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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Wednesday, January 16, 1985

28-Across : Birthstone

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 37.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,853
Across
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Rival of Ole Miss : BAMA
5
After, in Arles : APRES
10
Ghanaian seaport : KETA
14
Ancient kingdom : ELAM
15
Literary Becky : SHARP
16
First governor of "The 49th" : EGAN
17
French magazine : ELLE
18
Short-legged dog : CORGI
19
Presswork with pix : ROTO
20
Strain : FILTRATE
22
Jayhawker : KANSAN
24
Pueblo Indian : HOPI
25
Joyous celebration : FETE
26
Yields as a return : PAYS
28
Birthstone : CARNELIAN
33
Grasped : SENSED
35
Item often having interest : LOAN
36
Sine ___ : DIE
37
Formerly, once : ERST
38
Homophone for a biblical queen : ESTER
40
Body : SOMA
41
"Pink Marsh" author : ADE
42
Conductor Klemperer : OTTO
43
Blackjack player's opponent : DEALER
45
Birthstone : TURQUOISE
48
Chevet : APSE
49
Am. call-up outfit : USNR
50
File : RASP
52
Crow's kin : DAKOTA
55
Tempestuous winds : NORTHERS
59
Vent : EMIT
60
Craft : TRADE
62
Brainstorm : IDEA
63
Anagram of noel : LONE
64
Corroded : EATEN
65
Wagnerian cycle : RING
66
___ out (barely managed) : EKED
67
"___ thou these great buildings?": Mark 13:2 : SEEST
68
Major ending : ETTE
Down
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Gripe : BEEF
2
"I am monarch of ___ survey" : ALLI
3
Promenade : MALL
4
Birthstone : AMETHYST
5
B.M.I. rival : ASCAP
6
Caused by light : PHOTIC
7
Choice : RARE
8
Unit of work : ERG
9
Plant of the ginseng family : SPIKENARD
10
Core : KERNEL
11
Selves : EGOS
12
So long, in Soho : TATA
13
Shortly : ANON
21
"Second Hand ___" : ROSE
23
Solar disk : ATEN
25
Cleaving tool : FROE
26
Lost to view : PERDU
27
Goose genus : ANSER
29
Choral singers : ALTOS
30
Fans' favorites : IDOLS
31
Evangelist McPherson : AIMEE
32
Stingy : NEAR
33
In the catbird ___ : SEAT
34
Explodes : DETONATES
39
Slammer : STIR
40
Birthstone : SAPPHIRE
42
Expel : OUST
44
Maugham's "___ of Suez" : EAST
46
Named a price : QUOTED
47
Gullies : ERODES
51
Common contraction : ARENT
52
Take out : DELE
53
Berserk : AMOK
54
Cattle, to Cowper : KINE
55
N.B.A.'s Archibald : NATE
56
Emulate Edward Bok : EDIT
57
Cleft : RENT
58
Kind of brush : SAGE
61
Charlotte from Milwaukee : RAE

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

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