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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Tuesday, November 21, 1978

48-Across : Put in a capsule

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,605
Across
1
Two-master : BRIG
5
Journalist's joy : SCOOP
10
Days of ___ : YORE
14
Tops : AONE
15
Fields, to Agricola : CAMPI
16
Cenozoic and Paleozoic : ERAS
17
Nests : NIDI
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Relating to bee : APIAN
19
Word with department or store : MENS
20
Cautiously : CLOSETOTHEVEST
23
Chemist Otto (Nobelist in 1944) : HAHN
24
Pewter ingredient : TIN
25
Pinball milieu : ARCADE
28
Depot : TERMINAL
33
Ankles : TARSI
34
Row : FILE
35
Silk, in Lille : SOIE
36
Twice XXVI : LII
37
Victuals : EDIBLES
40
Cider-song gal : IDA
41
Yachting : ASEA
43
Chem. suffixes : INES
44
Site of the Krupp works : ESSEN
46
York, for one : SERGEANT
48
Put in a capsule : ENCYST
49
Greek resistance org. in W.W. II : EAM
50
Amphora adjunct : ANSA
51
Group employing lobbyists : VESTEDINTEREST
58
Item for a rainy day at Shea : TARP
59
One of the Golden Horde : TATAR
60
Composer Novello : IVOR
61
Basic igneous rock : SIMA
62
Emulate Anna Karenina : ELOPE
63
Africa's longest river : NILE
64
Marshal or Townsend : PLAN
65
Actress Taylor : RENEE
66
"Gang aft a-___" : GLEY
Down
1
Where the judge sits : BANC
2
Muddy the waters : ROIL
3
___-Chinese : INDO
4
Companions for men, in Tokyo : GEISHAS
5
Wither with words : SCATHE
6
Poultry delicacy : CAPON
7
Neglect : OMIT
8
Bright-hued fish : OPAH
9
Maine symbol : PINETREE
10
Sana residents : YEMENIS
11
Mesabi merchandise : ORES
12
Rave's twin : RANT
13
Curve : ESS
21
"Lady" in a 1932 song : EADIE
22
Get-up-and-go : VIM
25
Gazetteer's pictorial relative : ATLAS
26
Increment : RAISE
27
Newsman, of old : CRIER
28
"Roof of the World" : TIBET
29
Extensions : ELLS
30
Boisterous : NOISY
31
Staff members : AIDES
32
Inclined, British style : LEANT
34
Kekkonen, e.g. : FINN
38
Thickness : DIAMETER
39
Touch, for one : SENSE
42
Methuselah's 969 : AGESPAN
45
Ogre's activity : SCARING
47
Partake of 37 Across : EAT
48
Access : ENTREE
50
"Is man ___ or an angel?": Disraeli : ANAPE
51
Ski spa in Colo. : VAIL
52
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
53
Dingle : DALE
54
Take ___ the lam (flee) : ITON
55
Kind of eye : EVIL
56
Part of a golf club : SOLE
57
It beats a deuce : TREY
58
Recipe abbr. : TSP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.

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