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Judith Perry
New York Times, Friday, September 11, 1987
Author:
Judith Perry
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 41.1
Judith Perry has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 R | 2 E | 3 A | 4 C | 5 T | 6 T | 7 A | 8 P | 9 E | 10 S | 11 C | 12 O | 13 P |
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14 E | S | K | A | R | 15 A | P | E | X | 16 L | A | V | A |
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17 A | N | I | T | A | 18 F | O | R | E | 19 C | A | T | E | R |
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20 D | E | M | O | C | 21 A | T | S | 22 M | A | V | E | N | S |
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23 N | E | W | S | 24 A | P | R | I | L | ||||||
25 S | 26 E | 27 C | E | R | N | 28 A | U | T | O | C | A | 29 T | 30 S |
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31 C | R | O | S | S | 32 A | L | L | E | N | 33 I | R | A |
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34 A | R | M | E | 35 T | R | E | A | D | 36 A | N | I | L |
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37 R | O | M | 38 B | I | E | R | S | 39 S | P | E | N | T |
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40 P | L | U | 41 T | O | C | A | T | 42 C | O | P | S | E | S |
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43 N | I | C | K | S | 44 B | A | L | L | ||||||
45 S | 46 P | I | G | O | T | 47 M | E | N | D | I | 48 C | 49 A | 50 T |
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51 T | E | C | H | N | O | 52 C | A | T | 53 E | C | O | L | E |
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54 E | R | A | T | 55 C | U | R | E | 56 R | A | M | I | E |
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57 P | I | T | S | 58 K | E | E | L | 59 S | T | O | A | S |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,821
Across
1
Respond to stimuli : REACT
6
Record : TAPE
10
Anglo-Saxon bard : SCOP
14
Glacial deposit : ESKAR
15
High point : APEX
16
Melted volcanic rock : LAVA
17
Santa ___, Calif. : ANITA
18
Feline weather person? : FORECATER
20
Political felines? : DEMOCATS
22
Experts : MAVENS
23
Network staple : NEWS
24
Eliot's "cruellest month" : APRIL
25
Discriminate : SECERN
28
Despotic felines? : AUTOCATS
31
Thwart : CROSS
32
Vt. Revolutionary soldier : ALLEN
33
Banking acronym : IRA
34
Weapon for a poilu : ARME
35
Stair part : TREAD
36
Indigo plant : ANIL
37
Gypsy : ROM
38
Catafalques : BIERS
39
Used up : SPENT
40
Wealthy feline? : PLUTOCAT
42
Thickets : COPSES
43
Cuts : NICKS
44
Comedienne from Jamestown, N.Y. : BALL
45
Tap : SPIGOT
47
Begging feline? : MENDICAT
51
Scientific feline? : TECHNOCAT
53
French school : ECOLE
54
Eram, eras, ___ : ERAT
55
Parish priest : CURE
56
Textile fiber : RAMIE
57
Seeds : PITS
58
Capsize, with "over" : KEEL
59
Greek porticoes : STOAS
Down
1
Interpret : READ
2
Serf of yore : ESNE
3
Actor Tamiroff : AKIM
4
Chinese feline? : CATONESE
5
Investigative procedures : TRACERS
6
Ohio political family : TAFTS
7
Mil. addresses : APOS
8
According to : PER
9
Freed from duty : EXEMPTED
10
Bulgarian, e.g. : SLAVIC
11
Feline castle mistresses? : CATELAINES
12
Kiln : OVEN
13
Golf scores : PARS
19
Star of "Gigi" : CARON
21
Beard of grain : AWN
24
Assembly halls : AULAS
25
Steep slope : SCARP
26
Flynn of films : ERROL
27
Feline informant? : COMMUNICAT
28
Warn : ALERT
29
Threefold : TRINE
30
Seasons : SALTS
32
Zones : AREAS
35
Horological repetition : TICKTOCK
36
Feline job-seeker? : APPLICAT
38
Caribbean anchovy : BOCON
39
Fusible metal alloys : SOLDERS
41
Body suit : TIGHTS
42
Preserve : CAN
44
Asian palm or nut : BETEL
45
Stage : STEP
46
Persian elf : PERI
47
Female equine : MARE
48
Lake or singer : COMO
49
President of Albania : ALIA
50
Golfing areas : TEES
52
Hint : CUE
Answer summary:
11 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.