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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Thursday, March 26, 1981

56-Down : Part of F.D.A.

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, 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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J
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A
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V
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A
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V
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S
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T
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B
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E
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L
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A
R
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P
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R
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K
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R
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D
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L
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I
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L
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C
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E
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T
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D
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S
W
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P
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F
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O
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X
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S
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A
G
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H
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T
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K
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I
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A
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G
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C
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C
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B
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A
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,461
Across
1
Mocha relative : JAVA
5
Boundless : VAST
9
Karate symbol : BELT
13
Issued : AROSE
15
End of a threatening phrase : ELSE
16
Alliance against Allies : AXIS
17
Frémont epithet : PATHFINDER
19
Louise or Turner : TINA
20
Somme summer : ETE
21
Passageway for smoke : FLUE
22
"Das Lied von der Erde" composer : MAHLER
24
Croupier, often : RAKER
25
Their work is colorful : DYERS
26
Syringa kin : LILAC
29
Letters for Plato : ETAS
31
Agog : ELATED
33
Francis Marion epithet : SWAMPFOX
37
Cain's little brother : SETH
38
Avid : EAGER
40
Take on : HIRE
41
Now occurring : EXISTENT
43
Author Zweig : STEFAN
45
Like Amber and Becky Sharp : KEPT
46
Eye part: Comb. form : IRIDO
47
Gabriel, e.g. : ANGEL
50
Frighten : SCARE
53
Miller and Oberon : MERLES
55
Jot : IOTA
56
Ike : DDE
59
On a par, in Paris : EGAL
60
Type of electronic tube : CATHODERAY
63
See 23 Down : BEDE
64
Pons forte : ARIA
65
Ooze : EXUDE
66
Claim : AVER
67
Part of T.V.A. : TENN
68
Drat! : EGAD
Down
1
Mock : JAPE
2
Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
3
Tally : VOTE
4
Rowan : ASH
5
Place of trial : VENUE
6
Wood that wears well in water : ALDER
7
Dir. from S.F. to L.A. : SSE
8
Choate session : TERM
9
Beebe vehicle : BATHYSPHERE
10
Banish : EXILE
11
QE2, for one : LINER
12
Nicholas and Peter : TSARS
14
Obliterate : EFFACE
18
Sort : ILK
23
With 63 Across, a George Eliot title : ADAM
24
German beer hall : RATHSKELLER
26
___-majesté : LESE
27
Holly : ILEX
28
Broad: Comb. form : LATI
29
Homophone for you : EWE
30
Salts : TARS
32
___ South : DEEP
33
N.C.O. : SGT
34
D'Orsay of old films : FIFI
35
Toward the mouth : ORAD
36
Strange: Comb. form : XENO
39
Kelep : ANT
42
Prefix for type or gram : TELE
44
Harangue : TIRADE
47
It multiplies by dividing : AMEBA
48
Israeli desert : NEGEV
49
Slope : GRADE
50
Substitute for : SITIN
51
Famed "song-and-dance man" : COHAN
52
From ___ Z : ATO
54
"Go away!" : SCAT
56
Part of F.D.A. : DRUG
57
Arp's art : DADA
58
Gawked : EYED
61
"All men ___ created equal" : ARE
62
Somerset stream : EXE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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