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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Wednesday, April 10, 1985

14-Across : Fable's finale

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,937
Across
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Early love feast : AGAPE
6
A sixth-day creation : ADAM
10
N.F.L. team : RAMS
14
Fable's finale : MORAL
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___ vu : DEJA
16
Gray's text: Abbr. : ANAT
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Ancient Roman port : OSTIA
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___ even keel : ONAN
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Pioneer heroine Betty : ZANE
20
Town near Antietam : SHARPSBURG
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Augury : OMEN
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Pit : SEED
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Rio Grande city : LAREDO
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Trued : ALINED
30
2, 4, 6, 8, ... : EVENS
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Word in Texas's nickname : LONE
33
Riley's love : EASE
35
Strike out : DELE
38
Ulna's locus : FOREARM
40
Condensing, in a way : ELIDING
43
Scatters newly cut grass : TEDS
44
Dail's land : EIRE
46
Knee, to an M.D. : GENU
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Fix in the mind : LEARN
49
Reunion and Spectrum : ARENAS
51
Petition : APPEAL
54
Aarhus native : DANE
56
Page : LEAF
57
Kind of range where a miss is strange : POINTBLANK
63
"___ Do Is Dream of You" : ALLI
64
Rumanian city : ARAD
65
Almost inaccessible nest : AERIE
66
Units of reluctance : RELS
67
Split rattan : CANE
68
Item found on a spine : TITLE
69
Net : MESH
70
"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto : ALAS
71
Ruhr city : ESSEN
Down
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Tekoa prophet : AMOS
2
Mild expletive : GOSH
3
Ionian gulf : ARTA
4
Brace : PAIR
5
Slip by : ELAPSE
6
Playa clay : ADOBE
7
Strips : DENUDES
8
Discordant : AJAR
9
Laundry gear : MANGLE
10
Maugham novel, with "The" : RAZORSEDGE
11
"What's in ___?" : ANAME
12
Having a leonine coiffure : MANED
13
Pool member : STENO
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Passover feast : SEDER
25
"___ Love Her," Beatles hit : ANDI
26
Landon : ALF
27
Swag : LOOT
28
Concerning : INRE
29
Voracious underwater creature : NEEDLEFISH
31
Swerve : VEER
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U.S.A. : AMER
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Possible prelude to foreclosure : LIEN
37
Sicilian city : ENNA
39
On the Laptev : ASEA
41
Inclined : LEANT
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Astronaut Grissom : GUS
45
Book by George Sand : INDIANA
48
Llama's kin : ALPACA
50
Detroit sales gimmick : REBATE
51
Tocsin : ALARM
52
Martinique mount : PELEE
53
Cloys : PALLS
55
Llama's habitat : ANDES
58
Type of thermometer : ORAL
59
Kona garlands : LEIS
60
Part of B.A. : ARTS
61
Aswan's river : NILE
62
Astute : KEEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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