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Caroline G. Fitzgerald
Caroline G. Fitzgerald

New York Times, Friday, July 17, 1981

61-Across : Bridle part, in Braemar

Author:
Caroline G. Fitzgerald
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 44.3
Caroline G. Fitzgerald has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,574
Across
1
Incipient admiral, perhaps : PLEBE
6
Avast! : STOP
10
Persian religious leader ___ Ullah : BAHA
14
Extend a subscription : RENEW
15
Whet : HONE
16
Friend of the Kingfish : AMOS
17
Best film of 1954 : ONTHEWATERFRONT
20
Cold wind of the Adriatic : BORA
21
Forte or Harris of football : IKE
22
Roscoe of tennis : TANNER
23
___ Islands, off Galway Bay : ARAN
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Zee, in Suffolk : ZED
25
Taiwan Strait island : MATSU
26
Bill picturing U.S. Treasury : TEN
27
Existed : WAS
28
German patriot-philosopher: 1762–1814 : FICHTE
29
Common Latin verb : EST
30
Port of entry in N Spain : IRUN
32
Be or end follower : ALL
33
McKenna novel, with "The" : SANDPEBBLES
37
Balsam or alpine : FIR
38
An Old Glory color : BLUE
39
Agent: Suffix : URE
42
Close : STUFFY
45
Pacino and Smith : ALS
46
Beaked warship : RAM
47
The Raffaello, for one : LINER
48
Chem., e.g. : SCI
49
Blood condition: Suffix : EMIA
50
___ Doria : ANDREA
52
Approvals : OKS
53
Describe : LIMN
54
Rachel Carson's tidal-zone report : THEEDGEOFTHESEA
57
Merit : EARN
58
Of the opposition : ANTI
59
About : ANENT
60
Photocopy : STAT
61
Bridle part, in Braemar : REYN
62
Sticky mixture : PASTE
Down
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Kind of court : PROBATE
2
Poe's "radiant maiden" et al. : LENORES
3
Contestants : ENTRANTS
4
"Borstal Boy" author : BEHAN
5
Nanny goat's relative : EWE
6
Shocks : SHAKESUP
7
Hauled : TOTED
8
Before "blast off" : ONE
9
Forward : PERT
10
Piggyback rider on a whale : BARNACLE
11
Turgenev's "___ in the Country" : AMONTH
12
Upright : HONEST
13
" ... my man's ___ as steel": Shak. : ASTRUE
18
Magic : WIZARDRY
19
Bourbons et Bonapartes : FAMILLES
27
Poet Letts : WINIFRED
28
Aesop, for one : FABULIST
31
Neighbor of S.D. : NEB
34
Conveying impulses to a nerve center : AFFERENT
35
Snapper or whitefish : BLACKFIN
36
Guesses : SURMISES
40
Attire : RAIMENT
41
Come forth : EMANATE
42
Chalk tablets : SLATES
43
W.W. I helmet : TINHAT
44
___ cloud (suspected) : UNDERA
48
Soiled, in a way : SOOTY
49
"Maria ___," 1933 song : ELENA
51
Product of red seaweeds : AGAR
55
Wind dir. : ENE
56
Luck : HAP

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

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