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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Saturday, January 5, 1980

40-Across : Nonsensical

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,015
Across
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Kind of bunt or race : DRAG
5
Their motto is "Semper Paratus" : SPARS
10
Hedge plant : PRIVET
12
Oriental staple : SEAWEED
14
Former Barbary State : TRIPOLI
15
Victor Hugo hero : HERNANI
16
Refuge : HAVEN
17
Mother-in-law of Ruth : NAOMI
19
Kin of aves. : STS
20
Gulf of the Arabian Sea : ADEN
21
Rich tapestry : ARRAS
22
"___ yourself" : DOIT
23
Finished first : WON
24
Damage : SPOIL
25
English poet-clergyman : DONNE
26
One of the Cyclades : PAROS
27
Whalebone : BALEEN
28
Euphoric : ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
32
Elegant carriage : BERLIN
33
Tanker tender : OILER
34
Kept a secret watch on : SPIED
35
Titan who wasn't 28 Across : ATLAS
36
Disorderly crowd : MOB
39
Loser to Taylor in 1848 : CASS
40
Nonsensical : SILLY
41
Pharmacist's word for wax : CERA
42
Diminutive suffix : ULE
43
Midshipman : CADET
44
Of muscular power : TONAL
45
Be a donee : RECEIVE
47
Manage or run : OPERATE
49
Concerns of a probate court : ESTATES
50
Elysee, e.g. : PALACE
51
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
52
Thurber's "The ___ Animal" : MALE
Down
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Pushed; forced : DRIVEN
2
Mature : RIPEN
3
English river : AVON
4
Colloid : GEL
5
Appears : SEEMS
6
Equal: Prefix : PARI
7
Grain beard : AWN
8
Newscaster Harry : REASONER
9
Guard : SENTINEL
10
Madrid museum : PRADO
11
"Cat on a Hot ___" : TINROOF
12
Sand bar : SHOAL
13
Swell : DISTEND
14
Melt : THAW
18
Tutor of Alexander the Great : ARISTOTLE
21
Part of a stage : APRON
22
Sorrow : DOLOR
24
Palatable : SAPID
25
U.S. Vice President: 1925-29 : DAWES
26
Natives of Lublin : POLES
27
Relative of "Avast!" : BELAY
28
Ambiguous : OBSCURE
29
Natives of Katmandu : NEPALESE
30
Divides into three equal parts : TRISECTS
31
Follow the hunt on foot : HILLTOP
35
Coadjutors : AIDES
36
Threaten : MENACE
37
Declaim : ORATE
38
Bundle : BALE
40
Redeems : SAVES
41
Lithophyte, for one : CORAL
43
Quote : CITE
44
Seaport in Honduras : TELA
46
Take tiffin in London : EAT
48
Jack of clubs : PAM

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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