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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Tuesday, April 27, 1982

23-Down : Certain band instruments

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,858
Across
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Jazz enthusiast : HEPCAT
7
Bundles of hay : BALES
12
Infuriate : ENRAGE
13
Royal family of England : HANOVER
15
Makes reparation : ATONES
16
Etched : ENGRAVED
18
Tease : RIB
19
Approached stealthily : STALKED
21
Australian bird : EMU
22
Plant disease : SCAB
24
Change : ALTER
25
Harvest : CROP
26
Aquarium fish : TETRA
28
Sun. talk : SER
29
Flat dish : PLATE
30
Atomic pile : REACTOR
32
Was unsuccessful : FAILED
33
Well arranged : SHIPSHAPE
35
Elevates : RAISES
38
Shaba, formerly : KATANGA
41
Sea birds : ERNES
42
Favorite : PET
43
Violent disturbance : STORM
45
Cryptogamic plant : MOSS
46
Enriching ground cover : MULCH
48
Hindu garment : SARI
49
Nice friend : AMI
50
Economist who wrote on population trends : MALTHUS
52
God of the underworld : DIS
53
Flavored lozenge : PASTILLE
55
Stimulus or goal : MOTIVE
57
Speech defect : STUTTER
58
Flat : PLANAR
59
Golf great : SNEAD
60
One at a time : SINGLY
Down
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U.S. editor-publisher : HEARST
2
Siren : ENTICER
3
Kind of court : PROBATE
4
Container : CAN
5
Bronze and Iron : AGES
6
Seed's protection : TESTA
7
Cod fisherman : BANKER
8
Ire : ANGER
9
Title of nobility : LORD
10
Actress Le Gallienne : EVA
11
Indefinite number : SEVERAL
13
Confused : HELTERSKELTER
14
Distant : REMOTE
17
Deceived : DUPED
20
U.S. columnist : ALSOP
23
Certain band instruments : BRASSES
25
Customers of a sort : CLIENTS
27
Persistent pains : ACHES
29
Actress from Greece : PAPAS
31
Poetic contraction : TIS
32
Suet or lard : FAT
34
Deck opening : HATCH
35
Alter the cartography : REMAP
36
Scents : AROMAS
37
Demands strongly : INSISTS
39
Demagogue's activity : GOADING
40
Advent : ARRIVAL
42
Tugged : PULLED
44
Company lover : MISERY
46
Island of some knights : MALTA
47
Mounds : HUMPS
50
Very small sum : MITE
51
Arias for tenors : SOLI
54
Large cask : TUN
56
Shade of brown : TAN

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

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