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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Tuesday, April 26, 1983

50-Down : Nubs

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,222
Across
1
Soprano Calvé : EMMA
5
Supplementary : ADDED
10
"Up and ___!" : ATEM
14
Kind of belt : SEAT
15
Frankie ___, famed pianist : CARLE
16
Spanish evergreen : PINO
17
Game requiring racquets and a pole : TETHERBALL
19
Wine: Comb. form : OENO
20
Topic : THEME
21
Carter or Talmadge : GEORGIAN
23
___ prius (writ for a sheriff) : NISI
25
Witnessed : SEEN
26
Implied, in a way : TACIT
29
Salt, in St.-Lô : SEL
32
Infatuate; daze : BESOT
35
Jar for Inez : OLLA
36
Rations : ALLOTS
38
Rosary bead : AVE
39
Choice chop : LOIN
40
Ingenuous : NAIVE
41
Pigeonhole : SLOT
42
Gloucester's cape : ANN
43
Dillon quarry : BANDIT
44
Final: Comb. form : TELO
45
George or Erich : SEGAL
47
Study : DEN
48
Welles from Kenosha : ORSON
49
Plod : SLOG
51
Plum type : GAGE
53
He deals in frames : OPTICIAN
57
"Songs of Innocence" poet : BLAKE
60
Mexican laborer : PEON
61
Granny's relative : SQUAREKNOT
64
Sea bird : ERNE
65
City on the Arkansas : TULSA
66
Elusive : EELY
67
Have to have : NEED
68
Hawthorne's birthplace : SALEM
69
Expensive : DEAR
Down
1
Part of i.e. : EST
2
Fit : MEET
3
School subj. : MATH
4
Pericles was one : ATHENIAN
5
Homestead Act units : ACRES
6
Smack follower : DAB
7
Kind of race : DRAG
8
French magazine : ELLE
9
Birthplace of Artemis and Apollo : DELOS
10
Climax : APOGEE
11
Merchandising ploys : TIEINSALES
12
Sicilian resort : ENNA
13
Mullins of comics : MOON
18
Issue : EMIT
22
N.B.A. stats : REBS
24
Baffin, e.g. : ISLAND
26
Indian weights : TOLAS
27
"I stand ___": Pasternak : ALONE
28
Variety of peach : CLINGSTONE
30
Curtail, in a way : ELIDE
31
Part of T.L.C. : LOVING
33
Convex molding : OVOLO
34
Wyoming range : TETON
36
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
37
Asian festival : TET
41
Sped : STREAKED
43
Alliance of a sort : BLOC
46
Set straight : ALINED
48
Oeillade : OGLE
50
Nubs : GISTS
52
James ___ Garfield : ABRAM
53
Anagram for 60 Across : OPEN
54
Pater, in Paris : PERE
55
Marine header : AQUA
56
Invalid : NULL
58
Kind of jerk : KNEE
59
___ weed (Western plant) : EOLA
62
Ibsen mother : ASE
63
Odin's belligerent son : TYR

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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