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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Friday, February 27, 1987

5-Across : Flooded

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F G Q V }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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W
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C
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A
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R
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P
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L
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L
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J
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W
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,625
Across
1
Fiddler on the reef : CRAB
5
Flooded : AWASH
10
Imposing : EPIC
14
Of aircraft : AERO
15
Rajah's wife : RANEE
16
Flow; surge : TIDE
17
Abalone's cousin : SPOTTEDEARSHELL
20
Dacey's "___ Avoid Probate!" : HOWTO
21
Pundit : SWAMI
22
Bro. or sis. : REL
23
Sand's "Elle et ___" : LUI
25
Actress Talbot : NITA
27
Seashell : SPECKLEDTELLIN
34
Wherry implement : OAR
35
Learn : HEAR
36
Net : SEINE
37
Radarscope image : BLIP
39
Pledged sacredly : SWORE
42
Grant; transfer : CEDE
43
"Labor ___ vincit" (motto of Okla.) : OMNIA
45
Bubbly drink : SODA
47
Koppel or Kennedy : TED
48
Seashell : LITTLEJEWELBOX
52
Balsam : TOLU
53
Zilch : NIL
54
Clean air and water agcy. : EPA
57
Summons to court : HALES
60
Shore : BEACH
64
Seashell : ZEBRAPERIWINKLE
67
Depend (on) : RELY
68
Dig : SPADE
69
Gauge face : DIAL
70
To the sheltered side : ALEE
71
Ruhr city : ESSEN
72
Mush : SAMP
Down
1
Till contents : CASH
2
Certain financial deal : REPO
3
In a line : AROW
4
Spinner in a kissing game : BOTTLE
5
Metric area measure : ARE
6
Rolls of paper money : WADS
7
Afresh : ANEW
8
" ... thought can jump both ___ land": Shak. : SEAAND
9
Recluse : HERMIT
10
Ordinal-number suffix : ETH
11
Breakwater : PIER
12
Useless : IDLE
13
One-room dwelling : CELL
18
Ask for a loan : TOUCH
19
Locations : SITES
24
Newscasters Pappas and Seamans : IKES
26
Composer Wilder : ALEC
27
Ragout : SALMI
28
Pucci product : PRINT
29
"L.A. ___," TV program : LAW
30
Notched : EROSE
31
Keep a ship stationary : LIETO
32
Forefinger : INDEX
33
CARE concern : NEED
34
Old Greek coin : OBOL
38
The Great Commoner : PITT
40
Rotten or Savile : ROW
41
Whence the Pison flows : EDEN
44
Luau greeting : ALOHA
46
Slip cover? : ALIBI
49
Pass, as time : ELAPSE
50
Tall drinks : JULEPS
51
Harmonizes : BLENDS
54
Poet Pound : EZRA
55
Rind : PEEL
56
Qualified : ABLE
58
Epochs : ERAS
59
Incidental : SIDE
61
Hawaiian shrub : AKIA
62
Quahog : CLAM
63
Rescuer in "The Pilgrim's Progress" : HELP
65
Cereal grass : RYE
66
Rune replaced by "w" : WEN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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