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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Tuesday, August 30, 1983

42-Across : Iceman's need

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, 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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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,348
Across
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Is sidelined : AILS
5
"To Autumn," for one : ODE
8
Architectural ornament : BOSS
12
Beersheba's locale : NEGEV
13
Prefix for scope or meter : PERI
15
Dies ___ : IRAE
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Debbie Reynolds role on B'way : IRENE
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Neat as ___ : APIN
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Oversupply : GLUT
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Headline city: Sept. 24, 1957 : LITTLEROCK
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Gaucho's weapon : BOLA
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Makes antimacassars : TATS
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Slip by : ELAPSE
25
The ___, city in Ore. : DALLES
29
Made a blooper : ERRED
31
Domingo rendition : ARIA
32
Within: Comb. form : ENDO
34
To the rear, at sea : ABAFT
38
Gov. Graham's state : FLORIDA
40
U.S. explorer in space : MARINER
42
Iceman's need : TONGS
43
Shade of blue : TEAL
45
Exec's car : LIMO
46
Mary ___ Chase : ELLEN
48
___ the cat (dared) : BELLED
50
Zoroastrian : PARSEE
53
Evian and Bex : SPAS
55
Author Evelyn's brother : ALEC
56
Brief attire : MINISKIRTS
62
Galileo's birthplace : PISA
63
Mediterranean port : ORAN
64
Like neon gas : INERT
65
Actor Walter : ABEL
66
Soho stool pigeon : NARK
67
Mint product : MONEY
68
Plot : SITE
69
Waterloo officer : NEY
70
Wave on the French Riviera : ONDE
Down
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Gas: Comb. form : AERI
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"By the Time ___ to Phoenix" : IGET
3
Fast period : LENT
4
Willowy : SVELTE
5
MOMA display : OPART
6
Ousted : DEPOSED
7
Blore or Ambler : ERIC
8
He's "sweet William now" in a pop song : BIGBADBILL
9
Ship's lowest deck : ORLOP
10
Bellow et al. : SAULS
11
Bristles : SETAE
12
Nothing : NIL
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Pressman's device : INKER
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Ameliorated : EASED
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Dramatic king : LEAR
25
Loco : DAFT
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Guthrie : ARLO
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Celebrity : LION
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Oversize, as a map : LARGESCALE
30
Piazza del Popolo's locale : ROMA
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N.B.A.'s Archibald : NATE
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Indigo : ANIL
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___ sole (single woman) : FEME
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Walked on : TROD
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___ Royale, Mich. : ISLE
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Medieval lyrics : ALBAS
44
Trap : ENSNARE
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Yellow hue : LEMON
49
Caribou hunter : ESKIMO
50
Dads : PAPAS
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___ Ike (buck-passer) : ALIBI
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Change the thermostat : RESET
54
Comedian Lee : PINKY
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Meshed's locale : IRAN
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Get ___ the ground floor : INON
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Sunder : REND
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Deodar, e.g. : TREE
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Piggery : STY

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

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