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Mary S. Snyder
Mary S. Snyder

New York Times, Tuesday, April 23, 1985

1-Across : Roost

Author:
Mary S. Snyder
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Mary S. Snyder has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,950
Across
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Roost : PERCH
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Baby's word : DADA
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Actor James from N.Y.C. : CAAN
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Public : OVERT
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Minor prophet: Abbr. : OBAD
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Fabled runner : HARE
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Entrees for an English peer? : SALISBURYSTEAKS
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Emulate Mencken : EDIT
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Edwardian and gaslight : ERAS
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Marine call : AVAST
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Change the shade : RETINT
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Greek letter : ETA
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Emperor's favorite course? : CAESARSALAD
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Word in a palindrome : MADAM
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Alda and Ladd : ALANS
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Actress Farrow : MIA
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Inclusive abbr. : ETAL
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Kind of branch : OLIVE
40
Mark on a car : DENT
41
Jehovah : GOD
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Painting subject : SCENE
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Sorbonne psychologist : BINET
44
Sweets for a diva? : PEACHMELBAS
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Farmer's deg. : BAS
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Allen and Frome : ETHANS
52
Smithy's need : ANVIL
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Rumanian dance : HORA
58
Mélange : OLIO
59
Side dish for a czar? : NOODLESROMANOFF
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Animal enclosure : COTE
63
Delicious, to Picasso : RICO
64
___ Delgada, Portuguese port : PONTA
65
Chem. endings : ENES
66
Midge : GNAT
67
Cards in a Yarborough : TREYS
Down
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Puzzle : POSER
2
Outwit a pursuer : EVADE
3
Got a pipe going again : RELIT
4
Very choosy : CRITICAL
5
Alts. : HTS
6
Gloomy : DOUR
7
Southwestern canyon mouth : ABRA
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"Long ___ Journey ... ": O'Neill : DAYS
9
Lures of a mfr. : ADS
10
___ glass (a full-length mirror) : CHEVAL
11
Report-card quartet : AAAA
12
Refuges : ARKS
13
Kind of egg : NEST
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___ noire : BETE
19
Teddy boys' goodbyes : TATAS
24
Business org. : NAM
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Laborer of yore : ESNE
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An ancient name of Jerusalem : SALEM
28
Kind of skirt : ALINE
29
Composer of "Ma Mère l'Oye" : RAVEL
30
Grace's finish : AMEN
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What epicures like to do : DINE
32
"Little Women" lass : MEG
33
Surmounting : ATOP
34
Fla. county : DADE
37
LL.B. holder : ATT
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Famous publisher : OCHS
40
Use calumny : DISHONOR
42
Dermal outgrowth : SCALL
43
Spree : BAT
45
Lives : ABIDES
46
Show delight : BEAM
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Like an eremite : ALONE
50
Swellegant : NIFTY
51
Some British squabs : SOFAS
52
Suffix for suffer : ANCE
53
P.M. starter : NOON
54
Capitol Hill action : VOTE
55
___ Hsüeh (Chinese philosophy) : HSIN
56
Large sea creature : ORCA
57
What cheerleaders do : ROOT
60
Unit of work : ERG
61
Appropriate : APT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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