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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Friday, July 23, 1982

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { B J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 38.2
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,945
Across
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Peace ___ : CORPS
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Firmly secured : FAST
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Builder's wedge-shaped piece : SHIM
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Ward off : AVERT
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Sly look : LEER
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Garb for Galba : TOGA
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One of the media : RADIO
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Suffix in botany and zoology : ARIA
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Fleecy beasts : EWES
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Virginia is one : COMMONWEALTH
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S. African javelin : ASSEGAI
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Native of Susiana : ELAMITE
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Gymnastic feat : KIP
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Ferber and Millay : EDNAS
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One of the Cyclades : TINOS
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Guinness : ALEC
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Cabinet dept. : AGR
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Female ruff : REE
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Paine work : COMMONSENSE
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Born : NEE
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Beaver construction : DAM
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Snare : TRAP
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Skipper's "Stop!" : AVAST
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Brother of Prometheus : ATLAS
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Cassiterite or bauxite : ORE
50
Dyed : COLORED
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Craftsman : ARTISAN
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Concern of the E.E.C. : COMMONMARKET
56
Name given to Esau : EDOM
57
S.A. monkey : TITI
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Elevate : RAISE
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Not any : NONE
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N.Y. canal : ERIE
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Of yore : OLDEN
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Bushy clumps : TODS
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Cong. members : REPS
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French city, to the British : LYONS
Down
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Willys Knight, e.g. : CAR
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Eggs for Livy : OVA
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Magritte's "The ___ Model" : RED
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Met soprano : PRICE
5
Comedian's foil : STOOGE
6
Hialeah bird : FLAMINGO
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Gas: Prefix : AERO
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Schooner gear : SEINES
9
Setline : TRAWL
10
Most like a sauna : STEAMIEST
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" ... Lady, my brach, ___ Irish": Shak. : HOWLIN
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"By the Time ___ Phoenix" : IGETTO
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Does a k.p. job : MASHES
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Bovary's title : MADAME
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Consumed : EATEN
23
Alias : AKA
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Part of R.S.V.P. : SIL
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Buy on ___ (take a flyer) : SPEC
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"Nola" composer : ARNDT
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Broths : CONSOMMES
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Casual observation : REMARK
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Subway in Paris : METRO
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Stipends : SALARIES
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Cupid : EROS
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Altar in the sky : ARA
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Write : PEN
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Ictus, e.g. : ACCENT
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Black magic : VOODOO
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Light tan : ALMOND
47
Regard with approval : ADMIRE
48
Kind of alcohol : STEROL
51
Go in : ENTER
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Where Leghorn is : ITALY
55
Alert : ATIP
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Words of consent : IDO
60
Ginza coin : SEN
61
Printers' units : ENS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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