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Peggy Devlin
Peggy Devlin

New York Times, Friday, September 13, 1985

35-Across : Article

Author:
Peggy Devlin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 49.4
Peggy Devlin has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,093
Across
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Seaweed : KELP
5
Rejects a Romeo : JILTS
10
Made tracks : SPED
14
Old orgy cry : EVOE
15
Bathsheba's first mate : URIAH
16
Briny droplet : TEAR
17
Slight fault : PECCADILLO
19
Brazilian state : ACRE
20
Threesomes : TRIUNES
21
Bombastic : OROTUND
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Namesakes of a wife of Jacob : LEAHS
25
Organic compound : ENOL
26
Rome's ___ Way : APPIAN
29
Unyielding : OBDURATE
33
"___ a Symphony," Supremes hit : IHEAR
34
Clowder clamor : MIAUS
35
Article : THE
36
Large: Comb. form : MACR
37
Sea anemone or hydra : POLYP
38
Pale-blue hue : CIEL
39
Conceit : EGO
40
King Cyaxares' subjects : MEDES
41
Lax : LOOSE
42
Museum employee : RESTORER
44
A fin doubled : TENNER
45
College org. : ROTC
46
Begrimes : SOOTS
48
Emulated Zenger : PRINTED
51
Sponsor's charge : PROTEGE
55
Carry on : RAVE
56
Comb-shaped : PECTINATED
58
Single entry : ITEM
59
Crow's home : TEPEE
60
"Peter Pan" dog : NANA
61
Dick Turpin's Black Bess : MARE
62
W.W. I planes : SPADS
63
Oates book : THEM
Down
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Reserved : KEPT
2
Word with green or lasting : EVER
3
Places : LOCI
4
Strange : PECULIAR
5
Of an ancient division of Palestine : JUDEAN
6
Hibernian : IRISH
7
Diamond ___ : LIL
8
Samoan's starchy fare : TALO
9
Used a prop : SHOREDUP
10
Part of a turbine : STATOR
11
Embezzlement : PECULATION
12
Gross, in a way : EARN
13
Stowe book : DRED
18
Close, to a poet : ANEAR
22
Blame : ONUS
24
Free-___, 1848–54 political party : SOILERS
26
To love, in Lyon : AIMER
27
One that eats: Comb. form : PHAGE
28
Rio Grande feeder : PECOSRIVER
30
Certain windows : BAYS
31
"___ Foolish Things ... " : THESE
32
Member of the piscatorial set : EELER
34
Form of scale arrangement : MODE
37
Recognizable sensations : PERCEPTS
38
Unvarying : CONSTANT
40
Grove on a prairie : MOTT
41
Reveal a secret : LETON
43
Unit of speech : TONEME
44
Churchill's supporters : TORIES
47
Chose : OPTED
48
Shrub used for hedges : PRIM
49
Pro ___ : RATA
50
Benchley's "The ___" : DEEP
52
Eskimo settlement : ETAH
53
Part of the double helix : GENE
54
Dutch seaport : EDAM
57
Busy man in Apr. : CPA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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