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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Tuesday, April 11, 1978

4-Down : Progenitor

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,468
Across
1
Snorri Sturluson work : EDDA
5
Part of Indira's wardrobe : SARIS
10
Spouts : JETS
14
Homophone for lane : LAIN
15
Make very proud : ELATE
16
Bluish green : AQUA
17
Cut short, as rhythm : SYNCOPATED
19
Gathered collar : RUFF
20
Declare : ASSERT
21
Leave the Old Sod for new sod : EMIGRATE
23
Blighted urban area : SLUM
25
She wrote "The Sun Is My Undoing" : STEEN
26
Abstracts : EPITOMES
30
Shade of blue : INDIGO
33
Relative of neon : XENON
34
"Robinson Crusoe" author : DEFOE
36
Gangster group : MOB
37
Winglike : ALAR
38
Memorize : LEARN
39
Plant cultivated for grain : MILO
40
Conducted : LED
41
Calabrian staple : PASTA
42
Vicki Baum's was "Grand" : HOTEL
43
Abounded : TEEMED
45
Roget compilation : SYNONYMS
47
Berths for liners : QUAYS
49
Vaccines : SERA
50
Coal buckets : SCUTTLES
53
Examinee's statement : ANSWER
57
Chesterfield : COAT
58
Like some highways : INTERSTATE
60
Prefix with cede or date : ANTE
61
Scoundrel : KNAVE
62
Russian form of John : IVAN
63
Roebuck : DEER
64
Avid : EAGER
65
Breton or Briton : CELT
Down
1
Lanchester or Maxwell : ELSA
2
"The Last ___ of Pompeii" : DAYS
3
Clamors : DINS
4
Progenitor : ANCESTOR
5
Dividing membrane : SEPTUM
6
Chicken ___ king : ALA
7
Pace : RATE
8
List components : ITEMS
9
Any act promoting rebellion : SEDITION
10
Shaken : JARRED
11
Evenness of temper : EQUANIMITY
12
Small clump : TUFT
13
Peteman's target : SAFE
18
Synthetic fabric : ORLON
22
Heredity factor : GENE
24
Natives of Ecbatana : MEDES
26
Glorify : EXALT
27
Martinique volcano : PELEE
28
Unable to make the grade : INADEQUATE
29
Old Vic equipment : SEATS
31
Automaton : GOLEM
32
Ferry fares for Charon : OBOLS
35
Wears away by usage, as cloth : FRAYS
38
Befitting a woman of refinement : LADYLIKE
39
Benedictine or Franciscan : MONASTIC
41
Marsh product : PEAT
42
Cuckold's headgear : HORNS
44
Grumble : MUTTER
46
"___, My God, to Thee" : NEARER
48
Medicinal herb : SENNA
50
Tropical fish : SCAD
51
Geometric solid : CONE
52
For men only : STAG
54
Fluctuate : WAVE
55
Useful tag-on from Latin : ETAL
56
Tear : RENT
59
Poetic time of day : EVE

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

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