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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Saturday, May 26, 1979

48-Across : Adjective applying to 59 Across

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { G H J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,791
Across
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Mud daubers : WASPS
6
Isinglass : MICA
10
"I Should ___," 1944 song : CARE
14
White poplar : ABELE
15
Sacred picture : ICON
16
Dash : ELAN
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Create a bureaucracy : DEPARTMENTALIZE
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Click beetles : ELATERIDS
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Broom of twigs or rushes : BESOM
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Bullfrog genus : RANA
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Tart or napoleon : PASTRY
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Resort : SPA
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The ultimate state : END
28
Fling : CAST
29
Cordage fiber : PITA
31
Cut : SEVER
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Egyptian goddess : ISIS
37
Numerals : ONES
38
Barton or Bow : CLARA
39
Best grade : AONE
40
Spreads to dry, as hay : TEDS
41
Diminutive suffixes : ETTES
42
Stringed instrument : LUTE
43
Former coin of Pakistan : ANNA
45
Taste : SIP
47
Indication of origin in German names : VON
48
Adjective applying to 59 Across : VARIED
51
Vetch : TARE
53
Old-womanish : ANILE
54
Hissing quality : SIBILANCE
59
One objective of fund management : DIVERSIFICATION
61
Silver standard: Abbr. : STER
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NO CLUE : ULNA
63
Hill, in Honduras : CERRO
64
Trireme propellants : OARS
65
Site of ancient Olympic Games : ELIS
66
Ford boo-boo : EDSEL
Down
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Walk in water : WADE
2
Victim of Cain : ABEL
3
Moved apart : SEPARATED
4
"Oro y ___," Montana motto : PLATA
5
Balmy : SERENE
6
"La Bohème" heroine : MIMI
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Glacé : ICED
8
Slammer occupants : CONS
9
Pangolin's morsel : ANT
10
Divine : CELESTIAL
11
Heeling : ALIST
12
Implement for Figaro : RAZOR
13
Napoleon, to Wellington : ENEMY
18
Exceed : TRANSCEND
19
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
23
Sponging : PARASITIC
24
What "X" marks : SPOT
25
Lodgepole ___ : PINE
27
Fourth-brightest star of a constellation : DELTA
28
Daughter of Saturn : CERES
30
Pack on the attack : ASSAILERS
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Large container : VAT
34
"Among My ___," 1927 hit song : SOUVENIRS
35
Division word : INTO
36
Viewed : SEEN
44
"Two of one trade ___ love": Dekker : NEER
46
Alcazar, for one : PALACE
48
Norwegian seaport : VADSO
49
Singer O'Day : ANITA
50
Arkansas or Missouri : RIVER
52
Appraised : RATED
54
Horizontal timber : SILL
55
Part of Morocco since 1969 : IFNI
56
Slant : BIAS
57
Heart : CORE
58
Organic compound : ENOL
60
"Sweet" one of song : SUE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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