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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Monday, September 5, 1988

15-Across : Planet second nearest to the sun

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { B F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.9
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,181
Across
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Appear : SEEM
5
Valuable violin : AMATI
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Stitched joining : SEAM
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Nimbus : HALO
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Planet second nearest to the sun : VENUS
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Seaweed : ALGA
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Toward the mouth : ORAD
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Cavities in bones : ANTRA
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Layer : TIER
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Complete : UTTER
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Female ballet dancers : DANSEUSES
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"___ Depths," Gorky drama : THELOWER
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Chalice veil : AER
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Turkish inn : IMARET
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Nosher's delight : SNACK
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Comprehends : GRASPS
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Browne or Houston : SAM
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Be sorry : RUE
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Planet eighth nearest to the sun : NEPTUNE
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Planet nearest to the sun : MERCURY
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Collection of anecdotes : ANA
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___ Mahal : TAJ
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Depends : RELIES
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Summer TV fare : RERUN
51
Plate armor for a thigh : TUILLE
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Joplin specialty : RAG
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Appropriates : PREEMPTS
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Unmanned space probe launched Aug. 20, 1977 : VOYAGERII
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Claw : TALON
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Esprit : ELAN
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False : NOTSO
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C. American gum tree : TUNO
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Knee, to an M.D. : GENU
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Arabian ruler : EMEER
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Road to Roma : ITER
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Inquires : ASKS
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Concise : TERSE
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Arrange : SORT
Down
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Outcry : SHOUT
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Planet third nearest to the sun : EARTH
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Happify : ELATE
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Maker of toy planes : MODELIST
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Actress Gardner : AVA
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Seamstress, sometimes : MENDER
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Giant red star in Scorpio : ANTARES
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Revolve : TURN
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"Your face, my thane, ___ book ... ": Shak. : ISASA
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Planet sixth nearest to the sun : SATURN
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Site of first Olympics : ELIS
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Askew : AGEE
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Planet fourth nearest to the sun : MARS
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Broken, in Brest : ROMPU
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Some M.I.T. grads : EES
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Didn't exist : WASNT
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Cap for Scotty : TAM
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N. African wild sheep : ARUI
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Heal : CURE
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Pitches : KEYS
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Snarl : GNAR
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Descartes or Magritte : RENE
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An armadillo : APAR
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Actress Oberon : MERLE
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Corrode : EAT
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Find a new tenant : RELET
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Plant called traveler's-joy : CLEMATIS
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Planet fifth nearest to the sun : JUPITER
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Planet seventh nearest to the sun : URANUS
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Slow horse : NAG
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Yellow flags : IRISES
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Playwright Jean ___ : GENET
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Planet farthest from the sun : PLUTO
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Paint tester : TONER
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Stable sound : SNORT
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Star in Lyra : VEGA
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Bullring calls : OLES
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G.I. : YANK
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Apple variety : ROME
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Galena is one : ORE

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4 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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