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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Wednesday, March 28, 1979

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 40.1
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,732
Across
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Medit. island : SAR
4
Stansfield Turner's org. : CIA
7
Fasten with cord : LASH
11
Lose color : FADE
12
Verdi opera : AIDA
14
Third canonical hour : TERCE
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What an altimeter indicates : ELEVATION
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Rose oil : ATTAR
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Russian wagon : TELEGA
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Shade of blue : SAPPHIRE
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"The ___ Isle" (Erin) : EMERALD
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Kind of glass or lamp : OPAL
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Small porch : STOOP
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Fully matured : MELLOW
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Concur : AGREE
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He's often robbed : PETER
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Inner: Prefix : ESO
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Burden : LOAD
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Walter Payton's teammates : BEARS
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Guthrie : ARLO
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With 30 Down, a color : OLD
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Sierra ___ : MADRE
40
Le Gallienne's "The ___ the Little Peoples" : CRYOF
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Prepared for publication : EDITED
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I work: Sp. : LABRO
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Quote : CITE
46
Baseball locale : DIAMOND
50
Kind of blonde : PLATINUM
54
Spongy substance used as tinder : AMADOU
55
Rider on a winged ram : HELLE
56
Cursed article in a Collins classic : MOONSTONE
58
"Lounge lizard" : IDLER
59
Bois de Boulogne is one : PARC
60
Angers : IRES
61
Macaulay's "___ of Ancient Rome" : LAYS
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Kind of table or wagon : TEA
63
Between E.S.T. and M.S.T. : CST
Down
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City in NE corner of Mass. : SALEM
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Name meaning "noble" : ADELE
3
Like a clerical collar : REVERSED
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Buffalo-cattle hybrid : CATALO
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Act ___, "La Traviata" finale : III
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Stirs : ADOS
7
Deadly : LETHAL
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Troops firing howitzers : ARTILLERY
9
Cicatrix : SCAR
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Now's partner : HERE
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Celebration : FETE
13
Prefix meaning "up" : ANA
14
Telegraph key : TAPPER
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Type of type : AGATE
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Apple, pear, quince et al. : POMES
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Doctored : DOPED
25
Singer Bailey : PEARL
27
King Olav's capital : OSLO
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Canine sound : WOOF
29
Plant of the lily family : ALOE
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See 38 Across : GOLD
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In an extreme way : RADICALLY
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Tire feature : TREAD
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Former state in West Germany : BADEN
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Fragrant : AROMATIC
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Trade or profession : METIER
40
Studies at the last minute : CRAMS
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Earl and duke : TITLES
44
Sister-in-law of Petruchio : BIANCA
47
Scents : ODORS
48
Composition for nine : NONET
49
Club fees : DUES
50
Villapiano of the Raiders : PHIL
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Mother of Castor and Pollux : LEDA
52
Ref's counterpart : UMP
53
Castle defense : MOAT
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Prospector's quest : ORE

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

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