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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Saturday, March 14, 1992

23-Down : Allen or Astaire

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,467
Across
1
Network : MESH
5
___-time (fourth-dimensional continuum) : SPACE
10
Over : UPON
14
"___ Sanctorum" : ACTA
15
Jots : IOTAS
16
Shankar specialty : RAGA
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Zodiacal symbol for March 14 : THESIGNOFPISCES
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School dance : HOP
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Recurrent effect of past experience : MNEME
22
Pupil of a sort : TUTEE
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Field deity : FAUN
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Clay: Comb. form : PEL
25
Composer born March 14, 1681 : GEORGPTELEMANN
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Year, in Caen : ANNEE
33
Gibbons : LARS
34
Pan-American org. : OAS
36
Burden : LOAD
37
Euterpe's sphere : MUSIC
39
Assert : AVOW
40
Wing : ELL
41
Bamako is its capital : MALI
42
Lizard : AGAMA
43
Physicist born March 14, 1879 : ALBERTEINSTEIN
47
Adherent : IST
48
Howls : BAYS
49
Hersey town : ADANO
52
Attach : TIETO
54
Cereal grass : OAT
57
Composer born March 14, 1804 : JOHANNSTRAUSSSR
60
Purim's month : ADAR
61
Dine at home : EATIN
62
Singing voice : ALTO
63
Blooming : ROSY
64
Old English coin : GROAT
65
Indicative, e.g. : MOOD
Down
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Trig, e.g. : MATH
2
Resound : ECHO
3
Chassé : STEP
4
Owns : HAS
5
Enlist : SIGNUP
6
Western, old style : PONENT
7
Power source : ATOM
8
Bistro : CAFE
9
Psychic inits. : ESP
10
Actress Andress : URSULA
11
Covenant : PACT
12
Curved molding : OGEE
13
Snout: Ger. : NASE
18
Simulacrum : IMAGE
19
Details : ITEMS
23
Allen or Astaire : FRED
24
Westmore of Hollywood : PERC
25
High wind : GALE
26
___ Gay : ENOLA
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___ fours (creeping) : ONALL
28
Actress Janis : ELSIE
29
Medieval short tale : LAI
30
Flaring stars : NOVAE
31
One of the Judds : NAOMI
35
Kind of dive : SWAN
37
Emporium : MART
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In the last month: Abbr. : ULT
39
Reps. : AGTS
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Nuclear particle : MESON
42
"___ Like It" : ASYOU
44
Dual : BINARY
45
Spain and Portugal : IBERIA
46
Swimming : NATANT
49
Slightly open : AJAR
50
Flightless one : DODO
51
Triumphant cries : AHAS
52
Despot : TSAR
53
"Tell ___ Sweeney!" : ITTO
54
Harald V's capital : OSLO
55
In re : ASTO
56
Walked : TROD
58
Opp. of pos. : NEG
59
Newsman Donaldson : SAM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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