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Judson G. Trent
New York Times, Tuesday, October 14, 1986
Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 7.4
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 A | 3 R | 4 A | 5 T | 6 S | 7 A | 8 N | 9 S | 10 L | 11 A | 12 S |
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13 A | R | A | G | E | 14 O | B | O | E | 15 D | E | F | T |
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16 S | T | I | E | S | 17 M | I | S | T | 18 L | E | T | O | E |
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19 E | I | N | 20 T | 21 O | M | E | 22 S | E | C | U | R | E |
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23 D | E | C | 24 L | A | R | E | 25 S | C | R | A | P | E | D |
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26 H | A | T | E | 27 C | A | R | O | L | ||||||
28 O | 29 B | E | S | E | 30 B | O | G | E | Y | 31 C | 32 A | 33 B |
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34 P | A | C | T | 35 S | I | N | E | W | 36 E | L | L | A |
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37 E | L | K | 38 S | A | N | E | R | 39 A | Z | O | T | H |
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40 S | L | U | G | S | 41 E | C | R | U | ||||||
42 M | 43 A | 44 L | A | I | S | E | 45 T | R | E | A | D | 46 L | 47 E |
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48 A | L | U | M | N | A | 49 P | E | A | T | 50 N | I | X |
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51 D | E | F | O | G | G | 52 E | R | S | 53 A | 54 L | I | N | E |
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55 A | R | F | S | 56 E | T | A | T | 57 T | U | N | E | R |
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58 M | T | S | 59 S | O | Y | A | 60 E | V | E | N | T |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,489
Across
1
Diamond measure : CARAT
6
___ souci : SANS
10
___ Vegas : LAS
13
"___ to Live," O'Hara novel : ARAGE
14
Woodwind : OBOE
15
Adept : DEFT
16
Durocs' digs : STIES
17
Christmas décor item : MISTLETOE
19
One, in Ulm : EIN
20
Weighty work : TOME
22
Safe : SECURE
23
Affirm : DECLARE
25
Rasped : SCRAPED
26
Despise : HATE
27
Burnett or Channing : CAROL
28
Like Nero Wolfe : OBESE
30
One-over-par score : BOGEY
31
Jazz's Calloway : CAB
34
Agreement : PACT
35
Tendon : SINEW
36
Raines or Logan : ELLA
37
Wapiti : ELK
38
More sensible : SANER
39
Mercury, in alchemy : AZOTH
40
Garden pests : SLUGS
41
Beige : ECRU
42
Discomfort : MALAISE
45
Sewing machine feature : TREADLE
48
A Wellesley graduate : ALUMNA
49
Primitive fuel : PEAT
50
Turn thumbs down on : NIX
51
Windshield adjuncts : DEFOGGERS
53
Skirt type : ALINE
55
Sandy's sounds : ARFS
56
State, in Soissons : ETAT
57
Piano workman : TUNER
58
Rainier and Hood: Abbr. : MTS
59
Margarine ingredient : SOYA
60
Occurrence : EVENT
Down
1
Checked out : CASED
2
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
3
Shea ducat : RAINCHECK
4
Mature : AGE
5
Having left a will : TESTATE
6
Amiens's river : SOMME
7
Rose's beau : ABIE
8
Certain votes : NOS
9
Lathe device : SETSCREW
10
Slacken : LETUP
11
Ahead of, at sea : AFORE
12
Pegasus, e.g. : STEED
15
Van adornment : DECAL
18
Gildersleeve's nephew : LEROY
21
Mesabi product : ORE
24
Ultimate : LAST
25
Wiser : SAGER
27
Volcanic summits : CONES
28
"And when I ___ my lips ... ": Shak. : OPE
29
French dance : BAL
30
Spree : BINGE
31
Euphoria's locale : CLOUDNINE
32
Elev. : ALT
33
Scrooge's word : BAH
35
Breakfast links : SAUSAGES
36
Pound or Stone : EZRA
38
Throw : SLING
39
Type of rayon : ACETATE
40
Aegean island : SAMOS
41
NOW goal : ERA
42
"Call Me ___" : MADAM
43
On the qui vive : ALERT
44
Turns toward the wind: Naut. : LUFFS
45
Seed coating : TESTA
46
Flax product : LINEN
47
Put into action : EXERT
49
Implore : PRAY
52
Ike's command in W.W. II : ETO
54
Broadway hit: 1964–65 : LUV
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