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Kathryn Righter
New York Times, Friday, June 15, 1984
29-Down : Greek letter
Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.5
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 R | 4 I | 5 P | 6 P | 7 A | 8 C | 9 T | 10 S | |||||
11 S | T | O | U | T | E | 12 R | 13 S | Y | B | A | R | I | 14 S |
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15 T | E | R | R | I | N | E | 16 P | R | E | M | I | S | E |
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17 R | A | N | A | S | 18 L | 19 I | A | R | 20 P | O | K | E |
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21 U | R | A | L | 22 W | I | T | C | H | 23 S | L | I | D |
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24 M | I | D | 25 T | H | E | S | E | U | 26 S | 27 E | N | S |
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28 N | O | 29 R | R | I | S | 30 S | L | A | 31 N | T | S | |||
32 H | A | S | 33 O | L | E | |||||||||
34 F | 35 L | O | C | K | 36 S | 37 A | X | I | O | 38 M | 39 S | |||
40 L | E | I | 41 T | E | T | 42 A | N | I | C | 43 O | T | 44 E |
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45 O | R | N | 46 E | 47 Y | A | L | T | A | 48 S | N | A | P |
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49 O | R | E | L | 50 J | I | L | L | 51 M | I | T | R | E |
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52 P | E | M | I | 53 C | A | N | 54 E | 55 M | A | N | A | T | E |
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56 S | T | A | T | I | C | S | 57 R | E | N | E | G | E | S |
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58 S | N | E | A | K | 59 T | O | W | E | D |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,638
Across
1
Swath : STRIP
6
Agreements : PACTS
11
More resolute : STOUTER
13
Ancient Italian city of great luxury : SYBARIS
15
Pottery casserole : TERRINE
16
Assumption : PREMISE
17
Hindu potentates : RANAS
18
Tale twister : LIAR
20
Type of bonnet : POKE
21
Russian river : URAL
22
Hellcat : WITCH
23
Moved sideways, in football : SLID
24
Prefix with iron or rib : MID
25
Minotaur slayer : THESEUS
27
Printer's units : ENS
28
Author of "Brass" and "Bread" : NORRIS
30
Virgules : SLANTS
32
Possesses : HAS
33
Corrida cheer : OLE
34
Fowl groups : FLOCKS
37
Postulates : AXIOMS
40
Garland at Hilo : LEI
41
Of a condition of imbalance : TETANIC
43
Suffix denoting origin : OTE
45
Caen's river : ORNE
47
Crimean seaport : YALTA
48
Ginger cookie : SNAP
49
Russian city : OREL
50
Nursery tumbler : JILL
51
Bishop's headdress : MITRE
52
Indian food similar to K-rations : PEMICAN
54
Issue : EMANATE
56
Branch of mechanics : STATICS
57
Fails to keep a promise : RENEGES
58
Move furtively : SNEAK
59
Dragged : TOWED
Down
1
Chandler's substance : STEARIN
2
Violent storm : TORNADO
3
Bucolic : RURAL
4
"___ my love": Romeo : ITIS
5
Enclosure : PEN
6
Gray cardinal of Arizona : PYRRHULOXIA
7
Presidential nickname : ABE
8
Bivouacs : CAMPS
9
Type of verse : TRIOLET
10
Certain finches : SISKINS
11
Toy with a guitar : STRUM
12
Depends : RELIES
13
Areas : SPACES
14
Future sprouts : SEEDS
19
Part of T.G.I.F. : ITS
22
Canada jay : WHISKEYJACK
25
Pamphlet : TRACT
26
Pertaining to a Frankish group : SALIC
29
Greek letter : RHO
31
New: Prefix : NEO
34
Animals used in hunting rabbits : FERRETS
35
NFL position : LINEMAN
36
Dyes : STAINS
37
Horn : ANTLER
38
Juxtaposition of pictorial material : MONTAGE
39
Began : STARTED
40
Picots : LOOPS
42
Everything : ALL
44
Foils' kin : EPEES
46
Choice : ELITE
48
Tendon : SINEW
51
Skill, in Siena : MANO
53
Spy agcy. : CIA
55
Seaver, twice : MET
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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