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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Friday, June 15, 1984

52-Across : Indian food similar to K-rations

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,638
Across
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Swath : STRIP
6
Agreements : PACTS
11
More resolute : STOUTER
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Ancient Italian city of great luxury : SYBARIS
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Pottery casserole : TERRINE
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Assumption : PREMISE
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Hindu potentates : RANAS
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Tale twister : LIAR
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Type of bonnet : POKE
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Russian river : URAL
22
Hellcat : WITCH
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Moved sideways, in football : SLID
24
Prefix with iron or rib : MID
25
Minotaur slayer : THESEUS
27
Printer's units : ENS
28
Author of "Brass" and "Bread" : NORRIS
30
Virgules : SLANTS
32
Possesses : HAS
33
Corrida cheer : OLE
34
Fowl groups : FLOCKS
37
Postulates : AXIOMS
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Garland at Hilo : LEI
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Of a condition of imbalance : TETANIC
43
Suffix denoting origin : OTE
45
Caen's river : ORNE
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Crimean seaport : YALTA
48
Ginger cookie : SNAP
49
Russian city : OREL
50
Nursery tumbler : JILL
51
Bishop's headdress : MITRE
52
Indian food similar to K-rations : PEMICAN
54
Issue : EMANATE
56
Branch of mechanics : STATICS
57
Fails to keep a promise : RENEGES
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Move furtively : SNEAK
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Dragged : TOWED
Down
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Chandler's substance : STEARIN
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Violent storm : TORNADO
3
Bucolic : RURAL
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"___ my love": Romeo : ITIS
5
Enclosure : PEN
6
Gray cardinal of Arizona : PYRRHULOXIA
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Presidential nickname : ABE
8
Bivouacs : CAMPS
9
Type of verse : TRIOLET
10
Certain finches : SISKINS
11
Toy with a guitar : STRUM
12
Depends : RELIES
13
Areas : SPACES
14
Future sprouts : SEEDS
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Part of T.G.I.F. : ITS
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Canada jay : WHISKEYJACK
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Pamphlet : TRACT
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Pertaining to a Frankish group : SALIC
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Greek letter : RHO
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New: Prefix : NEO
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Animals used in hunting rabbits : FERRETS
35
NFL position : LINEMAN
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Dyes : STAINS
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Horn : ANTLER
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Juxtaposition of pictorial material : MONTAGE
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Began : STARTED
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Picots : LOOPS
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Everything : ALL
44
Foils' kin : EPEES
46
Choice : ELITE
48
Tendon : SINEW
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Skill, in Siena : MANO
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Spy agcy. : CIA
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Seaver, twice : MET

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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