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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Tuesday, October 27, 1981

24-Down : Ducklike bird

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q W }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,676
Across
1
Not fully closed : AJAR
5
___ Davis, county in Ga. or Tex. : JEFF
9
Polish : BUFF
13
Pompey's mufti : TOGA
14
Stravinsky's "Le ___ du Printemps" : SACRE
15
Spoken : ORAL
16
Frontier way between Nashville and Miss. : THENATCHEZTRACE
19
Sturm ___ Drang : UND
20
Kind of tea : PEKOE
21
Wing : ANNEX
22
Where Columbus was in Sept. 1492 : ASEA
23
Incense : IRE
24
Frontier way to the Midwest, with "The" : CUMBERLANDROAD
31
October birthstone : OPAL
32
Much; many: Comb. form : POLY
33
LP turn : REV
35
Bone: Comb. form : OSTE
36
Friendship : AMITY
38
Kind of store, for short : DELI
39
Shamus : TEC
40
Close, searching look : SCAN
41
Siete y uno : OCHO
42
Frontier way to the Northwest : THEOREGONTRAIL
47
Regret : RUE
48
Standard; pattern : NORM
49
Map book : ATLAS
52
Picture on a postcard : SCENE
54
Infant's need, for short : TLC
57
Frontier way to the Southwest : THESANTAFETRAIL
60
Caen's river : ORNE
61
Sired : BEGOT
62
___ facto : IPSO
63
Fen : MOOR
64
Male ant : ANER
65
Lake formed by Hoover Dam : MEAD
Down
1
Aleutian island : ATTU
2
First name of four U.S. Presidents : JOHN
3
Ripened : AGED
4
Raced : RAN
5
Wild dog : JACKAL
6
Resound : ECHO
7
On the house : FREE
8
Red hat with a tassel : FEZ
9
Island north of Java : BORNEO
10
Monitor lizard : URAN
11
"Baby ___," 1926 song : FACE
12
Bend : FLEX
14
Guide : STEER
17
Church part : APSE
18
Linger : TARRY
22
Proficient : ABLE
23
To no avail : IDLY
24
Ducklike bird : COOT
25
Overturn : UPSET
26
Equal : MATCH
27
Frye's forte : APING
28
"Tell it ___ in Gath" : NOT
29
Betel palm : ARECA
30
New ___, capital of India : DELHI
34
Stringed instrument : VIOL
36
43,560 square feet : ACRE
37
Murray or West : MAE
38
Residence hall, for short : DORM
40
The March King : SOUSA
43
Chalk remover : ERASER
44
" ... and ___ all" : ONEFOR
45
Quartet plus quintet : NONET
46
Waste allowance : TRET
49
Small particle : ATOM
50
"Comin' ___ the Rye" : THRO
51
Cotton fabric : LENO
52
Hollywood's Nana in 1934 : STEN
53
Menagerie structure : CAGE
54
Ticker follower : TAPE
55
Mona ___ : LISA
56
Soil : CLOD
58
Org. in which the Celtics reign : NBA
59
Edge : RIM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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