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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Wednesday, July 13, 1988

50-Across : Military headdress

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,127
Across
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What a derby tops : POLL
5
Guipure and malines : LACES
10
Dorothy's dog : TOTO
14
Portico : STOA
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Mosaic : INLAY
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Yeses, in Rouen : OUIS
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Oilskin headgear : SOUWESTERS
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Egyptian god of creation : PTAH
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Adjective for a Texan's headgear : TENGALLON
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Place to see tall headgear : OPERA
22
Words of understanding : ISEE
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Joel C. Harris's ___ Rabbit : BRER
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Wander : ROVE
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Prepared for a premiere : REHEARSED
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N.H.L. champs : OILERS
33
German canal : KIEL
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In favor of : PRO
35
Cptr., e.g. : BLDR
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More frigid : ICIER
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Duo : PAIR
39
Shade tree : ELM
40
Contest : AGON
41
Short and solid : STOCKY
43
Certain race horses : YEARLINGS
46
Enclosed space : AREA
47
Dickens heroine : NELL
48
Prepare to travel : PACK
50
Military headdress : BUSBY
52
Bridge necessities : SCOREPADS
57
Hebrew measure : EPHA
58
Auditory : ACOUSTICAL
59
Coup d'___ : ETAT
60
Rope : LASSO
61
Austen novel : EMMA
62
Observe : NOTE
63
"You used to come ___ o'clock ... " : ATTEN
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Appear : SEEM
Down
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Attention-getting sound : PSST
2
An Amerind : OTOE
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Lad, in Ayr : LOUN
4
Legislator : LAWGIVER
5
Cotton thread : LISLE
6
Chapeau rack, sometimes : ANTLER
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Singer Laine : CLEO
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Merit : EARN
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RR org. : SYS
10
Formal headwear : TOPPER
11
Astronaut's milieu : OUTERSPACE
12
Headdress: Var. : TIAR
13
Fed. workplace agency : OSHA
18
Facilitator : EASER
21
Spoken : ORAL
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Bock and kvass : BEERS
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Moon valley : RILLE
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"Please to put a penny in the ___ ... " : OLDMANSHAT
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Stretching the budget : EKING
28
Speed : HIE
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Violinist Morini : ERIKA
30
Fishing boat : DORY
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Mind : OBEY
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Signet : SIGIL
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Swindle : CON
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Low, flattop headgear : PORKPIES
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Friend in a fray : ALLY
42
Musical "Ssh!" : TACET
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Discount : REBATE
45
Married one : SPOUSE
49
A felony : ARSON
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"We've ___ had!" : BEEN
51
As far as : UPTO
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Shoo! : SCAT
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Expense : COST
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Peak : ACME
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Christie or Hess : DAME
56
Bridge feat : SLAM
58
In the manner of : ALA

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

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