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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Saturday, April 22, 1989

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 33.6
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,410
Across
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Great care : PAINS
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Athirst : AVID
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Votes : BALLOTS
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Dollarfish or redfin : SHINER
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Climbing shrub : WISTERIA
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Noted Havana smoker : CASTRO
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Alphabetic trio : RST
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Achilles' immortal steed : XANTHUS
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Indian diplomat or author : RAU
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Auricular : OTIC
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Play a guitar : STRUM
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Indentation at bottom of a wine bottle : PUNT
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Ygdrasil, etc. : TREES
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Flag : SAG
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Rocky outcrop : LEDGE
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Famed flattop : HORNET
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Point in the orbit nearest the earth : PERIGEE
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Tupik or yurt : TENT
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An avatar of Vishnu : RAMA
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Scarcities : DEARTHS
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Annoy : PESTER
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Fragrant resins : TOLUS
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___ Lemper, German chanteuse : UTE
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Strong forward movement : SURGE
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Sockdolager : ONER
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Acronym for a Rosicrucian order : AMORC
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Long tale : SAGA
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Sack : BAG
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Mohammed's white steed : ALBORAK
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Poorly lighted : DIM
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Lake, source of the Mississippi : ITASCA
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Famous French tapestries : GOBELINS
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F. Alda's "Men, Women and ___" : TENORS
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Amorous action by Jessica : ELOPING
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W.W. II battle site : STLO
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What drones can't do : STING
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More sallow : PASTIER
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Cover girl Carol : ALT
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Holly plant : ILEX
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Namesakes of an Ibsen heroine : NORAS
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Gives short measure : STINTS
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Cries of triumph : AHAS
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Force : VIS
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Encroach; trespass : INTRUDE
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Cause utter confusion : DERANGE
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Small nightclub : BISTRO
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Subordinate ruler : SATRAP
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Film on the surface of a liquid : SCUM
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Navigator's concern : ROUTE
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Angry : WROTH
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Much larger : HUGER
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Monster, half man–half horse : CENTAUR
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Winged horse : PEGASUS
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Soothsayers : SEERS
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Citrus fruits : LIMES
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Explosive : TNT
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Knock : RAP
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Pollex : THUMB
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Gives to charity : DONATES
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Posh : ELEGANT
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Comedian's assistant : STOOGE
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Kind of post or stamp : TRADING
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Urging (on) : EGGING
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Great amount : REAMS
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Book of the Apocrypha : TOBIT
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Fauntleroy and Flynn : ERROLS
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Word of woe : ALAS
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Discoverer of Nova Scotia : CABOT
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Height: Comb. form : ACRO
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Cap de Gaulle wore : KEPI
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Helios, to a Roman : SOL
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Author Yutang : LIN

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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