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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Thursday, October 22, 1992

24-Across : Assists

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,689
Across
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Timely : RIPE
5
Earthenware mug : STEIN
10
Qualified : ABLE
14
City of Judah : EDER
15
___-the-wisp : WILLO
16
Corn product : MEAL
17
Faculty official : DEAN
18
Autumnal hue : AMBER
19
"Spring forward, fall ___" : BACK
20
Sixtieth of a min. : SEC
21
"Peter Pan" pirate : SMEE
22
Three-wheelers : TRIKES
24
Assists : HELPS
26
Like some birch bark : WHITE
27
Aztec's predecessor : TOLTEC
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Fodder : FEED
30
Mahler's "___ Lied von der Erde" : DAS
33
"___, buckle my shoe" : ONETWO
34
Malayan gibbon : LAR
35
Bandleader Fields : SHEP
36
Greenish blue : TEAL
37
Rose's protector? : THORN
39
___ (Fatha) Hines : EARL
40
Golden ide : ORFE
41
Rocky peak : TOR
42
Russian wolfhound : BORZOI
44
Opp. of NNE : SSW
45
___ fide (genuine) : BONA
46
Broker's suggestion : INVEST
47
Baker's topper : ICING
49
Merciless : CRUEL
50
Autumnal hue : YELLOW
52
Rainbows : ARCS
53
Make an error : NOD
56
Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
57
Winfrey of TV : OPRAH
59
Autumnal hue : RUBY
60
Farm implement : PLOW
61
Declaim : ORATE
62
Like ___ of bricks : ATON
63
Stitched : SEWN
64
Kremlin features : DOMES
65
Plaintiff : USEE
Down
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Autumnal hues : REDS
2
Notion, in Lille : IDEE
3
Tree of W U.S. : PEACHLEAFWILLOW
4
Sea bird : ERN
5
N. American poplar : SWAMPCOTTONWOOD
6
"The ___ They Are A-Changin'": Dylan : TIMES
7
Wittenberg's river : ELBE
8
Seine island : ILE
9
Trees of New England : NORTHERNBIRCHES
10
Circuit : AMBIT
11
American trees : BEAKEDHAZELNUTS
12
Mechlin or guipure : LACE
13
Lions' rivals : ELKS
21
Large number : SLEW
23
Free (of) : RID
25
Plan, in Ayr : ETTLE
26
Endure : WEAR
27
Namesakes of Dorothy's dog : TOTOS
28
Unique things : ONERS
29
Requirement of fauna : FLORA
31
Flying machines, for short : AEROS
32
Riven : SPLIT
35
Begin tennis : SERVE
38
___ Kong : HONG
43
Burden : ONUS
45
Double this for a Chilean river : BIO
48
Buffoon : CLOWN
49
Jalopy : CRATE
50
Barks : YAPS
51
First name in mysteries : ERLE
52
Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
54
Hautboy : OBOE
55
Unit of force : DYNE
58
Couples, e.g. : PRO
59
Indian author-astrologer : RAU

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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