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Christopher Sherwood
Christopher Sherwood

New York Times, Wednesday, July 17, 1985

38-Across : Guardians of a sort

Author:
Christopher Sherwood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0
Christopher Sherwood has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,035
Across
1
Medicine man's choice : HERB
5
Word on a bank : FIRST
10
Cry at Augusta : FORE
14
Gemstone : OPAL
15
Snake River site : IDAHO
16
What a medicine man might seek : OMEN
17
Determine duration : TIME
18
Give back capital : REPAY
19
South African currency : RAND
20
Hiawatha's transports : CANOES
22
Shields : DEFENDS
24
Crow's cousin : DAW
25
Part of a car or bike : PEDAL
26
Settlers or Long Knives : PALEFACES
30
Marries : WEDS
33
Food additive : AGAR
34
___ and feather : TAR
35
Bars from the gold rush : INGOTS
37
Bunch of bucks : WAD
38
Guardians of a sort : CENSORS
40
"___, Andrew Marvell": MacLeish : YOU
41
Lone Ranger's horse : SILVER
43
Nigerian yam-eater : IBO
44
Papoose, to Pontiac : HEIR
45
Approach : NEAR
46
Braves' ritual during a drought : RAINDANCE
48
Car that won't go far : LEMON
50
Computer in "2001" : HAL
51
Cooked meat, in a way : BRAISED
54
Raid : SORTIE
57
Nimbus : AURA
58
Title for Pizarro : SENOR
60
Red-coated dairy product : EDAM
62
Use the dotted line : SIGN
63
Author Nin : ANAIS
64
Rambler or sweetbrier : ROSE
65
Kind of bind : KNOT
66
Element in elegance : STYLE
67
Scads : SLEW
Down
1
Like a T. Williams roof : HOT
2
Heroic tale : EPIC
3
Hindu deity : RAMA
4
Kitchen device : BLENDER
5
Liquor, to Geronimo : FIREWATER
6
Mid-month, to Caesar : IDES
7
Denigrate : RAP
8
Nuances : SHADES
9
Dallied : TOYED
10
Part of a pinto : FORELEG
11
Where to find Muscat : OMAN
12
Tear : REND
13
Goals : ENDS
21
Lout : OAF
23
Cringes and flatters : FAWNS
25
Kind of rug : PERSIAN
26
Parts of poodles : PAWS
27
Anew : AGAIN
28
Soup scoop : LADLE
29
Supermarket item : CAN
31
Group's senior member : DOYEN
32
Calm during calamities : STOIC
35
Locomotive : IRONHORSE
36
Positive : SURE
38
Goddess of agriculture : CERES
39
Kimono cincture : OBI
42
Like a brave brave : VALIANT
44
Nooses feared by rustlers : HALTERS
46
Squirrel or paca : RODENT
47
Women's org. : DAR
49
Navajo milieus : MESAS
51
Sit in the sun : BASK
52
Bankrupt : RUIN
53
Jason's vessel : ARGO
54
Whence maize comes : SOIL
55
Totem-pole image : IDOL
56
Moderate or mitigate : EASE
59
Negative ballot : NAY
61
Gull's sound : MEW

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