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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Tuesday, June 10, 1986

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F G J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.6
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,363
Across
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Bugler's lights-douser : TAPS
5
Poon product : SPAR
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Orlop cleaner : SWAB
13
Moonfish : OPAH
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Fabled loser : HARE
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Pacific aroids : TAROS
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Matador's charger : TORO
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Armbone : ULNA
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Laud : EXTOL
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Varsity bench : SCRUBTEAMS
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"But ___ buts": Fielding : MENO
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Binge : TOOT
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Shoulder adornment : EPAULET
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Collar : NAB
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Settled habit : RUT
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Estuaries : RIAS
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Run : OPERATE
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Runs : STREAMS
38
Reject : VETO
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Con man's victim : USEE
40
Kind of horse or camel : ARABIAN
44
Unyielding : ADAMANT
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Cuba is one : ISLA
48
Dowry : DOT
49
___ Plaines : DES
50
Nursery vessel : PLANTER
53
Ionian vowel : IOTA
55
Secular : LAIC
56
Agricultural flier : CROPDUSTER
61
___ Downs : EPSOM
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Old Greek coin : OBOL
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So long, in Soho : TATA
65
Home of an oracle : DELOS
66
Sage : WISE
67
Verb for Ali Baba : OPEN
68
Albanian coins : LEKS
69
Forward-looking fellow : SEER
70
Symbol for Sibelius : REST
Down
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Shavers who don't shave : TOTS
2
Bk. of Revelation : APOC
3
Henry VIII's third Catherine : PARR
4
Cry : SHOUT
5
Guidry's goal : SHUTOUT
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Artist's board : PALETTE
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Wild buffalo of India : ARNA
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Hole-shaping tools : REAMERS
9
Canonized Fr. woman : STE
10
Madame Tussaud's realm : WAXMUSEUM
11
Soviet co-op : ARTEL
12
Pat or Dan'l : BOONE
16
Keyhole : SLOT
21
Adriatic wind : BORA
22
Smokehouse device : SPIT
26
Thun's river : AAR
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___ Scotia : NOVA
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Rich Little, e.g. : APER
29
Key letter : BETA
33
"Coma" author : ROBINCOOK
35
"___ tale's best for winter": Shak. : ASAD
36
Word on the wall: Dan. 5:25 : MENE
37
Cliques : SETS
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Social ending : IST
42
McCowen or Clunes : ALEC
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Verrazano-___ Bridge : NARROWS
44
Fat : ADIPOSE
45
Aimless artist : DOODLER
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One of the Near Islands : ATTU
50
Begged : PLED
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Badge site : LAPEL
52
Choice seat : AISLE
54
Fur mogul : ASTOR
57
One of Tony's relatives : OBIE
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Record : TAPE
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Cannes seasons : ETES
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Declaim madly : RANT
62
Archives items: Abbr. : MSS

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

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