED
45
Winner of Derby and Preakness: 1936 : BOLDVENTURE
46
Looped handles : ANSAE
47
Tarawa is one : ATOLL
49
In the midst of : AMONG
51
Patron saint of France : DENIS
53
Thrown : SLUNG
54
Soul, in Stuttgart : SEELE
55
Nautical "Stop!" : AVAST
56
Jeweler's unit : KARAT
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Polish : SHINE
60
Clip : SHEAR
62
Hackneyed : TRITE
63
Fencing weapons : EPEES
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Summary : RECAP
65
Ferlinghetti novel : HER
66
Craftier : SLIER
68
Grown-up : ADULT
70
Snooped : PRIED
71
Strawlike : WISPY
72
Role Jessel often played : EMCEE
73
Cut of beef : SHANK
74
"___ Road," Beatles album : ABBEY
76
Absolute : UTTER
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Exigencies : NEEDS
79
Duffer's problem : SLICE
81
Make euphoric : ELATE
83
Word after steeple : CHASE
84
Comedian Sales : SOUPY
85
Pangolin's diet : ANTS
86
Sailing vessel : KETCH
88
Winding course for Mahre : SLALOM
89
Hied : HASTENED
90
Turned, as butter : RANCID
92
Feels sympathy : BLEEDS
93
Tactile writing : BRAILLE
94
Lamb subject : EARS
95
Drink flavoring : BITTERS
96
Scold : BERATE
98
Lone Ranger's horse : SILVER
99
Hide : STASH
100
Brief : TERSE
101
Shrimp's kin : PRAWN
102
Composure : POISE
103
Pelvic bones : SACRA
104
Chandler's "The Big ___" : SLEEP
105
Darrs : TERNS
106
Clout : SWAT
107
Kind of code : AREA
108
E.r.a., e.g. : STAT
109
C. P. or Phoebe : SNOW
111
Young demon : IMP
113
"You ___ There" : ARE
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Hirt and Kaline : ALS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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