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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Thursday, February 18, 1982

20-Across : Motifs

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { G J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,790
Across
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Oscar-winner Rainer : LUISE
6
Hose shade : ECRU
10
European coal basin : SAAR
14
Lab vessels : ETNAS
15
Thin, rolled pancake : BLIN
16
Part of a chassis : AXLE
17
Peers : EARLS
18
Portable cradles : BASSINETS
20
Motifs : THEMES
22
Ivy League team : PENN
23
Dash's partner : DOT
24
___ probandi : ONUS
26
Loc. of Cape Town : SAFR
28
Vanish gradually : EVANESCE
32
Correct : PROPER
36
Potpourri: Abbr. : MISC
37
Kind of race : ARMS
39
Demean : ABASE
40
Atlas or gypsy : MOTH
41
Thread: Comb. form : NEMAT
43
Mignon ending : ETTE
44
Inventor Howe : ELIAS
46
Welt : WALE
47
Browning's "Hervé ___" : RIEL
48
Of the ankle : TARSAL
50
Loud-voiced persons : STENTORS
52
Periods : ERAS
54
Editor's notation : STET
55
Sash with a bow in the back : OBI
58
Kind of corner : AMEN
60
Usher in : HERALD
64
Draft horse : PERCHERON
67
Recipient : DONEE
68
Former queen of Jordan : ALIA
69
Sound : SANE
70
___ year : LUNAR
71
Like one of Custer's stands : LAST
72
Going into the tenth : TIED
73
Halting place : ETAPE
Down
1
Old English court : LEET
2
Bryce Canyon's state : UTAH
3
Concerning : INRE
4
Famed Chief Justice: 1864-73 : SALMONCHASE
5
Ancient ascetic : ESSENE
6
Dwindle : EBB
7
Give a hand to : CLAP
8
Sol does this daily : RISES
9
Open, in a way : UNSNAP
10
River to the Vistula : SAN
11
Smashed an ash : AXED
12
Band instrument, for short : ALTO
13
Rhythmic silence, in music : REST
19
Prefix for red : INFRA
21
An Anthony : SUSAN
25
Driver or ball header : SCREW
27
Radio-TV newsman : ROBERTTROUT
28
Irish patriot : EMMET
29
"Twelfth Night" role : VIOLA
30
Milling : ASTIR
31
Eames and Calvé : EMMAS
33
Alfresco spot : PATIO
34
Chemical compound : ESTER
35
Spools : REELS
38
Seasons : SALTS
42
Cogs : TEETH
45
Bernhardt : SARAH
49
Least effectual : LAMEST
51
Compass part : NEEDLE
53
Caravansary : SERAI
55
October birthstone : OPAL
56
Lugosi : BELA
57
Eye part : IRIS
59
___ too soon : NONE
61
Pavlova or Sten : ANNA
62
Emulate Bob Beamon : LEAP
63
"___ Mable": Streeter : DERE
65
Morris of TV fame : CAT
66
Buntline : NED

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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