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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Monday, August 22, 1988

23-Across : A solid alcohol

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,167
Across
1
Matures : AGES
5
State, in Soissons : ETAT
9
Separated : APART
14
Simone's husband : MARI
15
In the buff : NUDE
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More recent : NEWER
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Latin I word : AMAT
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Busy as ___ : ABEE
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Spiny shrub, also called furze : GORSE
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Pioneer suffragist : SUSANBANTHONY
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A solid alcohol : STEROL
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William's "Leave ___ to Heaven" : HER
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Phoenix neighbor : MESA
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Incendiary substance : NAPALM
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Perpetually : EVER
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S. African plant : ALOE
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Temperance advocate : FRANCESEWILLARD
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Take ___ stride : ITIN
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Yorkshire river : AIRE
44
Uncanny : EERY
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Basque headgear : BERETS
47
Tour : TRIP
49
N.B.A. figure : REF
51
Kind of light used in a theater : STROBE
56
Dress-reform feminist : AMELIABLOOMER
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Campus fabric : DENIM
62
Cambio coin : LIRA
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Key letter : BETA
64
Type of acid : AMINO
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Britain's Anthony : EDEN
66
"___ Plenty o' Nuttin'" : IGOT
67
Dey or czar : RULER
68
Carnelian's kin : SARD
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One-billionth: Comb. form : NANO
Down
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Accumulate : AMASS
2
Entire range : GAMUT
3
Undo : ERASE
4
Shankar's instrument : SITAR
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Make possible : ENABLE
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Saxhorn : TUBA
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Capital of South Yemen : ADEN
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Bicuspids, e.g. : TEETH
9
Cat, goat or rabbit : ANGORA
10
Peasant : PEON
11
Askew : AWRY
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___ adjudicata : RES
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Due's follower : TRE
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Customary; conventional : NOMIC
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Matisse or Pétain : HENRI
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Blackfin snapper : SESI
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Ward off : AVERT
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"Ride a ___ Horse": MacInnes : PALE
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Winged : ALAR
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South Seas parrot : LORY
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What the dr. ordered : MED
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Uffizi treasure : ARTE
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Den : LAIR
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Jackson or Jeffreys : ANNE
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Pitcher : EWER
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Small lie : FIB
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Studio prop : EASEL
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Thin; fine: Comb. form : LEPTO
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Quake : TREMOR
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Ellis or Long : ISLAND
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Manicures : FILES
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___ Hood : ROBIN
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Last of a series : OMEGA
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"Somebody ___ de bay": S. Foster : BETON
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Clio sidekick : ERATO
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Indigo source : ANIL
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Golconda : MINE
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Met staple : AIDA
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Uncle Remus's ___ Rabbit : BRER
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Patriotic org. : DAR
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Ostrich's kin : EMU

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

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