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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Tuesday, October 14, 1986

10-Down : Slacken

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,489
Across
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Diamond measure : CARAT
6
___ souci : SANS
10
___ Vegas : LAS
13
"___ to Live," O'Hara novel : ARAGE
14
Woodwind : OBOE
15
Adept : DEFT
16
Durocs' digs : STIES
17
Christmas décor item : MISTLETOE
19
One, in Ulm : EIN
20
Weighty work : TOME
22
Safe : SECURE
23
Affirm : DECLARE
25
Rasped : SCRAPED
26
Despise : HATE
27
Burnett or Channing : CAROL
28
Like Nero Wolfe : OBESE
30
One-over-par score : BOGEY
31
Jazz's Calloway : CAB
34
Agreement : PACT
35
Tendon : SINEW
36
Raines or Logan : ELLA
37
Wapiti : ELK
38
More sensible : SANER
39
Mercury, in alchemy : AZOTH
40
Garden pests : SLUGS
41
Beige : ECRU
42
Discomfort : MALAISE
45
Sewing machine feature : TREADLE
48
A Wellesley graduate : ALUMNA
49
Primitive fuel : PEAT
50
Turn thumbs down on : NIX
51
Windshield adjuncts : DEFOGGERS
53
Skirt type : ALINE
55
Sandy's sounds : ARFS
56
State, in Soissons : ETAT
57
Piano workman : TUNER
58
Rainier and Hood: Abbr. : MTS
59
Margarine ingredient : SOYA
60
Occurrence : EVENT
Down
1
Checked out : CASED
2
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
3
Shea ducat : RAINCHECK
4
Mature : AGE
5
Having left a will : TESTATE
6
Amiens's river : SOMME
7
Rose's beau : ABIE
8
Certain votes : NOS
9
Lathe device : SETSCREW
10
Slacken : LETUP
11
Ahead of, at sea : AFORE
12
Pegasus, e.g. : STEED
15
Van adornment : DECAL
18
Gildersleeve's nephew : LEROY
21
Mesabi product : ORE
24
Ultimate : LAST
25
Wiser : SAGER
27
Volcanic summits : CONES
28
"And when I ___ my lips ... ": Shak. : OPE
29
French dance : BAL
30
Spree : BINGE
31
Euphoria's locale : CLOUDNINE
32
Elev. : ALT
33
Scrooge's word : BAH
35
Breakfast links : SAUSAGES
36
Pound or Stone : EZRA
38
Throw : SLING
39
Type of rayon : ACETATE
40
Aegean island : SAMOS
41
NOW goal : ERA
42
"Call Me ___" : MADAM
43
On the qui vive : ALERT
44
Turns toward the wind: Naut. : LUFFS
45
Seed coating : TESTA
46
Flax product : LINEN
47
Put into action : EXERT
49
Implore : PRAY
52
Ike's command in W.W. II : ETO
54
Broadway hit: 1964-65 : LUV

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