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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Wednesday, January 2, 1991

25-Down : Give an ___ (look after)

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 7, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 27.3
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,030
Across
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Whips : FLOGS
6
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
10
Inflection : TONE
14
Actress-singer Blakley : RONEE
15
Lager, e.g. : BEER
16
"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
17
Music hall : ODEON
18
Marian Anderson, e.g. : CONTRALTO
20
Looking glass : MIRROR
22
Abundant : RIFE
23
Sea bird : ERN
24
Composer Edvard ___ : GRIEG
26
Joins : UNITES
28
"In Spain They Say ___" : SISI
31
Memo abbr. : FYI
32
Walesa : LECH
33
Notion : IDEA
34
Jump : LEAP
36
Spiral : WHORL
39
___ tee : TOA
40
Bypasses : DETOURS
42
"Vive le ___ !" : ROI
43
Choice : ELITE
45
Not fooled by : ONTO
46
Church area : APSE
47
Snake sound : SISS
49
Brasstown Bald, 4 Down's highest pt. : MTN
50
Youth : TEEN
51
Chap : FELLOW
53
Swiss warble : YODEL
55
Altar on high : ARA
56
Mets or Jets : TEAM
58
Mandarin, e.g. : ORANGE
62
Roman goddess of harmony : CONCORDIA
65
Cyclotron item : ANION
66
Icelandic tales : EDDA
67
Sell : VEND
68
Grand backer : STAND
69
Dry run : TEST
70
Kind of plasm : ENDO
71
Alleviates : EASES
Down
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Out of : FROM
2
Battle scene: May 10, 1796 : LODI
3
Corker : ONER
4
Fourth state to ratify the Constitution: Jan. 2, 1788 : GEORGIA
5
Mister, in Lima : SENOR
6
Basic principle : ABC
7
State song of 4 Down : GEORGIAONMYMIND
8
Bolognese painter : RENI
9
Dexterous : ARTFUL
10
Aunt, in Avila : TIA
11
Leader of first English settlement of 4 Down : OGLETHORPE
12
___ Dame : NOTRE
13
Certain collars : ETONS
19
Freshens : RENEWS
21
Garand, e.g. : RIFLE
25
Give an ___ (look after) : EYETO
27
I, in Bonn : ICH
28
Location : SITE
29
Luminary : IDOL
30
Land group east of 4 Down : SEAISLANDS
35
___ shame (abash) : PUTTO
37
Cherokee ___, state flower of 4 Down : ROSE
38
Mortgage : LIEN
40
Explorer of 4 Down, c. 1540 : DESOTO
41
Dance composition : RONDO
44
Sesame : TIL
46
Capital of 4 Down : ATLANTA
48
Veer : SWERVE
51
Phase : FACET
52
Wash away : ERODE
54
Obliterate : ERASE
57
Arabian port : ADEN
59
Island off Sumatra : NIAS
60
Auction call : GONE
61
Completes : ENDS
63
Feline : CAT
64
Pother : ADO

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2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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