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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Tuesday, October 29, 1985

49-Down : Melt

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,139
Across
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Autumnal foliage hues : REDS
5
Tunes : SONGS
10
Trunk in a forest : BOLE
14
Author Wiesel : ELIE
15
The Hunter : ORION
16
Consumer : USER
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Beautiful tamaracks : AMERICANLARCHES
20
Omaha Beach craft : LST
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___ and dined : WINED
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Czar's edict : UKASE
23
Wampum : PEAG
24
Compass pt. : SSE
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Autumnal beauty : SCARLETOAKTREE
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Stock-market item : SHARE
33
Les Etats-___ : UNIS
34
Diamond fig. : UMP
35
Autumnal color : PINK
36
Walled, in a way : TILED
38
Off Broadway prize : OBIE
39
Superlative suffix : EST
40
Spores : SORI
41
Beam : SMILE
42
Nut-bearing beauties : CHINQUAPINOAKS
46
Neighbor of Afr. : EUR
47
"___, Nanette" : NONO
48
Open courts : ATRIA
51
Tropical mammal : COATI
53
Autumn color : TAN
56
Tall, erect sylvan beauty : SHAGBARKHICKORY
59
Every's partner : EACH
60
___-scarum (scatterbrain) : HARUM
61
Battle site: 1813 : ERIE
62
Inspires with fear : AWES
63
Type of type : AGATE
64
Young sow : GILT
Down
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Actual : REAL
2
Desirable plants? : ELMS
3
Count calories : DIET
4
Sun. talk : SER
5
Companionable : SOCIAL
6
Autumnal color : ORANGE
7
Prime time : NINE
8
Autumnal color : GOLD
9
Snow, in Ayr : SNA
10
Scoop on a steam shovel : BUCKET
11
River in the Urals : OSHA
12
Sediment : LEES
13
Celtic : ERSE
18
"If ___ a Rich Man" : IWERE
19
Certain breads or cakes : RUSKS
23
Central or Hyde : PARK
24
Quoth : SAID
25
___ kebab : SHISH
26
"I Can Dream, ___?" : CANTI
27
___ poplar, Tenn. state tree : TULIP
28
Single : ONE
29
Cube-game inventor : RUBIK
30
Jannings and Ludwig : EMILS
31
Fencer's weapon : EPEE
32
Blueprint datum, for short : SPEC
36
Trip : TOUR
37
Gershwin or Eaker : IRA
38
Hawaiian thrush : OMAO
40
Pigeon : SQUAB
41
Kind of boom : SONIC
43
Whinnies : NEIGHS
44
"Love ___ ... ": Keats : INAHUT
45
In ___ (instantly) : NOTIME
48
On the China : ASEA
49
Melt : THAW
50
Speed : RACE
51
Tor feature : CRAG
52
Podded plant : OKRA
53
Anchor rings : TORI
54
Seed coat : ARIL
55
No, in Moscow : NYET
57
"I see!" : AHA
58
Beer container : KEG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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