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Judith Perry
Judith Perry

New York Times, Friday, February 1, 1985

9-Down : Of a secret society

Author:
Judith Perry
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.53, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Judith Perry has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,869
Across
1
Venue : SITE
5
"Cave ___" : CANEM
10
Radar signal : BLIP
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Genus of freshwater fish : ESOX
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Three-time A.L. batting champ : OLIVA
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Punjabi potentate : RANA
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Border on : ABUT
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Talent for making millions : MIDASTOUCH
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Ornamental handwork : MACRAME
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All-day rains : SOAKERS
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Belle taken to Troy : HELEN
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As to : INRE
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Cotton cloth : ETAMINE
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Called on : VISITED
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Eating area : DINETTE
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Keynes's topic : ECONOMY
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Browning's "___ Bratts" : NED
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Fiddler-crab genus : UCA
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Become greater : AUGMENT
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Tidied (up) : SPRUCED
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Famed twister of words : SPOONER
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Throws out : TRASHES
46
Dante illustrator : DORE
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What the toxophilite did : AIMED
48
Characteristic marks : INDICIA
51
Burst inward : IMPLODE
54
Criterion : TOUCHSTONE
56
Pitcher : EWER
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Two-toed sloth : UNAU
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Passover feast : SEDER
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Cozy : SNUG
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Jupati, e.g. : PALM
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Hebrew months : ADARS
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Tupolevs, for short : SSTS
Down
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Part of a baseball : SEAM
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Russian hut : ISBA
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Iffy : TOUCHANDGO
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Ulltra : EXTREME
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Remark : COMMENT
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Property-title receiver : ALIENEE
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Nest, in Nice : NID
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Not straightforward : EVASIVE
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Of a secret society : MASONIC
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Trained; oriented : BROKEIN
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Nobelist in Physics: 1914 : LAUE
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Addition: Abbr. : INCR
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Cries of contempt : PAHS
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Ankle: Comb. form : TARSO
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Got out of the saddle : ALIT
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Ferber et al. : EDNAS
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Mooring place : TIEUP
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Scores of autumnal scores : TOUCHDOWNS
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Role at a roast : EMCEE
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Pairs : DYADS
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Bit : MODICUM
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Philanthropist Pratt : ENOCH
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Gratiano's bride : NERISSA
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Handled : TREATED
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Hue man : STAINER
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Elementary texts : PRIMERS
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Sloping walkway : RAMP
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Nugatory : USELESS
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"Rip ___," Presley hit : ITUP
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Singer-songwriter Hendryx : NONA
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Like certain controls : DUAL
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O.T. book : DEUT
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Energy units : ERGS
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Scheherazade slept here : ODA

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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