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Kathryn Righter
New York Times, Thursday, April 28, 1988
20-Down : Certain beans
Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 55, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 O | 3 A | 4 L | 5 R | 6 O | 7 B | 8 S | 9 A | 10 T | 11 E |
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12 L | U | R | E | 13 D | 14 O | B | I | 15 F | A | N | O | N |
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16 A | G | R | E | E | 17 M | A | R | 18 A | U | D | E | R | S |
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19 S | H | A | R | P | 20 S | A | N | D | F | L | A | T | S | |
21 S | T | Y | 22 E | O | N | 23 O | C | T | ||||||
24 A | N | Y | 25 S | 26 O | U | R | 27 F | 28 R | 29 A |
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30 L | 31 O | R | D | S | 32 A | N | D | L | A | 33 D | I | E | S |
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34 M | I | N | I | 35 L | E | I | 36 A | R | M | S |
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37 N | E | E | D | 38 L | 39 E | S | A | N | 40 D | 41 P | I | N | S | |
42 O | S | S | 43 A | M | O | K | 44 E | L | S | |||||
45 A | B | E | 46 S | M | A | 47 C | 48 U | 49 E |
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50 H | 51 E | N | A | N | 52 D | 53 C | H | I | C | 54 K | E | N | S |
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55 S | E | C | O | N | D | A | R | Y | 56 E | O | S | I | N |
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57 P | R | O | D | S | 58 D | E | E | 59 S | L | A | T | E |
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60 A | O | N | E | 61 O | E | R | 62 A | R | E | S |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,051
Across
1
Object : GOAL
5
Hijack : ROB
8
Glut : SATE
12
Enticed : LURED
14
Kimono sash : OBI
15
Papal vestment : FANON
16
Concur : AGREE
17
Pirates : MARAUDERS
19
Symbols in music : SHARPSANDFLATS
21
Piggery : STY
22
Very long time : EON
23
Calendar abbr. : OCT
24
This, that or the other : ANY
25
Acid : SOUR
27
Monk's title : FRA
30
Cuckoopint : LORDSANDLADIES
34
Kind of skirt : MINI
35
Garland : LEI
36
Weapons : ARMS
37
Items kept on a cushion : NEEDLESANDPINS
42
C.I.A predecessor : OSS
43
Violently frenzied : AMOK
44
Loop loopers : ELS
45
Presidential nickname : ABE
46
Burns's word for tiny : SMA
47
Hint : CUE
50
Houseleek or ground ivy : HENANDCHICKENS
55
Minor in importance : SECONDARY
56
Rosy red dye : EOSIN
57
Urges : PRODS
58
River in Scotland : DEE
59
Roofing material : SLATE
60
High grade : AONE
61
Above, in poesy : OER
62
God of war : ARES
Down
1
Tumbler : GLASS
2
Should, with "to" : OUGHT
3
Deck out : ARRAY
4
Villain's look : LEER
5
Kind of numeral : ROMAN
6
Port on the Firth of Lorne : OBAN
7
Celtic star : BIRD
8
Former V.I.P. of Egypt : SADAT
9
French writer Claude ___ : ANET
10
Rocky peaks : TORS
11
Tintinnabular trio : ENS
13
Rely : DEPEND
15
Points on which levers turn : FULCRA
18
In a state of entanglement : AFOUL
20
Certain beans : SOYS
24
Dry : ARID
25
Kind of preview : SNEAK
26
Norse god : ODIN
27
Alpine snowfield : FIRN
28
Units of radiation : REMS
29
Onager : ASS
30
Falsehoods : LIES
31
Wallet fillers : ONES
32
And : ALSO
33
Platform : DAIS
34
JKL followers : MNO
38
Namesakes of Rebekah's brother: Gen. 24:29 : LABANS
39
Edit; correct : EMEND
40
Half: Prefix : DEMI
41
Locales; sites : PLACES
45
Positive electrode : ANODE
46
More timid : SHYER
47
Actor Romero : CESAR
48
Join : UNITE
49
Anglo-Saxon serfs : ESNES
50
Leander's beloved : HERO
51
Business-school subj. : ECON
52
Wall decoration : DADO
53
Hudson Bay Indian : CREE
54
Nut used in flavoring : KOLA
55
Vichy, e.g. : SPA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.