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Barbara Lunder Gillis
Barbara Lunder Gillis

New York Times, Tuesday, May 11, 1982

9-Down : Crushes ore into fine particles

Author:
Barbara Lunder Gillis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Barbara Lunder Gillis has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,872
Across
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Pundit : SWAMI
6
Actress Peggy : CASS
10
Stratagem : PLOY
14
Suffered : AILED
15
Spoken : ORAL
16
Country on the Mekong : LAOS
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Contort : GNARL
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African republic : MALI
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Cutting tool : ADZE
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Offers a tip that's no pip : GIVESABUMSTEER
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Retreat : DEN
24
Parrots : KEAS
25
Monster lizard : GILA
29
Savor : RELISH
31
Egyptian cobra : ASP
34
Sale words : ASIS
35
Gelid : ICY
36
Home north of Nome : IGLOO
38
These buck for bucks : MECHANICALBULLS
42
Archangel : URIEL
43
Greek letter : ETA
44
Gad : ROVE
45
Asian holiday : TET
46
Creeks : INLETS
49
Shoshones : UTES
50
Busy as ___ : ABEE
51
Mountain in Kyushu : ASO
53
Voight role : MIDNIGHTCOWBOY
60
Eager : AGOG
61
Oriental nurse : AMAH
62
Wanderer : NOMAD
64
Turfs : SODS
65
Vetch : TARE
66
Adversary : ENEMY
67
Hurry, in a way : TROT
68
A son of Seth : ENOS
69
Close : DENSE
Down
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Slump : SAG
2
Faction : WING
3
Kirgiz mountain range : ALAI
4
TV host Griffin : MERV
5
Loafed : IDLED
6
Nimble Nadia : COMANECI
7
Bedouin : ARAB
8
Slender hunting dog : SALUKI
9
Crushes ore into fine particles : SLIMES
10
Maps : PLATS
11
Dip : LADE
12
Seep : OOZE
13
North Sea feeder : YSER
21
Small finch : SERIN
22
Indian title : SAHIB
25
Range : GAMUT
26
French Alps area : ISERE
27
Lawful : LICIT
28
Arthur of court fame : ASHE
30
Nice school : LYCEE
31
Consign : ALLOT
32
Finish a puzzle : SOLVE
33
Emulates Cheryl Tiegs : POSES
37
Hindu teacher : GURU
39
Excuse : ALIBI
40
Diplomats : ATTACHES
41
Rodeo item : LASSO
47
Deny : NEGATE
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Governor of N.Y.: 1932-42 : LEHMAN
50
Dread : ANGST
52
Admitted : OWNED
53
Junk part : MAST
54
Borodin's "Prince ___" : IGOR
55
"Wonderland" character : DODO
56
Tropical rootstock : TARO
57
Ossicle : BONE
58
Augury : OMEN
59
Sweet potatoes : YAMS
63
Color : DYE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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.

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