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Violet Gale
Violet Gale

New York Times, Monday, September 29, 1975

Author:
Violet Gale
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K V W Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 44.6
Violet Gale has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,543
Across
1
Lummox : OAF
4
Kemal, for one : PASHA
9
Coins: Abbr. : CTS
12
Laborer : ESNE
13
African plants : IXIAS
14
Auk genus : URIA
16
Miss Turner : LANA
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Place for a lamp, tissues, etc. : NIGHTSTAND
19
Testy : FRETFUL
21
Heroic poetry : EPOPEE
22
Word with hooray : HIP
23
Police-car feature : SIREN
25
"___ a crowd" : THREES
28
Ones who tolerate : ABIDERS
31
Aspire : YEARN
32
In addition : ALSO
33
Bean : SOYA
35
Fashion again : REMODEL
37
Wins over : ENDEARS
39
Norse god : ODIN
40
Aspect : MIEN
42
High nest: Var. : EYRIE
43
Planting area : SEEDBED
45
Kind of salad : CAESAR
46
River of the Left Bank : SEINE
47
High, in music : ALT
48
Pluto or Venus : PLANET
51
Make a stab at : ATTEMPT
55
Odious : DETESTABLE
58
Cosgrave's country : EIRE
59
Book-page sizes: Abbr. : QTOS
60
Arab chieftain : EMEER
61
Ivan or Peter : TSAR
62
Choose : OPT
63
Chides : RATES
64
Dress part : HEM
Down
1
Gravelly ridges : OSAR
2
Green Gables resident : ANNE
3
Take care of No. 1 : FEATHERONESNEST
4
Barracks art : PINUPS
5
Leaf-stem angle : AXIL
6
One's John Henry: Abbr. : SIG
7
Exclamation : HAH
8
Argonaut member : ASTERION
9
Gain experience : CUTONESEYETEETH
10
Snare : TRAP
11
___ qua non : SINE
12
Santa's aide : ELF
15
U.S. humorist : ADE
18
Flew : SPED
20
Wicked person : FIEND
23
___ soda : SAL
24
"Rosmersholm" author : IBSEN
25
Learner : TYRO
26
Observes : HEEDS
27
Textile fiber : RAMIE
29
M.G.M.-movie sounds : ROARS
30
Aleppo's country : SYRIA
32
"___ Corn" : ALIEN
34
Douay Bible name : ASER
36
Exacerbate : EMBITTER
38
Gave out the cards : DEALT
41
Dutch commune : EDE
44
Ruby and family : DEES
45
Serves : CATERS
48
Pronto! : PDQ
49
Wife of Zeus : LETO
50
At the summit : ATOP
51
Sheltered : ALEE
52
Legal writ : MISE
53
Carriage : PRAM
54
Thrice: Prefix : TER
56
Doctors' org. : AMA
57
What you do with your boots : BET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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