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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Monday, June 13, 1988

20-Across : Unwanted possession

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,097
Across
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Plod through clods : SLOG
5
Fall beverage : CIDER
10
Mideast gulf : OMAN
14
Busy place : HIVE
15
Author St. Johns : ADELA
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Do K.P. : PARE
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Like ___ of bricks : ATON
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One-man flights : SOLOS
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Famed Ferrara family name : ESTE
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Unwanted possession : WHITEELEPHANT
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Tragedy by Euripides : MEDEA
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Spotted : SEEN
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Necktie fabric : REP
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Slept noisily : SNORED
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"Agnus ___" : DEI
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Cupid : EROS
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Detroit's Joe Louis Sports ___ : ARENA
40
Famed scout : BUFFALOBILLCODY
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Up to the time of : UNTIL
44
Have a meal : DINE
45
Jenny : ASS
46
Cuddle up : NESTLE
48
What some cars guzzle : GAS
50
Frontier lawman : EARP
53
Locale of Pular and Pili : ANDES
58
Self-appointed tribunal : KANGAROOCOURT
62
Seed coating : ARIL
64
Tropical vine : LIANA
65
Dust Bowl victim : OKIE
66
"Rio ___" : RITA
67
Organic compound : ESTER
68
Cachet : SEAL
69
Final word : AMEN
70
Prophets : SEERS
71
Puzzler's favorite serf : ESNE
Down
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Oboe's forerunner : SHAWM
2
Supple : LITHE
3
Egg-shaped : OVOID
4
People, in Pisa : GENTE
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Receptacle : CASE
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Presley was one : IDOL
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Removes : DELES
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Wed secretly : ELOPE
9
Dermal outbreaks : RASHES
10
P.G.A. event : OPEN
11
Topgallant : MAST
12
Tate treasures : ART
13
Society-page word : NEE
21
Sound receiver : EAR
22
Year's record : ANNAL
26
Wriggler : EEL
27
Poke : PROD
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"Jaws" vessel : ORCA
30
Olds products : REOS
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Finishes : ENDS
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Week component : DAY
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Sight on Cape Cod : DUNE
34
Newts : EFTS
35
Gide's "___ Die" : IFIT
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"Mikado" sash : OBI
38
Chant : SING
40
Hot cross ___ : BUN
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Fred or Woody : ALLEN
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Meadow : LEA
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Links delights : EAGLES
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Pouch : SAC
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Poker ploy : RAISE
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Chatter : PRATE
54
Springe part : NOOSE
55
"Put up your ___" : DUKES
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Of a Great Lake : ERIAN
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Pillar of stone : STELE
58
Buzzard's cousin : KITE
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Paton or Ladd : ALAN
60
Corker : ONER
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Trireme must : OARS
62
Altar on high : ARA
63
Brink : RIM

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