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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Tuesday, August 27, 1985

1-Down : Colewort

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.4
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,076
Across
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Locksmith's products : KEYS
5
Fundamental : BASIC
10
Pond occupant : FISH
14
Sector : AREA
15
Sports palace : ARENA
16
Notion : IDEA
17
Herb with bell-shaped flowers : LILYOFTHEVALLEY
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Lamprey : EEL
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Blazing : AFIRE
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Bankers' protections : LIENS
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Broadway play: 1985 : ASIS
24
Arab's garb : ABA
25
Spring-flowering herb : JACKINTHEPULPIT
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Bradley and Sharif : OMARS
34
Prof's concoction : EXAM
35
"Sail ___ Union ... " : ONO
36
Actress Foch : NINA
37
Rot-resistant tree : ALDER
39
Defeat utterly : ROUT
40
Peer's mother : ASE
41
Iris : FLAG
42
Bolivian city : SUCRE
43
Herb also called sleepy Dick : STAROFBETHLEHEM
47
Out of, in Bonn : AUS
48
Highway : ROAD
49
Anew : AGAIN
52
Maxi or midi : SKIRT
54
Plant seeds : SOW
57
Spring-flowering plant : MOUNTAINANEMONE
60
Not fooled by : ONTO
61
Vapid : STALE
62
Formerly owned : USED
63
Presently : SOON
64
Red Sox southpaw : HURST
65
Garden growth : MOSS
Down
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Colewort : KALE
2
Huron's neighbor : ERIE
3
Shout : YELL
4
Utter : SAY
5
Canada's ___ Island : BAFFIN
6
Helen Frankenthaler is one : ARTIST
7
Very, in Verden : SEHR
8
Arrow poison : INEE
9
Mascagni opera, for short : CAV
10
Kind of devotion : FILIAL
11
Useless : IDLE
12
"Mine eyes have ___ the glory ... " : SEEN
13
Uses a tedder : HAYS
18
Haven of a sort : OASIS
19
Collection of stamps or photos : ALBUM
23
Group in Ghana : AKRA
24
On ___ with : APAR
25
Dr. Salk : JONAS
26
Love-in-___ (garden plant) : AMIST
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City in Crete : CANEA
28
Privet's use : HEDGE
29
Devon river : EXE
30
Snarleyyow : POOCH
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Habituate : INURE
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___ pole (carved pillar) : TOTEM
37
Landon et al. : ALFS
38
R.P.I. room : LAB
39
Was contrite : RUED
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Garden feature, to a poet : FOUNT
42
Shade of blue : SLATE
44
"Don't ___ My Parade" : RAINON
45
Court events : TRIALS
46
Garden visitor : HORNET
49
Gosden role : AMOS
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"Yet we'll ___ more a-roving": Byron : GONO
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Flivver : AUTO
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In ___ (naturally positioned) : SITU
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Burl on wood : KNAR
54
Middling : SOSO
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Singles : ONES
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Marries : WEDS
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Rowan : ASH
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Fall flower, for short : MUM

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

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