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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Monday, February 9, 1987

45-Down : Hollow

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { C J Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,607
Across
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Greek ars : RHOS
5
More talented : ABLER
10
Bolshevik's bête noire : TSAR
14
Marshal Wyatt ___ : EARP
15
Statue covering : DRAPE
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Lab burner : ETNA
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Large dogs : GREATDANES
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Black, to Blake : EBON
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Lithoid : STONELIKE
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Tuckered out : SPENT
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Chemical endings : INES
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Pitcher : EWER
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French secular clergymen : ABBES
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Like a spellbinder : ELOQUENT
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Job : BILLET
33
Cuckoopint, e.g. : ARUM
34
Reverence plus fear : AWE
36
Down Under beasts : ROOS
37
Latin dance : RUMBA
39
Tomtit : WREN
40
From ___ Z : ATO
41
Blend : FUSE
42
Like some questions : LOADED
44
Counselors : ADVISERS
47
Orgs. of sorts : SYSTS
48
Handle : HAFT
49
Quasi : ASIF
51
Intact : WHOLE
53
Far from recalcitrant : MALLEABLE
58
Tow : HAUL
59
Small, high-spirited dog : FOXTERRIER
60
"Comus" composer : ARNE
61
Lazed : IDLED
62
Best or Ferber : EDNA
63
Neat : TIDY
64
Orchestra section : REEDS
65
Actual : REAL
Down
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Cols.' commands : REGS
2
Rodgers lyrist : HART
3
Mountain: Comb. form : OREO
4
Silky-coated dogs : SPANIELS
5
Confound : ADDLE
6
Cook in a tightly closed pot : BRAISE
7
Lean and long : LANK
8
Fencing sword : EPEE
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Thing, to Darrow : RES
10
Home of a brave : TEEPEE
11
Some powerful dogs : STBERNARDS
12
Soon : ANON
13
Rave's partner : RANT
18
High-strung : TENSE
21
What Spitz has done well : SWUM
23
Peer : EQUAL
24
Siren in "East of Eden" : ABRA
25
Flora and fauna : BIOTA
26
Tracking dog : BLOODHOUND
28
Debussy opus : LAMER
29
Sphere; globe : ORB
30
Whistle sound : TWEET
32
Verb on a penny : TRUST
35
What skimpers hope to make meet : ENDS
38
Employ : USE
39
Traveler on shank's mare : WAYFARER
41
Drum's partner : FIFE
43
Willow : OSIER
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Hollow : VALLEY
46
Like some peanuts : SALTED
50
What malamutes pull : SLEDS
51
"___ Price Glory?" : WHAT
52
Mata ___ : HARI
53
Style : MODE
54
Shaft on a car : AXLE
55
Dwell : BIDE
56
River of Siberia : LENA
57
Of an epoch : ERAL
59
An evergreen : FIR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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