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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Wednesday, January 23, 1985

8-Down : Football tactic

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 24.4
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,860
Across
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Hazard at sea : MIST
5
Comprehensiveness : SCOPE
10
Noah's first son : SHEM
14
Summit : ACME
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Kind of bear : POLAR
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German's great hall : AULA
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"Till ___," 1946 film : THECLOUDSROLLBY
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Garden tool : HOE
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City of SE France : ARLES
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Low-lying tracts : VALES
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___ vide (which see) : QUAE
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Houston or Snead : SAM
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"Of ___ and starry skies": Byron : CLOUDLESSCLIMES
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Refuge on a desert : OASIS
34
Meadows : LEAS
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"___ Yankee Doodle Dandy" : IMA
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Nipa palm : ATAP
37
Short trip : JAUNT
39
Chinese weight : TAEL
40
Ord. to pay money : CHK
41
Buffs : FANS
42
Call : PHONE
43
Have one's ___ (daydream) : HEADINTHECLOUDS
47
River of Devon : EXE
48
Truth twister : LIAR
49
Fiber for nets : ISTLE
52
Tribunal : COURT
54
Spirit of St. Louis : AME
57
Weather forecast : CLOUDYANDCOOLER
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City; town : BURG
61
Russian co-op : ARTEL
62
Wags : WITS
63
Allot : METE
64
Elklike mammal : MOOSE
65
Visibility reducer : HAZE
Down
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High-school subj. : MATH
2
Chinese tree : ICHO
3
Pintail duck : SMEE
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Gumshoe : TEC
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Relating to certain seeds : SPORAL
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Grand ___ Dam : COULEE
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Word with shoppe : OLDE
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Football tactic : PASS
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Stray : ERR
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Deli item : SALAMI
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Pea pod : HULL
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Magdeburg's river : ELBE
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Hall of Famer Willie ___ : MAYS
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Praises : LAUDS
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Stadiums, often : OVALS
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Cavil : QUIP
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Shoo! : SCAT
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Football's Noll or Knox : COACH
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Shaping machine : LATHE
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Japan's greatest port : OSAKA
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Melting snow : SLUSH
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E.M.K. is one : SEN
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Tabby's plaint : MIAOU
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Correct : EMEND
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Certain transactions : SALES
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Austen or Eyre : JANE
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Formicid : ANT
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Norse god of thunder : THOR
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Repaired : FIXED
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"Republic" author : PLATO
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Big flood : DELUGE
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Escapes : ELUDES
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Ring : CIRCLE
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Mod. weapon : ICBM
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Veer; twist : SLUE
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Civil wrong : TORT
52
"___ nome," Verdi aria : CARO
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Not fooled by : ONTO
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Inter ___ (among other things) : ALIA
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City of NE France : METZ
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Scotch Gaelic : ERSE
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Sweet potato : YAM
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Monogram of the Great Dissenter : OWH

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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