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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Tuesday, March 11, 1980

5-Down : Neighbor of Tanzania

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { G J Q X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,081
Across
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___ Bronson Alcott : AMOS
5
Kind of defense : ZONE
9
Elected : CHOSE
14
Peregrinate : ROVE
15
Arrived at an airport : ALIT
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Jeweler's glass : LOUPE
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Freshly : ANEW
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Unemployed : IDLE
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Prospero's prankster : ARIEL
20
Tale of Elsa and her pride : BORNFREE
22
"Our Gal" or Billy : SUNDAY
23
"___ the ramparts ... " : OER
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Expel, as an attorney : DISBAR
25
Faye or Marble : ALICE
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Jury list : PANEL
30
Pedestal part : DADO
31
Enraged : IRATE
33
Jet : EBON
37
Asseverate : AVER
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Extend a subscription : RENEW
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Publius Ovidius ___ : NASO
40
Statistician's middle : MEAN
41
Arabian nobles : EMIRS
42
Egad's relative : DRAT
43
Refreshing; bracing : TONIC
45
Gridiron official, informally : ZEBRA
46
Venus is one : PLANET
48
Omega's English counterpart : ZEE
50
Expunges : ERASES
51
Razed : TORNDOWN
56
Museum trunks : TORSI
57
Press : IRON
58
Drug-yielding plant : ALOE
59
Conducted an interview : ASKED
60
Hoarfrost : RIME
61
Spanish Surrealist : MIRO
62
Pioneer in electricity : TESLA
63
What to do with a quoit : TOSS
64
Earl of Avon : EDEN
Down
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Basra native : ARAB
2
Prefix for tone or gram : MONO
3
Take ___ (assume control) : OVER
4
Basted : SEWN
5
Neighbor of Tanzania : ZAIRE
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Less youthful : OLDER
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Luxor's river : NILE
8
Summer in St.-Lô : ETE
9
Sentence segment : CLAUSE
10
Amphibole : HORNBLENDE
11
"A Dog of Flanders" author : OUIDA
12
Young blade : SPEAR
13
Slippery : EELY
21
Hannibal, to a Roman : FOE
22
Tendons : SINEWS
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Librarian's device : DATER
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Furniture style : ADAM
26
Bathe : LAVE
27
Impression : IDEA
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Golden Bantam inflorescence : CORNTASSEL
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Terror : PANIC
31
Pappas and Castle : IRENES
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Dunning word : REMIT
34
Type of pigeon : BARB
35
Glacial ridges : OSAR
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Part of N.B. : NOTA
44
Lake near Syracuse : ONEIDA
45
Buddhist sect : ZEN
46
Ordinary language : PROSE
47
Sprees : LARKS
48
Climbs noisily, as a plane : ZOOMS
49
Coastal fliers : ERNES
50
Coup d'___ : ETAT
51
Chamber-music piece : TRIO
52
Myra Hess, for one : DAME
53
Rank : OLID
54
Donned : WORE
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Advertising light : NEON
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N.Y.C. subway : IRT

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