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Virginia P. Abelson
Virginia P. Abelson

New York Times, Wednesday, June 19, 1985

15-Across : "___, A Coat, A Glove," Speyer play

Author:
Virginia P. Abelson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 13.8
Virginia P. Abelson has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,007
Across
1
Commonplace : BANAL
6
Concordes : SSTS
10
Muddle : HASH
14
Actress MacMahon : ALINE
15
"___, A Coat, A Glove," Speyer play : AHAT
16
Der ___, Adenauer : ALTE
17
Uprising in Va.: 1676 : BACONSREBELLION
20
Paradise : EDEN
21
Actress Hagen : UTA
22
Public-record books : LIBRI
23
Freed-Warren song : COFFEETIME
26
Burnish : POLISH
31
" ... ___ forgive our debtors" : ASWE
32
In agreement : ATONE
33
Landed : ALIT
35
More than a tsp. : TBS
38
N.Y. stage luminary : TOASTOFBROADWAY
42
Royal title: Abbr. : HSM
43
TV's ___ Piggy : MISS
44
Condescend : DEIGN
45
Coast Guard woman : SPAR
47
Seaport on Fyn Island : ODENSE
48
Soft-soaped : BUTTEREDUP
53
Revere : ADORE
54
An hour in Roma : ORA
55
Isaac's eldest : ESAU
59
Author of "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" : EDWARDEGGLESTON
63
Profound : DEEP
64
Christie or Evans : DAME
65
Worker in an exec's office : STENO
66
Station abbrs. : ARRS
67
Periods : ERAS
68
"For ___ sake!" : PETES
Down
1
Zaharias or Herman : BABE
2
"When I was ___ ... " : ALAD
3
Fastidious : NICE
4
Presently : ANON
5
Actor Cariou : LEN
6
Andrea del ___ : SARTO
7
Bundle : SHEAF
8
What treaters pick up : TAB
9
___ Anne de Beaupré : STE
10
Rock salt : HALITE
11
Excuse of a sort : ALIBI
12
Blizzard : STORM
13
She skated to fame in 1928 : HENIE
18
None follower : SUCH
19
___ Llaw Gyffes of Welsh legend : LLEW
24
Danbury events : FAIRS
25
"___ Perpetua," Idaho's motto : ESTO
26
Trail : PATH
27
Neb. Indians : OTOS
28
Topsoil : LOAM
29
Dems.: 1932–52 : INS
30
Matched pair : SET
33
Flaming : AFIRE
34
Units of wt. : LBS
35
Look-alike : TWIN
36
Sacks : BAGS
37
Auld lang ___ : SYNE
39
Great Persian poet : OMAR
40
Use an abacus : ADD
41
Aberdeen's river : DEE
45
Reins : STRAPS
46
Equal : PEER
47
Iridescent gem : OPAL
48
Saint Bede : BAEDA
49
Cow's milk gland : UDDER
50
Eiffel. e.g. : TOWER
51
Church doctrine : DOGMA
52
Spurs : URGES
55
Ferrara family : ESTE
56
Proofer's word : STET
57
Superior : AONE
58
Ones, in Orvieto : UNOS
60
J.F.K.'s predecessor : DDE
61
Pinna : EAR
62
Sixth sense's rel. : ESP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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