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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Wednesday, March 9, 1988

24-Down : Bided one's time

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,001
Across
1
Flag supports : POLES
6
Cotillion : GERMAN
12
Members of the ox family : BOVINES
14
Fly a plane : AVIATE
15
Like certain Mediterranean winds : ETESIAN
16
"Il Trovatore" heroine : LEONORA
18
Type of ship: Abbr. : STR
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Motormen : DRIVERS
21
Former capital of Serbia : NIS
22
Conger : EEL
23
Whirls : SPINS
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Desire : WISH
25
Pamphlet : TRACT
28
Vegetable : PEA
29
Parsonage : MANSE
30
Damaged : SPOILED
32
Sheeplike antelopes : SAIGAS
33
Retired for the night : ABED
34
Force; power : DINT
35
Tried : TESTED
38
Piquant; sharp : PUNGENT
41
Source of Solomon's gold : OPHIR
42
___-relief : BAS
43
Aromas : ODORS
45
Bakery products : PIES
46
Kinds : SORTS
48
Tear : RIP
49
Ailing : ILL
50
Laborers : WORKMEN
52
Mid-11th-century date : MLI
53
Alcoholic beverage : COLLINS
55
Semitic language : ARAMAIC
57
Celtic language : GAELIC
58
Newness : NOVELTY
59
Crush; stamp out : SCOTCH
60
___ rabbit : WELSH
Down
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Ceramic artisans : POTTERS
2
Cover and extend beyond : OVERLAP
3
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
4
Camelot character : ENID
5
___ Tower, Chicago : SEARS
6
Lead ore : GALENA
7
Player between Tinker and Chance : EVERS
8
Ebro and Mayo : RIOS
9
Chess piece : MAN
10
Activity on Yom Kippur : ATONING
11
Portia's handmaiden : NERISSA
12
Attack : BESET
13
Clipped : SNIPPED
17
Lenten symbol : ASHES
20
Contended : VIED
24
Bided one's time : WAITED
26
Relatives of raccoons : COATIS
27
River at Rome : TIBER
29
Tropical fruit : MANGO
31
Guided : LED
32
Transgress : SIN
34
Refuse collector in Britain : DUSTMAN
35
Subject : TOPIC
36
Concluding speeches : EPILOGS
37
Varnish ingredient : SHELLAC
38
Recreation area : PARK
39
Standards or averages : NORMALS
40
Prehistoric structure of three stones : TRILITH
42
Beet soup : BORSCH
44
Like pepper pot : SPICY
46
Kind of boom : SONIC
47
Asian goat antelope : SEROW
50
Wither : WILT
51
Church area : NAVE
54
Sign of the zodiac : LEO
56
Honey, in pharmacy : MEL

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2 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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