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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Wednesday, March 3, 1982

16-Across : Sled dog

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 22.3
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,803
Across
1
Largest of seven : ASIA
5
Role for Liz : CLEO
9
Restraint : CURB
13
Al Hirt's companion : HORN
14
Its capital is Port-au-Prince : HAITI
15
Blue dye : ANIL
16
Sled dog : ALASKANMALAMUTE
19
"___ voyage!" : BON
20
Not appropriate : INAPT
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Assail; plague : BESET
22
Phlegmatic fellow : CLOD
23
One that deals in: Suffix : EER
24
Part of the 49th state : ALEUTIANISLANDS
32
Young horse : COLT
33
Diana's sister-in-law : ANNE
34
Self: Comb. form : AUT
35
Garment for Mrs. O'Connor : ROBE
36
Conduct a program: Colloq. : EMCEE
38
Brownish purple : PUCE
39
Inner: Prefix : ESO
40
Tower in Genesis : EDAR
41
Spoken : ORAL
42
Westernmost North America : SEWARDPENINSULA
47
Time of the "darling buds" : MAY
48
A woodwind : OBOE
49
Resource : ASSET
52
Postsummer bloomer : ASTER
54
"___ Rhinestone Cowboy" : IMA
57
Feathered symbol at Juneau : WILLOWPTARMIGAN
60
Jai ___ : ALAI
61
"___ of vagabonds ... ": Shak. : ASORT
62
Zip or area follower : CODE
63
System of exercise : YOGA
64
Moist, as blossoms : DEWY
65
Queeg's hands : CREW
Down
1
Melville's white-whale hunter : AHAB
2
Alone : SOLO
3
Qum's land : IRAN
4
What a ques. expects : ANS
5
Eastern neighbor of the 49th state : CANADA
6
Slack; soft : LIMP
7
Coup d'___ : ETAT
8
Kind of field or man : OIL
9
Funt's source of fun : CAMERA
10
Ringling star who balanced on one finger : UNUS
11
Bar mitzvah, e.g. : RITE
12
Disease of overripe fruit : BLET
14
Capital of Vietnam : HANOI
17
Pleated wraparound tartan skirt : KILT
18
White poplar : ABELE
22
Clever : CUTE
23
Anglo-Saxon laborer : ESNE
24
Lands; estate : ACRES
25
Detached : LOOSE
26
Arm joint : ELBOW
27
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
28
Suffix with elephant : INE
29
Pacific island republic : NAURU
30
Princely : DUCAL
31
Monument pillar : STELA
36
Whirlpool : EDDY
37
Chart : MAP
38
Do modeling : POSE
40
Muse of love poetry : ERATO
43
Earhart : AMELIA
44
Public certifier : NOTARY
45
"Divertissement" composer : IBERT
46
Standard : NORM
49
Not at home : AWAY
50
Cylindrical bin : SILO
51
Dross of a metal : SLAG
52
Basilica feature : APSE
53
Pack : STOW
54
Stravinsky : IGOR
55
___ in U.S.A. : MADE
56
Turn over ___ leaf : ANEW
58
Soft plug : WAD
59
Fed. agency : ICC

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

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