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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Tuesday, July 26, 1983

26-Down : Terhune's "Lad: ___"

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F H J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 235 (avg 1.28)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 18.8
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,313
Across
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Record for a deejay : DEMO
5
Locale : SITE
9
"Rio ___" : RITA
13
"___ needs a good memory": Quintilian : ALIAR
15
Of an epoch : ERAL
16
"___ tale's best for winter": Shak. : ASAD
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Mob members : RACKETEERS
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Nice head : TETE
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Richmond-to-Baltimore dir. : NNE
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Rent : TORN
22
Snare : ENTRAP
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Nightingale, e.g. : NURSE
25
Wary : ALERT
26
"It is ___ heart that never rejoices" : APOOR
29
Laertes or Ophelia : DANE
31
Mask : DOMINO
33
Thick syrup : MOLASSES
37
Aces : ONES
38
Cowboy's rope : RIATA
40
"A Doll's House" heroine : NORA
41
Meade and Longstreet : GENERALS
43
"___ 17," 1953 film : STALAG
45
Golconda : MINE
46
Emulate Gretzky or Hamill : SKATE
47
Of hymenopterans : APIAN
50
Bank customer : PAYEE
53
Tree with a fan-shaped leaf : GINKGO
55
Encourage a criminal : ABET
56
Federal watchdog agcy. : GAO
59
Meara or Jeffreys : ANNE
60
Seattle's waterway : PUGETSOUND
63
Earl or viscount : PEER
64
Uzbek's sea : ARAL
65
Flush with success : ELATE
66
Fails, in a way : ERRS
67
Equator, e.g. : LINE
68
Potentate in Arabia : EMIR
Down
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Mend : DARN
2
Verve : ELAN
3
Nursery clock climbers : MICE
4
Place for a yellow ribbon : OAK
5
Nestors : SEERS
6
Bordoni or Castle : IRENE
7
Gob : TAR
8
If not : ELSE
9
Sidewinder : RATTLESNAKE
10
Grenoble's department : ISERE
11
Turkic tribesman : TATAR
12
Proficient : ADEPT
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"The ___ of the Native": Hardy : RETURN
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Craggy hill : TOR
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Pet in "Peter Pan" : NANA
24
Celebrants' devices : NOISEMAKERS
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Terhune's "Lad: ___" : ADOG
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Corn bread : PONE
28
Sign : OMEN
29
Speck : DOT
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Word bespeaking woe : ALAS
32
Algerian city : ORAN
33
Bell and Kettle : MAS
34
Alone onstage, as Scotto : SOLA
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
36
Mahatma : SAGE
39
Quebec's ___ Perrot : ILE
42
Wagnerian subject : RING
44
Vector of sleeping sickness : TSETSE
47
Open-mouthed : AGAPE
48
Lovelorn swain : PINER
49
Kind of ear or tube : INNER
50
Heathen : PAGAN
51
White poplar : ABELE
52
Further : YET
54
Girasol : OPAL
56
Mariana isle : GUAM
57
Opposed: Prefix : ANTI
58
Polish border river : ODER
61
Tell's district : URI
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___ Bull, Norwegian violinist : OLE

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