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Judith Perry
New York Times, Thursday, August 27, 1987
Author:
Judith Perry
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 31.3
Judith Perry has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 M | 2 O | 3 C | 4 H | 5 A | 6 S | 7 P | 8 A | 9 R | 10 H | 11 A | 12 R | 13 M |
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14 E | L | L | E | R | 15 H | E | R | O | 16 O | H | I | O |
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17 A | L | A | R | M | 18 O | R | A | L | 19 K | E | A | S |
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20 N | A | M | B | Y | 21 P | A | M | B | Y | 22 E | A | T | S |
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23 M | E | T | 24 P | 25 A | Y | D | A | Y |
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26 R | 27 A | 28 G | 29 T | A | G | 30 C | 31 L | O | M | P | ||||
32 A | L | L | I | N | 33 G | O | A | L | P | O | 34 S | 35 T | 36 S |
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37 L | E | E | R | 38 P | A | N | S | Y | 39 K | E | E | L |
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40 E | X | E | R | 41 C | I | S | E | S | 42 C | E | L | L | A |
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43 A | R | C | H | Y | 44 W | A | Y | L | A | Y |
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45 M | 46 U | 47 K | L | U | K | 48 E | R | R | ||||||
49 A | B | R | I | 50 W | 51 I | 52 L | L | Y | N | 53 I | 54 L | 55 L | 56 Y |
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57 R | O | A | R | 58 I | R | A | S | 59 A | L | I | A | S |
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60 L | A | I | R | 61 C | A | D | I | 62 G | E | S | T | E |
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63 A | T | T | A | 64 K | N | E | E | 65 E | S | T | E | R |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,806
Across
1
Ice-cream flavor : MOCHA
6
Box : SPAR
10
Injury : HARM
14
"Oklahoma!" aunt : ELLER
15
Deli offering : HERO
16
State or river : OHIO
17
Frighten : ALARM
18
Spoken : ORAL
19
N.Z. parrots : KEAS
20
Weak : NAMBYPAMBY
22
Ingests : EATS
23
Lincoln Ctr. attraction : MET
24
Welcome time for employees : PAYDAY
26
Motley crowd : RAGTAG
30
Walk heavily : CLOMP
32
Exhausted : ALLIN
33
Targets for some kickers : GOALPOSTS
37
Suggestive look : LEER
38
"Thoughtful" flower : PANSY
39
Boat's central structure : KEEL
40
Daily dozen : EXERCISES
42
Room in a Greek temple : CELLA
43
Mehitabel's companion : ARCHY
44
Ambush : WAYLAY
45
Sealskin boot : MUKLUK
48
Misspeak : ERR
49
Hillside dugout : ABRI
50
Helplessly; inevitably : WILLYNILLY
57
Leonine sound : ROAR
58
Certain savings accts : IRAS
59
A k a : ALIAS
60
Den : LAIR
61
Moslem judge : CADI
62
"Beau ___": Wren book : GESTE
63
Indian meal : ATTA
64
Patella's location : KNEE
65
Organic compound : ESTER
Down
1
Denote : MEAN
2
Earthenware pot : OLLA
3
Symbol of silence : CLAM
4
Basil, e.g. : HERB
5
A West Point graduate : ARMYMAN
6
Young hog : SHOAT
7
Beautician's specialty, for short : PERM
8
Native of Oman : ARAB
9
Rotund : ROLYPOLY
10
Chicanery : HOKEYPOKEY
11
In the van : AHEAD
12
Lariat : RIATA
13
Like some tree trunks : MOSSY
21
Reade's "___ Woffington" : PEG
25
Elec. unit : AMP
26
Respiratory sound : RALE
27
"Family Ties" member : ALEX
28
Merriment : GLEE
29
Note of a robin or lark : TIRRALIRRA
30
Rabbit : CONEY
31
Girl : LASS
33
Cut : GASH
34
Vend : SELL
35
Anatomical tissue : TELA
36
Destroy : SLAY
38
Dickens character : PICKWICK
41
French vineyard : CRU
42
Slaughter : CARNAGE
44
Twisted : WRY
45
TV actress Gibbs : MARLA
46
W.W. I menace : UBOAT
47
Poisonous snake : KRAIT
48
Miss Dinsmore : ELSIE
51
Asian country : IRAN
52
Take on cargo : LADE
53
Small land masses in the Seine : ILES
54
Itemize : LIST
55
Recent : LATE
56
French river : YSER
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.