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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Thursday, September 1, 1988

66-Across : Touch not!

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,177
Across
1
Goggler : SCAD
5
Take ___ view (be leery) : ADIM
9
Duffer's nemesis : TRAP
13
Quit : CEASE
14
Choler : BILE
15
Bindlestiff : HOBO
16
Spent : ALLIN
17
Dec. 24 and 31 : EVES
18
Black, in poesy : EBON
19
Rock group : BLINDFAITH
21
A la ___ : MODE
22
L.A. gridders : RAMS
23
Emulates Falstaff : EMOTES
25
Giroux or Greeley : EDITOR
29
Of a bygone era : OLDEN
31
Tureen : DISH
32
Part of T.L.C. : CARE
34
Actor Tamiroff : AKIM
37
Taken out : DELETED
39
Mali neighbor : SENEGAL
42
Withered : SERE
43
Famed garden : EDEN
45
Weird : EERY
46
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
48
Tries : TASTES
50
Abate : LESSEN
53
Standard : NORM
55
With 49 Down, suspense writer : ERIC
56
Rock group : MOODYBLUES
62
Time ___ half : ANDA
63
Major ending : ETTE
64
"___ Doone" : LORNA
65
Threshold : SILL
66
Touch not! : STET
67
Rye fungus : ERGOT
68
Peete's props : TEES
69
Scuttles : HODS
70
Totter : REEL
Down
1
Broker's order : SELL
2
Colombian city : CALI
3
D ___ dog : ASIN
4
Tree: Comb. form : DENDRO
5
Nautical location : ABEAM
6
Quotient element : DIVISOR
7
"___ a Song Go ... " : ILET
8
Synchronized : MESHED
9
Rock group : THEMONKEES
10
Automaton : ROBOT
11
Dwelling : ABODE
12
Dixie dishes : PONES
13
___ Calloway : CAB
20
"Comedy of Errors," e.g. : FARCE
24
Signify : MEAN
25
Actor Byrnes : EDD
26
"___ Irae," ancient hymn : DIES
27
Cartographer's dot : ISLE
28
Rock group : THERASCALS
30
___-majesté : LESE
33
Arabian gulf : ADEN
35
Translation for Ovid's "obtineo" : IGET
36
Night add-on : MARE
38
Cast header : TELE
40
Kind of blank : ENTRY
41
Belgian-French river : LYS
44
Indicated : DENOTED
47
Catch with a net : ENMESH
49
See 55 Across : AMBLER
50
Part of L.C.D. : LEAST
51
Ford or Pyle : ERNIE
52
Advance furtively : SIDLE
54
"Golden Boy" playwright : ODETS
57
Football's Graham : OTTO
58
Knowledge : LORE
59
Egg on : URGE
60
Organic compound : ENOL
61
Posed : SAT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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