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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Friday, November 21, 1980

20-Across : News-story item

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 29.3
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,336
Across
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"___ nome," Gilda aria : CARO
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Coolers : COLAS
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Like Houdini : DEFT
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Addict : USER
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Titillate : AMUSE
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Airport for Pierre : ORLY
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Eclectic painter: 1575–1642 : RENI
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Anagram for unpoetical : PECULATION
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News-story item : DATELINE
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Projecting rim : FLANGE
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Old A.L. Senators, for short : NATS
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Two-master : BRIG
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Grieg girl : ANITRA
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De Carlo or Del Rio : BRUNETTE
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Atom or protozoan : MONAD
33
Richelieu quality : GUILE
34
Measure of radiation : REM
35
Shepherd who sounded competent : ABEL
36
Château-Thierry's river : MARNE
37
Thrash : CANE
38
What a lazybones lacks : ZIP
39
What ravers don't make : SENSE
40
Skittish horse : SHIER
41
Alienate : ESTRANGE
43
Horn of ___ (cornucopia) : PLENTY
44
Oscar winner: 1958 : IVES
45
See 38 Across : ELAN
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Humperdinck lass : GRETEL
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Union and Penn : STATIONS
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Anagram for saturnalia : AUSTRALIAN
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William ___ Phelps of Yale : LYON
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Elbe feeder : OSTE
57
Fowler's forte : USAGE
58
Jacob's third son : LEVI
59
Goneril's father : LEAR
60
Ancient Babylonian region : SUMER
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Part of a geometric sign-off : ERAT
Down
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Whey's opposite : CURD
2
On the Red or Black : ASEA
3
Split : RENT
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Anagram for relation : ORIENTAL
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Per ___ : CAPITA
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Delphic data : OMENS
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"The Women" playwright : LUCE
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Tempe letters : ASU
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Autonomy : SELFRULE
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Senility : DOTAGE
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O'Casey's love : ERIN
12
Emulate Bligh : FLOG
13
Newcastle's river : TYNE
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Skirt with a flare : ALINE
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Embellish : LARD
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The ocean : BRINE
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What Stengel hoped his Mets would do : AMAZE
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Ora pro ___ : NOBIS
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Clumsy : INEPT
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Scholarship for Scottie : BURSE
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Coach : TRAIN
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Principle for Erasmus : TENET
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Corundum : EMERY
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"West Side Story" opponents : GANGS
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Husband of Helen of Troy : MENELAUS
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Anagram for Hellenic : CHENILLE
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Follower of life or time : SAVER
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Louver : SLAT
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Male star of "Three's Company" : RITTER
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Cabinetmaker, at times : PLANER
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Floor, in the Louvre : ETAGE
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British pokey : GAOL
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Ploy : RUSE
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This, to Tomás : ESTA
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Thailand, once : SIAM
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___ and terminer : OYER
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Loser to Louis: 1941 : NOVA
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Pique : SNIT
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Baton Rouge inst. : LSU

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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