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Grace Fabbroni
Grace Fabbroni

New York Times, Thursday, July 6, 1978

30-Down : Greek homophone for roe

Author:
Grace Fabbroni
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 20.7
Grace Fabbroni has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,554
Across
1
Nonprofessional : LAIC
5
Insect's orifice : STOMA
10
Lyric poems : ODES
14
Can. province : ALTA
15
Start of a toast : HERES
16
"Who's ___, please?" : NEXT
17
Denomination : SECT
18
Concerning : ANENT
19
Poker term : ANTE
20
Lewis Carroll : CHARLESDODGSON
23
"The Great Commoner" : PITT
24
Dances for Scarlett : REELS
25
Very short pencil : STUB
27
" ... a star to ___ her by": Masefield : STEER
30
Kind of estate : REAL
31
Region around Athens : ATTICA
33
Partner of substance : SUM
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39
Morsel : ORT
40
Island north of Java : BORNEO
41
Peewee : RUNT
42
"___ afraid of greatness": Shak. : BENOT
43
They're not for one basket : EGGS
44
Character in "The Rivals" : ACRES
47
Drug-yielding plant : ALOE
49
Ellery Queen (along with Manfred B. Lee) : FREDERICDANNAY
55
Ayn or Sally : RAND
56
Brass is one : ALLOY
57
Green protector : TRAP
59
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
60
Zeus turned her into stone : NIOBE
61
Easter predecessor : LENT
62
Rude structure : SHED
63
Happier : GAYER
64
School of mental discipline : YOGA
Down
1
Spanish article : LAS
2
Guinness : ALEC
3
Seven-year ___ : ITCH
4
Device for hurling stones : CATAPULT
5
Decalogue word : SHALT
6
Dogma : TENET
7
Native minerals : ORES
8
Recuperate : MEND
9
See 18 Across : ASTO
10
Ass or 4 Down : ONAGER
11
Crowded : DENSE
12
Eulogize : EXTOL
13
British guns : STENS
21
Eve's beginning : RIB
22
What Martin Luther King Jr. had : DREAM
25
Calchas was one : SEER
26
Discrimination, in a nice sense : TACT
27
Air-show feature : STUNT
28
Pin in an early rifle : TIGE
29
Nymph who lost all but her voice : ECHO
30
Greek homophone for roe : RHO
31
"East of Eden" character : ARON
32
Old form for through : THRO
33
Serene and secure : SNUG
34
Jardinieres : URNS
35
Pithy remark : MOT
37
Corpulent : OBESE
38
Importunately : URGENTLY
42
Retired, with "down" : BEDDED
43
Eras upon eras : EON
44
Hairdos : AFROS
45
Kind of diet or helmet : CRASH
46
Income, in Paris : RENTE
47
Pueblo Indian's shelter : ADOBE
48
Stratum : LAYER
50
Summoned the maid : RANG
51
Hip bones : ILIA
52
Satiate : CLOY
53
Martian: Comb. form : AREO
54
Yin's companion : YANG
58
School assn. : PTA

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

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