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Christopher Sherwood
Christopher Sherwood

New York Times, Tuesday, January 27, 1981

20-Down : Approaches

Author:
Christopher Sherwood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1
Christopher Sherwood has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,403
Across
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Thrust : STAB
5
Sulfuric or carbolic substance : ACID
9
Gird : BELT
13
Soprano Della Casa : LISA
14
Resiliency : TONE
15
"___ nothing" : ALLOR
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Dinner for Secretariat : OATS
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"Camptown Races," e.g. : TUNE
18
A fertilizer : GUANO
19
Max Hirsch and Hirsch Jacobs : TRAINERS
21
Hammered to shape : PEENED
22
Sulky feature : HARNESS
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Type of shot : LONG
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Broke a fast : ATE
25
Derby competitors : ENTRIES
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Meadowlands racers : PACERS
33
"Somebody bet on de ___" : BAY
34
Against: Prefix : ANTI
35
Most race tracks : OVALS
36
Specialty for some thoroughbreds : MUD
37
English track : ASCOT
38
Truck of a sort : SEMI
39
Hungry Horse or horse's mother : DAM
40
Adjective for jackassery : INSANE
41
Seismic events : TREMORS
43
"Equus" sign on many a night : SRO
44
Rainbow goddess : IRIS
45
Old horses' home : PASTURE
50
Snooze : CATNAP
53
Jockey : MANEUVER
54
Sub of a sort : UBOAT
55
Hindu garment : SARI
56
Euphonium : TUBA
57
Ornamental groove : FLUTE
58
Utah ski resort : ALTA
59
Cheers for Escamillo : OLES
60
Winning owner's party : FETE
61
Faculty head : DEAN
62
The Preakness is one : RACE
Down
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Indolence : SLOTH
2
Triple crown for John Paul II : TIARA
3
"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
4
Landlocked harbor : BASIN
5
Certifies or demonstrates : ATTESTS
6
Track : COURSE
7
Public houses : INNS
8
Fourth-rate mark : DEE
9
___ Region, famed for horse farms : BLUEGRASS
10
What colts and fillies have : ELAN
11
Silver's ___ Ranger : LONE
12
Walked heavily : TROD
15
Emissary : AGENT
20
Approaches : NEARS
21
Small horse : PONY
23
Mr. Shoemaker's goal : LEAD
26
Ancient Peruvian : INCA
27
School founded by Henry VI : ETON
28
Goshen, former Hambletonian ___ : SITE
29
Race-track marker : POST
30
Swear : AVER
31
Arrived : CAME
32
Defeat in a heat : ELIMINATE
33
Kind of steer at a track : BUM
36
Suffolk Downs loc. : MASS
37
Win by ___ : ANOSE
39
Creep or twerp : DRIP
40
Native of Kerman : IRANIAN
42
Take the podium : ORATE
43
Ancient capital of Laconia : SPARTA
46
Teach privately : TUTOR
47
Lobe in the mouth : UVULA
48
Antique stringed instrument : REBEC
49
Rub out : ERASE
50
Shirt feature : CUFF
51
This trails ready and willing : ABLE
52
Track character : TOUT
53
Stallion or gelding : MALE
55
Like a losing bettor : SAD

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