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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Thursday, October 17, 1985

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 5.20, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.7
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,127
Across
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Eden discard : CORE
5
Loser to Joe Louis: Sept. 1939 : PASTOR
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Boardwalk investments : HOTELS
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Aperture for ventilation : AIRHOLE
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Franc fraction : CENTIME
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Narrates anew : RETELLS
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Elbow : ANCON
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Branches : RAMI
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Came to earth : ALIT
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Greek letters : RHOS
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Stone : PIT
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Dispenser of T.L.C. : NURSE
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This may incur vigorish : IOU
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"It's raining ___": Loveman : VIOLETS
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Two-tailed flag : BURGEE
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Went Dutch : SHARED
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"Ape and ___": A. Huxley : ESSENCE
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Fred Flintstone's daughter : PEBBLES
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More unearthly : EERIER
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Most foxy : SLIEST
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Assemble by summons : CONVOKE
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Baltique, e.g. : MER
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He has sticky fingers : THIEF
46
Indefinite quantity : ANY
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A Dumas : PERE
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___ boy (hero sandwich) : POOR
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Beds sans heads : COTS
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Homophone for sense : CENTS
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Lizards seen in Yucatan : IGUANAS
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Puts on a par with : EQUATES
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"___ as doth the Bee": Dickinson : PARTAKE
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Group of four : TETRAD
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Ancient ascetic : ESSENE
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Dewey ___, Faulkner girl : DELL
Down
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Throng : CONCOURSE
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Some Holy Roman Empire rulers : OTTOS
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Bridle strap : REIN
4
Shade tree : ELM
5
Illusory prospect of profit : PIEINTHESKY
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Tate display : ART
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Clip fleece : SHEAR
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Turnpike charges : TOLLS
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A friend of Kukla : OLLIE
10
Relax : REST
11
Partlets' place : HENHOUSE
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This makes a comic less comic : SERIO
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Accouter : ARM
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Piranha : CARIBE
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Opposite of the Pac. : ATL
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Cinch : PIECEOFCAKE
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Fit; convenient : USABLE
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Gratiano's milieu : VENICE
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Prescience of a sort : ESP
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Eur. language : GER
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Baseball stat : RBI
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Basic and potent : ELEMENTAL
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Like Goldsmith's village : DESERTED
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Ending for a cardinal point : ERN
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Bridge builder's concern : STRESS
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Kier or keeve : VAT
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Beginning : ONSET
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Robes of office : TOGAS
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Units of time : HOURS
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Angry : IRATE
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Oyster's largess : PEARL
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Calumet, for one : PIPE
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Suffix with filament : OSE
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Pleasingly attractive : CUTE
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Dwarf: Comb. form : NAN
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Math proof : QED

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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