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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Friday, March 31, 1989

66-Across : Swabs

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,388
Across
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Chore : TASK
5
Senate employee : PAGE
9
Goddess of the hearth : VESTA
14
Butter substitute : OLEO
15
Always : EVER
16
Muslim faith : ISLAM
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Noisy gangster? : RACKETEER
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Ascend; climb : SCALE
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Bobolink : ORTOLAN
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Egyptian solar deity : ATON
22
Island off NW Venezuela : ARUBA
25
Drift : TREND
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Two sounds in one : THUNDERCLAP
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God waited on by the Graces : EROS
31
Suffix with origin : ATOR
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Affirmative vote : AYE
35
Adage for a dumb blonde? : SILENCEISGOLDEN
40
Pedal digit : TOE
41
Part of J.E.C. : EARL
42
Food for Alysheba : OATS
43
Noisy native of Dhaka? : BANGLADESHI
47
Prank : CAPER
50
Gentleman, in Madrid : SENOR
51
Kiln : OVEN
52
Terse : CONCISE
57
Frenzied : MANIC
59
Noisy Australian club? : BOOMERANG
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Gambling game : BINGO
62
One, in Germany : EINE
63
Exchange premium : AGIO
64
Bias : SLANT
65
Happy : GLAD
66
Swabs : MOPS
Down
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Matador's victim : TORO
2
Opposite of apterous : ALAR
3
Cult : SECT
4
Oahu's ___ Head : KOKO
5
Kind of firecracker : PETARD
6
Where New Yorkers take the Fifth : AVENUE
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Turn right : GEE
8
Goof : ERR
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Strength; force : VIS
10
Steep slope : ESCARP
11
List of candidates : SLATE
12
Leftover cards after a deal : TALON
13
Revise : AMEND
18
Verve : ELAN
23
Famed teacher of the blind : BRAILLE
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Shakespeare's plays have five : ACTS
25
Poi ingredient : TARO
26
"Faust" finale : TRIO
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You may dig this : HOLE
28
Employ : USE
29
Roleo roller : LOG
30
Erhard's therapy : EST
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A wife of Esau : ADAH
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Himalayan humanoid : YETI
34
Pulver's title: Abbr. : ENS
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Alaska's ___ Islands : NEAR
37
Container : CAN
38
Cgs units : ERGS
39
___ Alamos : LOS
43
Nonthreatening : BENIGN
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Altarpiece or Italian port : ANCONA
45
Predestined : DOOMED
46
Former lightweight champ : ERNE
47
Grooming implements : COMBS
48
Serve the purpose : AVAIL
49
President of Brazil: 1906-9 : PENNA
53
Famous miler : CRAM
54
Shakespearean villain : IAGO
55
Sassy lassie : SNIP
56
These modify ids : EGOS
58
Charpoy : COT
59
Panhandle : BEG
60
Peanut byproduct : OIL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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