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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Thursday, October 17, 1985

31-Down : Basic and potent

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 5.20, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,127
Across
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Eden discard : CORE
5
Loser to Joe Louis: Sept. 1939 : PASTOR
11
Boardwalk investments : HOTELS
13
Aperture for ventilation : AIRHOLE
14
Franc fraction : CENTIME
15
Narrates anew : RETELLS
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Elbow : ANCON
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Branches : RAMI
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Came to earth : ALIT
20
Greek letters : RHOS
21
Stone : PIT
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Dispenser of T.L.C. : NURSE
24
This may incur vigorish : IOU
25
"It's raining ___": Loveman : VIOLETS
27
Two-tailed flag : BURGEE
29
Went Dutch : SHARED
33
"Ape and ___": A. Huxley : ESSENCE
35
Fred Flintstone's daughter : PEBBLES
37
More unearthly : EERIER
38
Most foxy : SLIEST
39
Assemble by summons : CONVOKE
42
Baltique, e.g. : MER
43
He has sticky fingers : THIEF
46
Indefinite quantity : ANY
47
A Dumas : PERE
48
___ boy (hero sandwich) : POOR
49
Beds sans heads : COTS
51
Homophone for sense : CENTS
52
Lizards seen in Yucatan : IGUANAS
54
Puts on a par with : EQUATES
56
"___ as doth the Bee": Dickinson : PARTAKE
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Group of four : TETRAD
58
Ancient ascetic : ESSENE
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Dewey ___, Faulkner girl : DELL
Down
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Throng : CONCOURSE
2
Some Holy Roman Empire rulers : OTTOS
3
Bridle strap : REIN
4
Shade tree : ELM
5
Illusory prospect of profit : PIEINTHESKY
6
Tate display : ART
7
Clip fleece : SHEAR
8
Turnpike charges : TOLLS
9
A friend of Kukla : OLLIE
10
Relax : REST
11
Partlets' place : HENHOUSE
12
This makes a comic less comic : SERIO
13
Accouter : ARM
14
Piranha : CARIBE
18
Opposite of the Pac. : ATL
21
Cinch : PIECEOFCAKE
23
Fit; convenient : USABLE
25
Gratiano's milieu : VENICE
26
Prescience of a sort : ESP
28
Eur. language : GER
30
Baseball stat : RBI
31
Basic and potent : ELEMENTAL
32
Like Goldsmith's village : DESERTED
34
Ending for a cardinal point : ERN
36
Bridge builder's concern : STRESS
40
Kier or keeve : VAT
41
Beginning : ONSET
43
Robes of office : TOGAS
44
Units of time : HOURS
45
Angry : IRATE
47
Oyster's largess : PEARL
48
Calumet, for one : PIPE
50
Suffix with filament : OSE
51
Pleasingly attractive : CUTE
53
Dwarf: Comb. form : NAN
55
Math proof : QED

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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