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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Wednesday, March 28, 1979

20-Down : Apple, pear, quince et al.

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,732
Across
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Medit. island : SAR
4
Stansfield Turner's org. : CIA
7
Fasten with cord : LASH
11
Lose color : FADE
12
Verdi opera : AIDA
14
Third canonical hour : TERCE
15
What an altimeter indicates : ELEVATION
17
Rose oil : ATTAR
18
Russian wagon : TELEGA
19
Shade of blue : SAPPHIRE
21
"The ___ Isle" (Erin) : EMERALD
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Kind of glass or lamp : OPAL
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Small porch : STOOP
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Fully matured : MELLOW
29
Concur : AGREE
32
He's often robbed : PETER
34
Inner: Prefix : ESO
35
Burden : LOAD
36
Walter Payton's teammates : BEARS
37
Guthrie : ARLO
38
With 30 Down, a color : OLD
39
Sierra ___ : MADRE
40
Le Gallienne's "The ___ the Little Peoples" : CRYOF
41
Prepared for publication : EDITED
43
I work: Sp. : LABRO
45
Quote : CITE
46
Baseball locale : DIAMOND
50
Kind of blonde : PLATINUM
54
Spongy substance used as tinder : AMADOU
55
Rider on a winged ram : HELLE
56
Cursed article in a Collins classic : MOONSTONE
58
"Lounge lizard" : IDLER
59
Bois de Boulogne is one : PARC
60
Angers : IRES
61
Macaulay's "___ of Ancient Rome" : LAYS
62
Kind of table or wagon : TEA
63
Between E.S.T. and M.S.T. : CST
Down
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City in NE corner of Mass. : SALEM
2
Name meaning "noble" : ADELE
3
Like a clerical collar : REVERSED
4
Buffalo-cattle hybrid : CATALO
5
Act ___, "La Traviata" finale : III
6
Stirs : ADOS
7
Deadly : LETHAL
8
Troops firing howitzers : ARTILLERY
9
Cicatrix : SCAR
10
Now's partner : HERE
11
Celebration : FETE
13
Prefix meaning "up" : ANA
14
Telegraph key : TAPPER
16
Type of type : AGATE
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Apple, pear, quince et al. : POMES
22
Doctored : DOPED
25
Singer Bailey : PEARL
27
King Olav's capital : OSLO
28
Canine sound : WOOF
29
Plant of the lily family : ALOE
30
See 38 Across : GOLD
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In an extreme way : RADICALLY
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Tire feature : TREAD
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Former state in West Germany : BADEN
37
Fragrant : AROMATIC
39
Trade or profession : METIER
40
Studies at the last minute : CRAMS
42
Earl and duke : TITLES
44
Sister-in-law of Petruchio : BIANCA
47
Scents : ODORS
48
Composition for nine : NONET
49
Club fees : DUES
50
Villapiano of the Raiders : PHIL
51
Mother of Castor and Pollux : LEDA
52
Ref's counterpart : UMP
53
Castle defense : MOAT
57
Prospector's quest : ORE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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