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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Monday, December 13, 1982

18-Down : Threnody

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,088
Across
1
Identical : SAME
5
Supplemented, with "out" : EKED
9
Gielgud or Olivier : ACTOR
14
Word for Ali Baba : OPEN
15
Ibsen heroine : NORA
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Yankee coach : BERRA
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Science-class expedition : FIELDTRIP
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Kind of thief : SNEAK
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Quiz : ASK
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OPEC member : IRAN
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Pipe residue : DOTTLE
23
Machine gun : BREN
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Ill-boding : DIRE
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Injure : DAMAGE
28
Thin tissue layer : MEMBRANE
32
Similar : ALIKE
33
Long : PINE
34
Fire up : FUEL
35
Hollywood and ___ : VINE
36
___ Major, locale of Sirius : CANIS
37
Detail : ITEM
38
Cake decorator : ICER
39
Cuckoopint : ARUM
40
Vice ___ : VERSA
41
Bombes, e.g. : DESSERTS
43
"My Sister ___" : EILEEN
44
Arctic sight : FLOE
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Kind of nail : SPAD
46
Heart chamber : ATRIUM
49
Flay : SKIN
50
"___ sells seashells ... " : SHE
53
Conversed amorously : COOED
54
Gridiron three-pointer : FIELDGOAL
56
Proceed leisurely : AMBLE
57
Mixture : OLIO
58
A Johnson : ARTE
59
G. Cooper role : DEEDS
60
Round ender : GONG
61
Judge : DEEM
Down
1
Love seat : SOFA
2
Honeybee genus : APIS
3
Self-effacing : MEEK
4
Photographer's prod. : ENL
5
Crab imperial, e.g. : ENTREE
6
Moslem holy writ : KORAN
7
Hibernia : ERIN
8
Skip, as a stone on water : DAP
9
Assimilate : ABSORB
10
Mays-DiMaggio area : CENTERFIELD
11
Waste allowance : TRET
12
Buccal : ORAL
13
Roué : RAKE
18
Threnody : DIRGE
22
John D.'s handouts : DIMES
23
San Joaquin Valley city : BAKERSFIELD
24
Mod cloth : DENIM
25
Comedian Brenner : DAVID
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Gobel's wife : ALICE
27
Quarries : MINES
28
Math sign : MINUS
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Other, at Orly : AUTRE
30
Georgia ___ Clark : NEESE
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Violinist Mischa : ELMAN
33
Ex ___ (from one side) : PARTE
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Ricochet : CAROM
40
Food item : VIAND
42
Eschews : ELUDES
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Concluding section : EPILOG
45
Hank : SKEIN
46
Part of U.S.N.A. : ACAD
47
Library volume : TOME
48
Toga : ROBE
49
Rural sight : SILO
50
Disgruntled : SORE
51
Abhor : HATE
52
Au, Ag or Pb : ELEM
54
Bewildered state : FOG
55
Rove at will : GAD

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

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