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Violet Gale
Violet Gale

New York Times, Friday, May 16, 1975

16-Across : Dye shrub

Author:
Violet Gale
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { H J Q }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Violet Gale has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,407
Across
1
Chess action : MOVE
5
Conk out, as an engine : STALL
10
Limp-watch artist : DALI
14
Gardner et al. : AVAS
15
Signature of "Tamerlane" author : EAPOE
16
Dye shrub : ANIL
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Bill deduction: Abbr. : DISC
18
Murk : GLOOM
19
Zero : NONE
20
Navigator's stopgap : DEADRECKONING
23
Radziwill et al. : LEES
24
Wedding-notice word : NEE
25
R. B. Sheridan people : RIVALS
28
Editor's concern : DEADLINE
33
Sharp ridge : ARETE
34
Szechwan animal : PANDA
35
Nothing doing! : NIX
36
Low : BASE
37
Dodge : ELUDE
38
Old Norse poem : RUNE
39
Big Board initials : ITT
40
Garden plant : AVENS
41
Painter Albrecht : DURER
42
Sponger : DEADBEAT
44
Of highest grade : FINEST
45
Poetic word : EER
46
Troubles : AILS
47
Swimming-lesson basic : DEADMANSFLOAT
53
Fairy godmother's need : WAND
54
Harangue : ORATE
55
Bass ___ : VIOL
57
Pay up : ANTE
58
Type of clam : RAZOR
59
Deviates : ERRS
60
Light gas : NEON
61
Arabian chiefs : EMIRS
62
Indian peasant : RYOT
Down
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Kind of money : MAD
2
Roman poet : OVID
3
Mantelpiece item : VASE
4
Step up : ESCALATE
5
Nobel chemist and family : SEGRES
6
Fill-in jurors : TALES
7
Revelation: Abbr. : APOC
8
Defunct magazine : LOOK
9
Drink : LEMONADE
10
His milieu was a den : DANIEL
11
Shortly : ANON
12
Food fish : LING
13
___ Royale : ILE
21
Printer's mark : DELE
22
River of myth : NEDA
25
Very furious : RABID
26
Furious : IRATE
27
Hearth goddess : VESTA
28
Dispirit : DAUNT
29
Often-loose items : ENDS
30
Accustom : INURE
31
Yankees and Mets : NINES
32
Put forth : EXERT
34
Request : PLEA
37
Henceforth : EVERMORE
38
Reviews : RUNSOVER
40
Retired : ABED
41
Cooking flavor : DILL
43
Make soundproof : DEADEN
44
Drummers' partners : FIFERS
46
Mary of films : ASTOR
47
Borge, for one : DANE
48
Within: Prefix : ENTO
49
Ancient Syria : ARAM
50
Hitler or Speer : NAZI
51
Delicate : AIRY
52
Bullring figure : TORO
53
Pallid : WAN
56
Naval craft: Abbr. : LST

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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