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Kathryn Righter
New York Times, Friday, January 18, 1985
60-Across : Coal beds
Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Regarding 32-Across clue, also Syria, located in Asia.
1 S | 2 T | 3 E | 4 A | 5 M | 6 W | 7 A | 8 S | 9 P | 10 S | |||||
11 S | T | O | R | M | E | 12 R | 13 T | I | P | T | O | E | 14 S |
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15 H | I | R | S | U | T | E | 16 O | C | T | U | P | L | E |
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17 A | R | T | 18 R | E | M | 19 A | R | K | S | 20 U | L | E |
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21 F | R | O | 22 G | 23 S | A | G | O | S | 24 S | L | E | D |
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25 T | U | N | E | 26 S | 27 I | O | U | 28 D | E | A | R | Y |
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29 P | I | N | K | 30 I | N | G | S | 31 H | E | A | R | S | ||
32 U | A | R | 33 I | L | S | |||||||||
34 W | 35 H | I | T | E | 36 E | 37 L | 38 E | P | H | A | 39 N | 40 T | ||
41 S | H | O | N | E | 42 L | O | N | 43 I | L | I | A | 44 D |
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45 W | I | S | E | 46 R | E | M | A | 47 P | 48 T | O | T | O |
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49 E | S | T | 50 L | O | V | A | B | L | 51 E | 52 B | T | U |
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53 E | P | I | 54 T | O | M | E | 55 L | O | R | 56 R | I | E | S |
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57 P | E | L | I | C | A | N | 58 E | P | I | C | U | R | E |
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59 R | E | S | I | N | 60 S | E | A | M | S |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,855
Across
1
Boiler product : STEAM
6
"The ___," play by Aristophanes : WASPS
11
Commando : STORMER
13
Moves stealthily : TIPTOES
15
Hairy : HIRSUTE
16
Eightfold : OCTUPLE
17
Freer display at D.C. : ART
18
Comments : REMARKS
20
A source of rubber : ULE
21
Tailless amphibian : FROG
23
Certain palms : SAGOS
24
Luge : SLED
25
Cahn output : TUNES
27
Atl. City marker : IOU
28
Hon : DEARY
29
Seamstress's utensil : PINKINGSHEARS
32
Former republic of NE Africa : UAR
33
They, in Paris : ILS
34
Useless but costly object : WHITEELEPHANT
41
Gleamed : SHONE
42
Actor Chaney : LON
43
Work translated by Pope : ILIAD
45
Sagacious : WISE
46
Chart again : REMAP
48
In ___ (wholly) : TOTO
49
Triple this for a wine : EST
50
Cuddly : LOVABLE
52
Heat unit, for short : BTU
53
Abstract : EPITOME
55
British motor trucks : LORRIES
57
Figure on Louisiana's seal : PELICAN
58
Gourmet's cousin : EPICURE
59
Amber is one : RESIN
60
Coal beds : SEAMS
Down
1
Saddle appendage : STIRRUP
2
Richly embellished ice cream : TORTONI
3
Sounds of hesitation : ERS
4
River between Manchuria and the U.S.S.R. : AMUR
5
Allots : METES
6
Candle fibers : WICKS
7
Some are co-ops : APTS
8
Alphabetic trio : STU
9
Demotic : POPULAR
10
Late British movie star : SELLERS
11
Part of an arrow : SHAFT
12
Stay : REMAIN
13
Muscular : TOROUS
14
Unkempt : SEEDY
19
Highly excited : AGOG
22
Authentic : GENUINE
24
Seasoning obtained by evaporation : SEASALT
26
Ray : SKATE
28
Territory in N India : DELHI
30
Spleen : IRE
31
Roof angle : HIP
34
Susurrus : WHISPER
35
Antagonistic : HOSTILE
36
Ace, as part of a blackjack : ELEVEN
37
Hill in the Southwest : LOMA
38
Make possible : ENABLE
39
Element used in alloy steels : NIOBIUM
40
Shreds : TATTERS
41
Long oar : SWEEP
44
Drench : DOUSE
46
Kind of numeral : ROMAN
47
Drops heavily : PLOPS
50
Genes' positions : LOCI
51
O'Neill's ___ Smith : ERIE
54
Las' followers : TIS
56
Bldg. in Rockefeller Center : RCA
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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.