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William Jarvis
William Jarvis

New York Times, Thursday, August 21, 1980

Author:
William Jarvis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { H K Q U }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 16, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William Jarvis has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

Old movies! It turns out, some great films were released before you were born.

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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,244
Across
1
Motorized bicycle : MOPED
6
Practice boxing : SPAR
10
One-fifth of "Hamlet" : ACT
13
Round of bowling : FRAME
14
Kind of bag : TOTE
15
___ avis : RARA
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Extemporize : ADLIB
18
Son of Aphrodite : EROS
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___ Downes, noted music critic : OLIN
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Capital of Norway : OSLO
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"Gentleman's ___": 1947 Oscar winner : AGREEMENT
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Ibsen's "An ___ of the People" : ENEMY
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"Lawrence of ___": 1962 Oscar winner : ARABIA
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German tank : PANZER
29
Vessel on the Atl. : STR
30
Margarine : OLEO
31
Initials for a 1939 Oscar winner : GWTW
34
___ d'art : OBJET
39
Nikola ___, U.S. inventor : TESLA
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Parseghian : ARA
42
Chaucer character : REEVE
43
Of bristles : SETAL
44
Oscar winner in 1958 : GIGI
46
"Nana" star: 1934 : STEN
47
Trygve ___ : LIE
49
Dormant : LATENT
51
Oscar winner in 1970 : PATTON
55
Pungent : SALTY
57
"The ___," 1960 Oscar winner : APARTMENT
59
Long, long period : AEON
62
"The ___ is not to the swift" : RACE
63
Gemstone : OPAL
64
Horizontal line in a mathematical plane : XAXIS
66
A social sci. : ECON
67
Fluids : SERA
68
Golf clubs : IRONS
69
Time-zone abbr. : EST
70
Durham boundary river : TEES
71
Ed ___ of TV : ASNER
Down
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Artist's degree : MFA
2
Church calendar : ORDO
3
Chums : PALS
4
"The Life of ___": 1937 Oscar winner : EMILEZOLA
5
Prepare a shad for eating : DEBONE
6
Vapor : STEAM
7
Bess's man : PORGY
8
One that does: suffix : ATOR
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Do an usher's job : RESEAT
10
Fragrance : AROMA
11
Biblical spy : CALEB
12
___ Lopez, singer : TRINI
16
N.Y.C. theater group : ANTA
22
Baseball miscue : ERROR
24
Unit of work : ERG
26
Partner of pans : POTS
27
Protected, at sea : ALEE
28
Hotbed : NEST
29
Loot : SWAG
32
Minimum ___ : WAGE
33
Prefix with color or cycle : TRI
35
"The ___ of Our Lives": 1946 Oscar winner : BESTYEARS
36
Ballet leap : JETE
37
Tied : EVEN
38
Where Achilles sulked : TENT
40
Apportion : ALLOT
45
Where Chi. is : ILL
48
Deepest : INMOST
50
Lack of order; confusion : ATAXIA
51
Whittle : PARE
52
Swiftly : APACE
53
Mexican sandwiches : TACOS
54
Church-council scene: 1545-63 : TRENT
55
Inveigle : SNARE
56
"___ Shrugged," Rand novel : ATLAS
58
Foil : EPEE
60
British county, for short : OXON
61
Braves, e.g. : NINE
65
Ukr., for one : SSR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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