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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Friday, April 17, 1987

42-Across : Beginning

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,674
Across
1
Sway; modify : AFFECT
7
Provisioned : STOCKED
14
Swain : SUITOR
15
Disposed; distributed : ARRANGED
17
Vocalize : INTONE
18
Wild event in Wonderland : TEAPARTY
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Commercials : ADS
20
Most perspicacious : SAGEST
22
Part of a hammer head : PEEN
23
Just fair : SOSO
24
Dickens character : TIM
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Three, in Torino : TRE
27
Greek vowel : EPSILON
30
Burden : LOAD
32
Kind of verse : LEONINE
33
Absorb : ENGROSS
37
Caused to limp : LAMED
38
Water wheel : NORIA
39
Land agent : STEWARD
42
Beginning : PRIMARY
44
Suffix with gang or trick : STER
45
Does a cobbler's job : RESOLES
46
Viper : ASP
49
Agcy. involved with cleanup : EPA
50
Book of the Bible : AMOS
51
Immediately, in prescriptions : STAT
53
Native of Benghazi : LIBYAN
55
Flood-control project : DAM
58
Petroleum product : KEROSENE
60
"Bajazet" dramatist : RACINE
62
School term : SEMESTER
63
Villains : KNAVES
64
Part of a cow's foot : PASTERN
65
Scatters : STREWS
Down
1
Wife of Prometheus : ASIA
2
Slush follower : FUND
3
Starts partner : FITS
4
Ike's command : ETO
5
Combine : CONSOLIDATE
6
Arnold's crime : TREASON
7
Glut : SATE
8
Railroad bridge : TRESTLE
9
Bryan attention-getter : ORATION
10
Tam : CAP
11
Break with a quick blow : KNAP
12
Heron's cousin : EGRET
13
Hinder : DETER
16
Cgs unit : DYNE
21
Departed : GONE
23
Tendons : SINEWS
25
High-sounding : MAGNISONANT
27
Building wings : ELLS
28
Bog fuel : PEAT
29
Indefinite amount : SOME
31
Race track in ancient Greece : DROMOS
34
Nuncupative : ORAL
35
Secretariat's role in retirement : SIRE
36
Simon ___, popular game : SAYS
40
Stuffed; gorged : REPLETE
41
Kitchen device : DRAINER
42
Entreat : PRAY
43
Comments : REMARKS
46
Invites : ASKS
47
Infuse : STEEP
48
Verdi's birthplace : PARMA
52
Certain digits : TOES
54
Whence to see Jungfrau : BERN
55
Emulate Louganis : DIVE
56
Freshly : ANEW
57
Scow chow : MESS
59
Very fast plane : SST
61
Rolling-stock item : CAR

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

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