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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Thursday, December 19, 1963

48-Across : Accept.

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,254
Across
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Dining room furniture. : CHAIRS
7
Not so hot. : COOLISH
14
Kind of grass. : REDTOP
15
Certain curtain material. : ASBESTOS
17
Trying experience. : ORDEAL
18
Longest river in the U. S. : MISSOURI
19
Part of "to be." : WAS
20
Agents of retribution. : NEMESES
22
Little Hannah. : NAN
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Slave of 1066. : ESNE
24
Classified. : SORTED
26
Source of a fabric. : FLAX
29
Region. : DEMESNE
32
Shade of red. : RUST
33
Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
34
Union member. : STATE
38
Mohammedan prince. : AMIR
39
Provides a feast for. : DINES
41
Viva-voce. : ORAL
42
Overturn. : UPSET
44
Alaskan port. : NOME
45
Brook. : RILL
46
Unpedigreed canine. : MONGREL
48
Accept. : TAKE
49
Famous French physicist. : AMPERE
52
Radio and TV specialty. : NEWS
54
Siamese. : TAI
55
Seventh inning routine. : STRETCH
58
Lively Christmas present. : PUP
61
1.0567 quarts. : ONELITER
63
Salad favorite. : TOMATO
65
Of a leaf stem. : PETIOLAR
66
Dickens hero. : OLIVER
67
Leather workers. : TANNERS
68
Robe again. : REVEST
Down
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Bird. : CROW
2
Greek goddess. : HERA
3
Increases. : ADDS
4
Suffix in mineralogy. : ITE
5
Certain horses. : ROANS
6
Brilliant. : SPLENDID
7
"___ the dawn." : CAME
8
Suffix denoting condition. : OSIS
9
Haunt. : OBSESS
10
Teacher's concern. : LESSONS
11
Equal: Prefix. : ISO
12
Notable performance. : STUNT
13
Goddesses of Greek myth. : HORAE
16
Karachi's province. : SIND
21
Assembly. : MEETING
23
Utmost. : EXTREME
25
Answers of a sort. : RETORTS
26
Mrs., in Berlin. : FRAU
27
Piece, as of sugar. : LUMP
28
In its present condition. : ASIS
30
Imposing residence. : MANOR
31
Factor. : ELEMENT
35
Melody. : ARIA
36
___ turkey. : TALK
37
French pronoun. : ELLE
40
Electric switch mechanism. : SELECTOR
43
Act of twisting. : TORSION
47
Vex. : NETTLE
49
At the apex. : ATOP
50
French impressionist. : MANET
51
Famous work of art. : PIETA
53
In a single unit. : WHOLE
56
Raise. : REAR
57
Makes a fluff. : ERRS
58
Floor with brick stone, etc. : PAVE
59
Enemies of the Navahos. : UTES
60
Postprandial drink. : PORT
62
___ Yutang. : LIN
64
Date in the Middle Ages. : MIV

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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