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Valerie Meunier
Valerie Meunier

New York Times, Wednesday, September 26, 1979

Author:
Meunier
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 241 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 34.7
Valerie Meunier has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Meunier is an alias for Valerie Meunier.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,914
Across
1
Ore deposit : LODE
5
Unit of elec. current : AMP
8
Violin for a virtuoso : AMATI
13
Chimps : APES
14
Keats feats : ODES
15
Scimitar : SABER
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Main idea : GIST
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Prefix with meter or trooper : PARA
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Elephant's nasal extension : TRUNK
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Very special person : ONEINAMILLION
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Wait on tables : SERVE
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Against : ANTI
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Chances : ODDS
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Loner at a hop : STAG
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Christmas : NOEL
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Follower of astro or cosmo : NAUT
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Delicate sensitivity : TACT
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Tease : RIB
34
New Deal letters : NRA
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"He ___ me to lie down ... " : MAKETH
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Site of Lafayette College : EASTON
40
Epoch : ERA
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Auditory organ : EAR
43
Man or Rhodes : ISLE
44
Care for : TEND
46
Mexican day laborer : PEON
48
Trips around the track : LAPS
51
Wise one : SAGE
52
Beanery sign : EATS
53
Anagram for canoe : OCEAN
55
Terrible odds : AMILLIONTOONE
58
Wicked king : HEROD
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Metalware, often lacquered : TOLE
61
Flats: Abbr. : APTS
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Solitary : ALONE
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"On thy cold gray stones, ___!" : OSEA
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Part of a vending machine : SLOT
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Sheen : GLOSS
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Legal matter : RES
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Heroine of an 1891 novel : TESS
Down
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Capital of Nigeria : LAGOS
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Thinks : OPINES
3
Gobi or Sahara : DESERT
4
Snooze through the summer : ESTIVATE
5
Obdurate : ADAMANT
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Breed of sheep : MERINO
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Biblical book : PSALTER
8
Italian province, noted for wine : ASTI
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Leave high and dry : MAROON
10
Copious : ABUNDANT
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Number of Commandments : TEN
12
Annoy : IRK
14
___-Locka, city in Fla. : OPA
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Nullify : NEGATE
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Easter flowers : LILIES
25
Coin for 46 Across : DURO
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Netman Smith : STAN
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Place of worship : CHAPEL
33
Vote : BALLOT
35
They play at Shea : METS
36
Region : AREA
37
Leaper recorded by Captain Cook : KANGAROO
39
Littoral area : SEACOAST
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He has lots to sell : REALTOR
43
Shoe parts : INSOLES
45
Incubuses : DEMONS
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Indolent : OTIOSE
49
Folks : PEOPLE
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World's largest coffee port : SANTOS
54
Hoopoes' homes : NESTS
56
Kin of kalends and nones : IDES
57
Rival of the A.F.T. : NEA
58
Crone : HAG
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Building extension : ELL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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