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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Friday, May 14, 1993

5-Across : Of the stages in an ecological succession

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,893
Across
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Arum or anise : HERB
5
Of the stages in an ecological succession : SERAL
10
___ homo : ECCE
14
Siegmeister or Wiesel : ELIE
15
Gould's tec : TRACY
16
Couples : DUOS
17
Christie's female tec : MISSMARPLE
19
Dillinger catcher : GMAN
20
Certain cleric's term of office : PASTORATE
21
Pan-fry : SAUTE
22
A past tense: Abbr. : PRET
23
Fling : HURL
24
Held and Karenina : ANNAS
27
Dangerous, difficult, military retreat : ANABASIS
31
Christie's Belgian tec : POIROT
33
Mosque prayer leader : IMAM
34
Not many : FEW
36
Denomination : SECT
37
Happen : OCCUR
39
Hobgoblin : BOGY
40
Wapiti : ELK
41
Harem room : ODAH
42
Slope at Aspen : SKIRUN
44
Script : SCENARIO
47
Russian lake : ILMEN
48
Treaty partner : ALLY
49
Sagan or Sandburg : CARL
51
Ahead of time : EARLY
53
Rubs with a leathery cloth : CHAMOISES
58
Silent : MUTE
59
Van Dine's tec : PHILOVANCE
60
Via's kin : ITER
61
"___ Bulba" : TARAS
62
Subsequent: Comb. form : RERE
63
Loyalist : TORY
64
As to : ANENT
65
___ ex machina : DEUS
Down
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Cordage fiber : HEMP
2
Director Kazan : ELIA
3
European glacial stage : RISS
4
"The ___ of married life is the fights": T. Wilder : BESTPART
5
Rubberneck : STARE
6
List of mistakes : ERRATA
7
Ecstatic : RAPT
8
P.I. timber tree : ACLE
9
Caustic : LYE
10
Tec-fiction awards : EDGARS
11
Puffy; cloud-shaped : CUMULIFORM
12
Chesterfield or duster : COAT
13
Laborer of yore : ESNE
18
Bite, in Bologna : MORSO
21
Pope Paul VI's "Ecclesiam ___" : SUAM
23
Flanged metal pieces : HBARS
24
Vaulted alcove : APSE
25
Carols : NOELS
26
Dime-novel tec : NICKCARTER
28
Czar after Alex. I : NICHI
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___ Darya, Asian river : AMU
30
Transition for Mehta : SEGUE
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Now : TODAY
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Ed or Keenan : WYNN
38
Sedan, e.g. : CAR
39
Word with ball or hall : BILLIARD
41
Solely : ONLY
43
City NE of Gorki : KIROV
45
Dannay and Lee's tec Queen : ELLERY
46
Central Fla. resident : OCALAN
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"It's ___ Unusual Day" : AMOST
51
Exude : EMIT
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See 38 Down : AUTO
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Biggers's tec : CHAN
54
Charter : HIRE
55
Old knife : SNEE
56
Beige's kin : ECRU
57
Envisions : SEES
59
Sch. group : PTA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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