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Virginia Butler
Virginia Butler

New York Times, Friday, August 19, 1977

50-Down : Middle East V.I.P.

Author:
Virginia Butler
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q U W Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 40.0
Virginia Butler has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Error in 45-Down grid entry—the correct title is "To Autumn."

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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,233
Across
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Magnificent : GRAND
6
Separate : PART
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Boxing program : CARD
14
Ridin' and ropin' show : RODEO
15
Congregation response : AMEN
16
Woodwind : OBOE
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Church officer : ELDER
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City near San Francisco : SANTAROSA
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"The ___ rose is brief": Swinburne : YEAROFTHE
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Red head: 1918–24 : LENIN
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Sesame; til : TEEL
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Norman Bel ___, stage designer : GEDDES
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She wept and would not be comforted : RACHEL
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Satirist Beerbohm : MAX
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James and Houdini : HARRYS
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English poet : DELAMARE
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Available : ONTAP
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Trouble : AIL
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Austen work : NOVEL
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Breaks ranks; scatters : DISBANDS
40
Something strange : ODDITY
41
" ... pocket full of ___" : RYE
42
Welsh-rabbit sine qua non : CHEESE
43
Rupert, the poet: 1887–1915 : BROOKE
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Rabbit or Fox : BRER
48
Hogback : RIDGE
49
Gem weighing less than ¼ grain : SEEDPEARL
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Estimated too highly : OVERRATED
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___ vincit amor : OMNIA
57
Allot : METE
58
Off one's rocker : LOCO
59
Spike for mountain climbing : PITON
60
God of love : EROS
61
Scrooge's cries : BAHS
62
Blot out : ERASE
Down
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Zane or Jane : GREY
2
Thespian's need : ROLE
3
Po tributary : ADDA
4
"Two at a trade can ___ agree": Gay : NEER
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She said: "Brevity is the soul of lingerie" : DOROTHYPARKER
6
Light literary sketch : PASTEL
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Menotti hero : AMAHL
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Descartes : RENE
9
Relative of dynamite : TNT
10
Prepared apples for baking : CORED
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"And take ___ of fate": Macbeth : ABOND
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The O'Grady girl : ROSIE
13
Acheson and Rusk : DEANS
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He said: "A little learning is a dangerous thing" : ALEXANDERPOPE
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Patients' payments : FEES
24
"My ___ Sal" : GAL
25
Hindu queen : RANI
26
Crafts' companion : ARTS
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Sourpuss : CRAB
28
Allen or Torme : MEL
29
Mason's burden : HOD
30
Prefix with place or grace : DIS
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Fashion : MODE
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Rara ___ : AVIS
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Network of nerves : RETE
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Culbertson : ELY
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Humorist George ___ : ADE
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Louis or Bill : NYE
40
Exclaimed : OHED
42
Firm beliefs : CREDOS
43
Tall grass : BROME
44
Moon or Spoon : RIVER
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"___ Autumn": Keats : ODETO
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Fairy-tale menaces : OGRES
47
Hardwood tree : BEECH
49
Greek portico : STOA
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Middle East V.I.P. : EMIR
51
Theater group : ANTA
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Grande and Rita : RIOS
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Byway or seaway : LANE
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Vestment : ALB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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