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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Thursday, October 20, 1983

35-Across : Like baby condors

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 43.0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,399
Across
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Battery part : GRID
5
Badger's African cousin : RATEL
10
___ Piper : PIED
14
Timber wolf : LOBO
15
Capital of Guam : AGANA
16
Inadequate : LAME
17
Operatic play-within-a-play : IPAGLIACCI
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Exiled despot : AMIN
20
Radio favorite of yore : BERGEN
21
Third : TERTIARY
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With 47 Across, part of London : EAST
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So, in Bordeaux : DONC
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Twitter : CHIRP
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NBC parent : RCA
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Treatment : USAGE
35
Like baby condors : RARE
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Scanty : MEAGER
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___ de mer : MAL
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Tulsa's Rev. Roberts : ORAL
40
A Yokum : ABNER
41
Ancient Gaul : CELT
42
Govt. org.: 1935–43 : WPA
43
Be proper : BELONG
44
Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
45
Pedestal base : SOCLE
47
See 23 Across : END
48
Empty : DRAIN
49
Down: Prefix : CATA
51
___-deucy : ACEY
53
Richly dressed : BROCADED
57
La. parish : ACADIA
61
Debauched fellow : ROUE
62
Football alignment : IFORMATION
64
"Say It ___ So" : ISNT
65
Three-card ___ : MONTE
66
Bob Hope's "___ Russia $1200" : IOWE
67
Cinderella team of '69 : METS
68
Wipe the slate clean : ERASE
69
Ring decision : DRAW
Down
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Fast-talking : GLIB
2
Glider-towplane link : ROPE
3
Structural beam : IBAR
4
Comic verse : DOGGEREL
5
"Notorious" actor : RAINS
6
___ Khan : AGA
7
Diplomacy : TACT
8
Ending for depend : ENCE
9
Scottish landowner : LAIRD
10
Home of J.E.C. : PLAINS
11
Play by Van Druten: 1951 : IAMACAMERA
12
Arab bigwig : EMIR
13
Gainsay : DENY
18
Curvet : LEAP
22
What some actors do : TOUR
24
High-pitched : TREBLE
26
Exults : CROWS
27
Memorable mime : HARPO
28
Something to open for future security : IRAACCOUNT
30
Church law : CANON
31
Program : AGENDA
33
Amelita ___-Curci of opera : GALLI
34
Rock star John : ELTON
36
Murray or West : MAE
37
Bit of energy : ERG
41
Pulchritudinous pillar : CARYATID
43
Letter on a key : BETA
46
Tiers of shoes : LACETS
48
Ten: Prefix : DECA
50
Stop on ___ : ADIME
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Parisienne's carved gem : CAMEE
53
Hat feature : BRIM
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"Second Hand ___," 1921 song : ROSE
55
___ effort : EFOR
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Lady from Lisbon : DONA
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Fashion V.I.P. in the 50's : DIOR
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Waterloo is here : IOWA
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Over : ANEW
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Certain L.A. Rams : RTS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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