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Reid
Reid

New York Times, Monday, December 19, 1983

64-Across : ___ word, coined for single use

Author:
Reid
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F G J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Reid has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,459
Across
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Abort a mission : SCRUB
6
Cannoneer's need : AMMO
10
Track-meet implement : SHOT
14
Statement of faith : CREDO
15
TV show in reruns : SOAP
16
Distant: Comb. form : TELE
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Arch competitor : RIVAL
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Grudge holders : SOREHEADS
20
Tristram's beloved : ISOLDE
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Astronaut Sally : RIDE
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___ Plaines, Ill. : DES
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Gift for Adano : BELL
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Square-rigger's necessity : MAINSAIL
28
N.Y. winter time : EST
29
Towel marking : HERS
30
Apparel : DRESS
33
Sub's milieu : BENCH
34
Blood component : PLASMA
35
Guillotines : BEHEADS
38
Alert: Colloq. : HEADSUP
39
Handles with authority : WIELDS
40
He wrote "Games People Play" : BERNE
41
Everything being counted : INALL
42
Gobilike : ARID
43
Hebrew letter : MEM
46
Tigers' habitats : DIAMONDS
49
Folk dance : HORA
50
Trucker's place : CAB
52
Author Rostov : MARA
53
Directly : HEADON
55
Deejay's equipment : HEADPHONE
58
K.C. slugger : BRETT
59
Cartoonist or river : ARNO
60
Med. school subject : ANAT
61
When Arbor Day comes : APRIL
62
Protuberance : NODE
63
Durante asset : NOSE
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___ word, coined for single use : NONCE
Down
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Writer : SCRIBE
2
Tense times : CRISES
3
Uprising : REVOLT
4
A rival of Carter in 1976 : UDALL
5
Daring : BOLD
6
Silly one : ASS
7
Like the Alhambra's architecture : MOORISH
8
Calif. county : MARIN
9
Special newspaper pages : OPEDS
10
Fr. holy woman : STE
11
Irving's ___ horseman : HEADLESS
12
Ye ___ Tea Shoppe : OLDE
13
Hardy lass : TESS
19
Promontory : HEADLAND
21
Edits : EMENDS
26
Compass swings : ARCS
27
Moslem decree : IRADE
29
Auto light : HEADLAMP
31
Inst. at Dallas : SMU
32
A syrup source : SAP
33
Lawyer Melvin : BELLI
34
Expire : PERISH
35
Carib. area : BWI
36
Article for a Berliner : EIN
37
Gym apparel : HEADBAND
38
Bovine group : HERD
40
Bonkers : BANANAS
43
Up-to-date : MODERN
44
Amatory : EROTIC
45
Cloak or cape : MANTLE
47
Famed naval historian : MAHAN
48
Town on the Penobscot : ORONO
49
Silent zany of films : HARPO
50
Movie detective : CHAN
51
Prefix with sol : AERO
54
Israeli statesman : EBAN
56
Litigation name : DOE
57
Summer in Savoie : ETE

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

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