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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Tuesday, April 14, 1981

32-Across : Intrigue

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,480
Across
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Chest; strongbox : ARCA
5
Cuban crop : CANE
9
Pre-1917 Russian ruler : TSAR
13
Animal called "bashful Billy" : LORI
14
Relish : SAVOR
15
Tramp : HOBO
16
A sign of elation or optimism : STARSINONESEYES
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Unit of electrical resistance : OHM
20
Expiate : ATONE
21
Eucalyptus consumer : KOALA
22
Caper : SKIP
23
Through : PER
24
What "smoke" does in a 1933 song : GETSINYOUREYES
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"Little Things Mean ___," Kallen hit : ALOT
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Intrigue : PLOT
33
Fairies' queen : MAB
35
Girl : LASS
36
Bonzo, for one : CHIMP
38
Fired clay : TILE
39
List-ending abbr. : ETC
40
___ Quivira National Monument, N.M. : GRAN
41
Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
42
"I Only ___," 1934 song : HAVEEYESFORYOU
47
Compass pt. : ENE
48
Dash : ELAN
49
Island near Sorrento : CAPRI
52
Thessalian, e.g. : GREEK
54
Clinker's relative : ASH
57
Deliberately ignore : CLOSEONESEYESTO
60
Kind of walk : CAKE
61
Charged : RANAT
62
Sign of our times : NEON
63
Competed : VIED
64
Forehead : BROW
65
Baronet's wife : DAME
Down
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Too : ALSO
2
"Goodbye, Columbus" author : ROTH
3
Crush; stuff : CRAM
4
Manner; style : AIR
5
Awning; marquee : CANOPY
6
River or earldom : AVON
7
Not any : NONE
8
Before, in poesy : ERE
9
Hypothesis : THEORY
10
Bean variety : SOYA
11
Inventor of cordite : ABEL
12
Soprano Ponselle : ROSA
14
Kind of organized protest : SITIN
17
Pseudonym of H.H. Munro : SAKI
18
Trapshooting : SKEET
22
Fast jets : SSTS
23
Strengthen : PROP
24
Nor'easter : GALE
25
Ambassador to U.S. before Eban : ELATH
26
Puccini opera : TOSCA
27
State : OPINE
28
Danube city : ULM
29
Dickinson or Brontë : EMILY
30
Salute; tribute : SALVO
34
Courter : BEAU
36
Amerind : CREE
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U.S. Secretary of State: 1898-1905 : HAY
38
Small mountain lake : TARN
40
Spirit in Aladdin's lamp : GENIE
43
Experienced, with "in" : VERSED
44
Teeter-totter : SEESAW
45
Swift : FLEET
46
Of certain trees : OAKY
49
Half of DCX : CCCV
50
Jai ___ : ALAI
51
Jab; prod : POKE
52
Growl : GNAR
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Where Johnson beat Jeffries : RENO
54
On the Red : ASEA
55
Mouth: Comb. form : STOM
56
Sharpen : HONE
58
Globe : ORB
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Eligible pass receiver : END

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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