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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Tuesday, June 12, 1984

25-Across : Preakness winner, 1979

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,635
Across
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Raced : TORE
5
Houston player : ASTRO
10
Like Citation : FAST
14
Hero of a 1922 play : ABIE
15
Reciter; teller : SAYER
16
Culture medium : AGAR
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Derby winner: 1975 : FOOLISHPLEASURE
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Asian holiday : TET
21
Certain tides : NEAPS
22
Prize at the Big A : STAKE
23
Young salmon : PARR
24
Pandowdy : PIE
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Preakness winner, 1979 : SPECTACULARBID
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For rent : TOLET
33
Soon : ANON
34
St. : AVE
35
Sea in Russia : ARAL
36
Rugged : HARDY
38
Celebrity : LION
39
Author Hyman : MAC
40
Excellent : AONE
41
Ward off : PARRY
42
Derby and Preakness winner: 1981 : PLEASANTCOLONY
46
Smoked salmon : LOX
47
Burden : ONUS
48
Colorado ski resort : ASPEN
51
Bottle for oil : CRUET
53
Atmosphere : AIR
56
Belmont Stakes winner: 1968 : STAGEDOORJOHNNY
59
Neighbor of Ecuador : PERU
60
Smooth: Comb. form : LISSO
61
Amerind of Oklahoma : OTOE
62
Cut; chip : SNIP
63
Relative of a gusset : INSET
64
Beats the pack : WINS
Down
1
Loser in 1912 election : TAFT
2
Hautboy : OBOE
3
Looter's delight : RIOT
4
Cusk ___, snakelike fish : EEL
5
Aver : ASSERT
6
N. African desert : SAHARA
7
Yarn measure : TYPP
8
Kin: Abbr. : RELS
9
Galena or pyrite : ORE
10
Rail bird's cry to his horse : FASTER
11
Water, in Caracas : AGUA
12
One of the Channel Islands : SARK
13
Family ___ : TREE
18
"Be great ___ ... ": Shak. : INACT
19
Korean or Pakistani : ASIAN
23
Rind : PEEL
24
Tactic : PLOY
25
Relating to spores : SORAL
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Come in second : PLACE
27
Proofreader's mark : CARET
28
Sturm ___ Drang : UND
29
Aberdeen baby : BAIRN
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Piano key : IVORY
31
Gainsay : DENY
32
Pound lightly : TAMP
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Hitler's diaries, e.g. : HOAX
37
Blyth or Sothern : ANN
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Neighbor of Cambodia : LAOS
40
In unison : ASONE
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Ninth planet : PLUTO
43
Give ___ (boost) : ALEGUP
44
Track : COURSE
45
"___ or tittle ... ": Matt. 5:18 : ONEJOT
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Nile menaces : ASPS
49
British carbine : STEN
50
Prefix with mutuel : PARI
51
Mint : COIN
52
Betsy or Diana : ROSS
53
One opposed : ANTI
54
Privy to : INON
55
Homophone for rise : RYES
57
Year in the reign of Justinian : DLI
58
By what process? : HOW

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

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