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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Thursday, January 20, 1983

12-Down : Play opener

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F H J Q V W }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,126
Across
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Served perfectly : ACED
5
Curling, e.g. : SPORT
10
Thailand, once : SIAM
14
Jot : IOTA
15
Belgian province : NAMUR
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Killer whale : ORCA
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Billy Wilder film: 1944 : DOUBLEINDEMNITY
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Teacher of Samuel : ELI
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Nest high up : AERIE
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Haven : OASIS
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Cutting tool : ADZE
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River isle : AIT
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Served a second purpose : DOUBLEDINBRASS
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___ nous : ENTRE
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Lopez theme song : NOLA
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Make lace : TAT
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Gunther subject : ASIA
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Copland's "___ the Kid" : BILLY
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Kind of line or palm : DATE
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Play, for short : REC
41
Stratagem : RUSE
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Fleur-___ : DELIS
43
Certain informatory bids : TAKEOUTDOUBLES
47
Like some bergs : ICY
48
Puts an end to : AXES
49
Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus : SCUBA
52
Make tracks or mosey : DOGIT
54
Tough wood : OAK
57
___ star (variable binary star) : ECLIPSINGDOUBLE
60
" ... nine lives like ___ ... ": Heywood : ACAT
61
Dais V.I.P. : EMCEE
62
Omen : SIGN
63
Danube city : LINZ
64
Approaches : NEARS
65
Tidy : NEAT
Down
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Assistant : AIDE
2
Chilly : COOL
3
Small case : ETUI
4
Pat : DAB
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___ at (treat lightly) : SNEEZE
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Matched : PAIRED
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All: Comb. form : OMNI
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Unfinished : RUDE
9
Three in Roma : TRE
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"Moonlight" or "Kreutzer" : SONATA
11
Flag : IRIS
12
Play opener : ACTI
13
Cooperstown name : MAYS
18
Long-handled spoon : LADLE
19
Ballerina Shearer : MOIRA
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Canyon mouth : ABRA
24
With competence : ABLY
25
Letter opener : DEAR
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Beginning : ONSET
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N.Y. Thruway city : UTICA
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Orifice : INLET
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Cambodia's Lon ___ : NOL
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Stable compartment : STALL
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"Sarabandes" composer : SATIE
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Nastassia Kinski role : TESS
37
Float : BUOY
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Big Eight Cyclones : ISU
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"Walls and Bars" author : DEBS
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A summing up : RECAP
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Caused by : DUETO
44
Intrude, in a way : KIBITZ
45
Apparition seen by Macbeth : DAGGER
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Compounds in rust, etc. : OXIDES
49
Circus performer : SEAL
50
301, to Cato : CCCI
51
___ Bator, capital of Mongolia : ULAN
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Five's partner : DIME
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Phoenician goddess : ONCA
54
Theater award : OBIE
55
Seaweed : ALGA
56
English county : KENT
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Part of a yen : SEN
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Seagoing org. : USN

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

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