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Judith Perry
Judith Perry

New York Times, Thursday, December 31, 1992

52-Down : Like some discothèques

Author:
Judith Perry
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Judith Perry has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,759
Across
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Humane org. for young humans : SPCC
5
One of a deck : SPADE
10
Gossip topic : ITEM
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Not even mediocre : POOR
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Like some services : ARMED
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Purple : PUCE
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Baked with a breadcrumb topping : ESCALLOPED
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Organic compound : ENOL
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Marine bigmouth : SEABASS
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Unscrupulous people : RASCALS
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Kong's captive : WRAY
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Research place : LAB
25
General appearance : FACIES
28
Supplements : CODICILS
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Pile up : AMASS
34
Single entity : MONAD
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Kindled : LIT
36
Weary : TIRE
37
Sledgehammers : MAULS
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Summon to court : CITE
39
Psychic letters : ESP
40
Gershwin fish? : PORGY
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Extreme : ULTRA
42
He escaped incineration : SHADRACH
44
Held back : STAYED
45
Dyad : TWO
46
Injure : MAIM
47
Machinator : SCHEMER
51
Pastoral poem : ECLOGUE
55
Seed coat : ARIL
56
Draft horses : PERCHERONS
58
Objective : GOAL
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In readiness : ONICE
60
Sponsorship : EGIS
61
Grain beards : AWNS
62
Ermine : STOAT
63
Love to excess : DOTE
Down
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Roman goddess of hope : SPES
2
Assume an attitude : POSE
3
Andean shrub : COCA
4
Sideways : CRABWISE
5
Puerto Rican dances : SALSAS
6
Dull : PROSY
7
Elec. unit : AMP
8
Range players : DEER
9
Icelandic literature : EDDA
10
Medicinal plant : IPECAC
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A requisite of pianos : TUNABILITY
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E.P.A. concern : ECOL
13
Brooks and Tormé : MELS
18
Household deities : LARES
22
Glided : SLID
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Clotho et al. : FATES
26
Mennonite group : AMISH
27
E Europe's ___ Mountains : CARPATHIAN
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Kind of drop : COUGH
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Just : ONLY
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Some atts. : DAS
31
British measure : LITRE
32
Place : STEAD
34
Chagall or Blitzstein : MARC
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Extinct flightless bird : MOA
38
Raised an outcry : CLAMORED
40
School formal : PROM
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Of some purpose : UTILE
43
Has residence : DWELLS
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Bureau-drawer enhancer : SACHET
46
Tourist attraction : MECCA
47
Long tale : SAGA
48
Boast : CROW
49
Homer's "Iliad", e.g. : EPOS
50
Schism : RENT
52
Like some discothèques : GOGO
53
Module : UNIT
54
Start of N.C.'s motto : ESSE
57
Duran Duran album : RIO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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