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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Tuesday, November 26, 1985

26-Down : "When I was ___ served a term ... ": W. S. Gilbert

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J V X Y }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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O
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W
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L
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S
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P
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L
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A
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N
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E
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B
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R
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O
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W
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R
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R
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R
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R
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C
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F
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A
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D
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H
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B
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L
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R
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O
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O
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K
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W
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L
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T
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R
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O
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G
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W
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L
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R
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K
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,167
Across
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Rice U. team : OWLS
5
Flying machine : PLANE
10
Forehead : BROW
14
Bring up : REAR
15
Added rapidly : RANUP
16
Midianite king : REBA
17
Bird of the Golden State : CALIFORNIAQUAIL
20
Alias: Abbr. : AKA
21
July 16, 1945, event : ATEST
22
Vacant : UNLET
23
Served winningly : ACED
24
Hasten : HIE
25
Maryland's state bird : BALTIMOREORIOLE
33
Inspire : ELATE
34
Siberian city : OMSK
35
Existed : WAS
36
Chem rooms : LABS
37
Rainbow or steelhead : TROUT
39
Intends : AIMS
40
Shelley's "___ to the West Wind" : ODE
41
Departs : GOES
42
"___, Get Your Gun" : ANNIE
43
Alaska's state bird : WILLOWPTARMIGAN
47
Age : EON
48
Ruler on Olympus : ZEUS
49
"___ Up, Doc?" : WHATS
52
Author of "Endymion" : KEATS
54
"Bali ___" : HAI
57
New York's state bird : EASTERNBLUEBIRD
60
To the sheltered side : ALEE
61
Venturous one : DARER
62
Mars: Comb. form : AREO
63
Laugh loudly : ROAR
64
Pro-wrestling sound : GROAN
65
Duck or color : TEAL
Down
1
Whale of film fame : ORCA
2
Diluted : WEAK
3
Tra-___ : LALA
4
___ Lanka : SRI
5
For the time being : PROTEM
6
Rio Grande city : LAREDO
7
Harding and Blyth : ANNS
8
Night, in Nice : NUIT
9
Clean-air-and-water agcy. : EPA
10
Sultanate in Borneo : BRUNEI
11
Actual : REAL
12
Theater prize : OBIE
13
Disney or Kelly : WALT
18
Prima ___ (on first view) : FACIE
19
Peculiar trait : QUIRK
23
Some corp. employees : ATTS
24
Emcee : HOST
25
Under : BELOW
26
"When I was ___ served a term ... ": W. S. Gilbert : ALADI
27
Tag : LABEL
28
Perch : ROOST
29
Flightless bird : EMU
30
___ to (because of) : OWING
31
Sorceress : LAMIA
32
Ruhr city : ESSEN
37
Burg : TOWN
38
Agt. : REP
39
Black cuckoos : ANIS
41
Honker on high : GOOSE
42
Entertain : AMUSE
44
Missive : LETTER
45
Shrub of the heath family : AZALEA
46
Profit : RETURN
49
Last : WEAR
50
Aureole or gloriole : HALO
51
On the Red : ASEA
52
Growth on a tree trunk : KNAR
53
Spain's longest river : EBRO
54
Employ : HIRE
55
Piece of ground : AREA
56
Baal or Mammon : IDOL
58
One of the three R's : RDG
59
Flying mammal : BAT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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