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Christy Ridley
New York Times, Monday, February 9, 1987
Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { C J Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.7
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 H | 3 O | 4 S | 5 A | 6 B | 7 L | 8 E | 9 R | 10 T | 11 S | 12 A | 13 R |
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14 E | A | R | P | 15 D | R | A | P | E | 16 E | T | N | A |
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17 G | R | E | A | 18 T | D | A | N | E | S | 19 E | B | O | N |
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20 S | T | O | N | E | L | I | K | E | 21 S | P | E | N | T |
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22 I | N | E | S | 23 E | W | E | R | |||||||
24 A | 25 B | 26 B | E | S | 27 E | 28 L | 29 O | Q | U | E | N | 30 T | ||
31 B | I | L | L | E | 32 T | 33 A | R | U | M | 34 A | W | 35 E |
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36 R | O | O | S | 37 R | 38 U | M | B | A | 39 W | R | E | N |
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40 A | T | O | 41 F | U | S | E | 42 L | 43 O | A | D | E | D |
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44 A | D | 45 V | I | S | E | R | 46 S | 47 S | Y | S | T | S |
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48 H | A | F | T | 49 A | 50 S | I | F | |||||||
51 W | 52 H | O | L | E | 53 M | 54 A | L | L | E | A | 55 B | 56 L | 57 E |
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58 H | A | U | L | 59 F | O | X | T | E | R | R | I | E | R |
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60 A | R | N | E | 61 I | D | L | E | D | 62 E | D | N | A |
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63 T | I | D | Y | 64 R | E | E | D | S | 65 R | E | A | L |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,607
Across
1
Greek ars : RHOS
5
More talented : ABLER
10
Bolshevik's bête noire : TSAR
14
Marshal Wyatt ___ : EARP
15
Statue covering : DRAPE
16
Lab burner : ETNA
17
Large dogs : GREATDANES
19
Black, to Blake : EBON
20
Lithoid : STONELIKE
21
Tuckered out : SPENT
22
Chemical endings : INES
23
Pitcher : EWER
24
French secular clergymen : ABBES
27
Like a spellbinder : ELOQUENT
31
Job : BILLET
33
Cuckoopint, e.g. : ARUM
34
Reverence plus fear : AWE
36
Down Under beasts : ROOS
37
Latin dance : RUMBA
39
Tomtit : WREN
40
From ___ Z : ATO
41
Blend : FUSE
42
Like some questions : LOADED
44
Counselors : ADVISERS
47
Orgs. of sorts : SYSTS
48
Handle : HAFT
49
Quasi : ASIF
51
Intact : WHOLE
53
Far from recalcitrant : MALLEABLE
58
Tow : HAUL
59
Small, high-spirited dog : FOXTERRIER
60
"Comus" composer : ARNE
61
Lazed : IDLED
62
Best or Ferber : EDNA
63
Neat : TIDY
64
Orchestra section : REEDS
65
Actual : REAL
Down
1
Cols.' commands : REGS
2
Rodgers lyrist : HART
3
Mountain: Comb. form : OREO
4
Silky-coated dogs : SPANIELS
5
Confound : ADDLE
6
Cook in a tightly closed pot : BRAISE
7
Lean and long : LANK
8
Fencing sword : EPEE
9
Thing, to Darrow : RES
10
Home of a brave : TEEPEE
11
Some powerful dogs : STBERNARDS
12
Soon : ANON
13
Rave's partner : RANT
18
High-strung : TENSE
21
What Spitz has done well : SWUM
23
Peer : EQUAL
24
Siren in "East of Eden" : ABRA
25
Flora and fauna : BIOTA
26
Tracking dog : BLOODHOUND
28
Debussy opus : LAMER
29
Sphere; globe : ORB
30
Whistle sound : TWEET
32
Verb on a penny : TRUST
35
What skimpers hope to make meet : ENDS
38
Employ : USE
39
Traveler on shank's mare : WAYFARER
41
Drum's partner : FIFE
43
Willow : OSIER
45
Hollow : VALLEY
46
Like some peanuts : SALTED
50
What malamutes pull : SLEDS
51
"___ Price Glory?" : WHAT
52
Mata ___ : HARI
53
Style : MODE
54
Shaft on a car : AXLE
55
Dwell : BIDE
56
River of Siberia : LENA
57
Of an epoch : ERAL
59
An evergreen : FIR
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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