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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Monday, January 14, 1980

5-Down : Literary quality evoking pity

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.3
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,024
Across
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Sharp rebuke : SLAP
5
Agreements : PACTS
10
Kind of moss : PEAT
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Hawaiian seaport : HILO
15
Apportion : ALLOT
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Home of the Bruins : UCLA
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Consumes : EATS
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Coronet : TIARA
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Snare : TRAP
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Prefix meaning "upward" : ANO
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In ___ (out of favor) : THEDOGHOUSE
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Mode : FASHION
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Mil. officer : GEN
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Antonym of downs : UPS
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Certain bills : TWENTIES
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Wrong : AMISS
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Equitable portion : FAIRSHARE
36
Thin strip of wood : LATH
37
Broad smiles : GRINS
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Sicilian summer resort : ENNA
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Getting ready : PREPARING
41
One of the Fords : EDSEL
42
Feign : SIMULATE
43
Also : TOO
44
Kind of seed : PIP
45
Mixed : MINGLED
49
"Cry 'Havoc!' and let ___ of war": Shak. : SLIPTHEDOGS
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Astral Altar : ARA
55
"___ soit ... " : HONI
56
Pointless : INANE
57
Aroma : ODOR
58
Fairy-tale beginning : ONCE
59
Mosaicist : TILER
60
Relax : REST
61
Vegetables : PEAS
62
Blue-pencils : EDITS
63
Numerals : ONES
Down
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Bundle of grain stalks : SHEAF
2
Vine of the tropics : LIANA
3
Choir members : ALTOS
4
Neg. antonym : POS
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Literary quality evoking pity : PATHOS
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Foreign : ALIEN
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Clothed : CLAD
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Corrida attraction : TORO
9
Totters : STAGGERS
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Make a pretentious display : PUTONTHEDOG
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Off-white : ECRU
12
Word of woe : ALAS
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Record, in a way : TAPE
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Tilts : TIPS
22
Coop group : HENS
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Fried corn cakes : HUSHPUPPIES
27
French historian : TAINE
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Ala : WING
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Smith and Fleming : IANS
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Lake in Ireland : ERNE
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Close securely : SEAL
32
European mountains : ALPS
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Husband: Fr. : MARI
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Component of a list : ITEM
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Ceramic glaze material : FRIT
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Black lead : GRAPHITE
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Came to rest : ALIT
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Ages : EONS
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Felines of Asia : TIGERS
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Painter of "Cape Martin" : MONET
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Burdened : LADEN
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Uneven : EROSE
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Pub game : DARTS
49
Cremerie, e.g. : SHOP
50
Solitary : LONE
51
Ancient Peruvian : INCA
52
Camelot character : ENID
53
Spanish Surrealist : DALI
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Mountain: Prefix : ORO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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