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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Thursday, April 25, 1991

7-Down : ___ room, as at camp

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,143
Across
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Total : ADDUP
6
Sprag : PROP
10
Musical inspired by T. S. Eliot : CATS
14
Stand of trees : GROVE
15
Financial deal : REPO
16
Metal eqpt. : HDWE
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Fabulous; visionary : ROMANTICAL
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Athirst : AVID
20
Siamang : APE
21
Group of whales : POD
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Abundant food fish : HERRING
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" ... Can You ___ Dime?" : SPAREA
27
Host : EMCEE
28
Capable of movement : MOTILE
30
S. African village : STAD
33
Forage plant : ERS
34
Wanderlust appeaser : TRIP
35
Increase : STEPUP
37
Certain students of human behavior : SOCIOBIOLOGISTS
43
Thigh armor : TUILLE
44
Grayish yellow : ECRU
45
Miss Piggy, e.g. : SOW
48
Indian storeroom : GOLA
49
Respect : ESTEEM
51
Coarse linen cloth : CRASH
53
"A mother is not a person ___ on ... ": D. C. Fisher : TOLEAN
55
"___ Enough," TV sitcom : EIGHTIS
58
Buzzer : BEE
59
Have the flu : AIL
62
"Futilitarian" expression : NOGO
63
Speedway : RACECOURSE
66
A river at Rennes : ILLE
67
Wellaway : ALAS
68
Scottish dance : FLING
69
So-so grades : CEES
70
Montague, e.g. : NAME
71
Pays; settles : FOOTS
Down
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Taj Mahal city : AGRA
2
Gutta : DROP
3
Of a household : DOMESTIC
4
Pulpy fruit : UVA
5
Correspondent of a sort : PENPAL
6
Group of lions : PRIDE
7
___ room, as at camp : REC
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Colorful fish : OPAH
9
Chopin was one : POLE
10
Flock of finches : CHARM
11
Counsel : ADVICE
12
Ivy or morning glory : TWINER
13
Flocks of herons : SEDGES
18
Sped : TORE
23
Excavated anew : REDUG
25
Larklike singing bird : PIPIT
26
Elaine's home : ASTOLAT
28
Ida and Ossa: Abbr. : MTS
29
Gold, in Peru : ORO
31
TV part : TELE
32
G.I.'s overseas address : APO
35
Threshold : SILL
36
Michelangelo sculpture : PIETA
38
Should, with "to" : OUGHT
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Live hist. : BIO
40
Screenplay : SCENARIO
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Three, in Roma : TRE
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Aggregate : SUM
45
Like Yosemite or Yellowstone Park : SCENIC
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Troupial : ORIOLE
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Shake : WAGGLE
49
Pwr. source : ELEC
50
Say "bon voyage" to : SEEOFF
52
Crispin's products : SHOES
54
Plump plus : OBESE
56
Persia today : IRAN
57
Hacienda room : SALA
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Berlin's "Say It ___ So" : ISNT
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Parts of journeys : LEGS
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Machine part : CAM
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Of the gums: Comb. form : ULO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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