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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Thursday, May 22, 1986

30-Down : "Thaïs," e.g.

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,344
Across
1
Pack down lightly : TAMP
5
Deep-blue pigment : SMALT
10
Portend : BODE
14
Kirghiz range : ALAI
15
Kind of bear : POLAR
16
Having no feet : APOD
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"Archers of St. George" artist : HALS
18
Cowboy's rope : RIATA
19
Weight allowance : TARE
20
Barley beard : ARISTA
22
Orientalist from Lowell : WHISTLER
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Alder tree : ARN
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Robt. ___ : ELEE
26
"Holy Night" painter : CORREGIO
31
Seton or Truex : ERNEST
35
Watchful : ALERT
36
Gaffs : SPARS
38
Through: Prefix : PER
39
Spanish Surrealist : MIRO
40
In ___ (tousled) : AMESS
41
"Ecce Homo" painter : RENI
42
Topsy's playmate : EVA
43
Brain passages : ITERS
44
Canadian fliers : GEESE
45
Extent : LENGTH
47
Breakdowns : ANALYSES
49
Kan. city : IOLA
51
Prohibition : BAN
52
"Supper at Emmaus" artist : VERONESE
56
Mr. Handsome : ADONIS
60
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
61
London newspaper : TIMES
63
"Recessional" word : LEST
64
Skirt feature : SLIT
65
Old games official : EDILE
66
"Persistence of Memory" painter : DALI
67
End: Comb. form : TELO
68
Betrays : SELLS
69
Excel : STAR
Down
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Finch's look-alike : TAHA
2
Axillary : ALAR
3
Senegal neighbor : MALI
4
"Vues de Paris" painter : PISSARRO
5
Leaped : SPRANG
6
Me, in Metz : MOI
7
" ... by ___ divine": Shelley : ALAW
8
Shaping machine : LATHE
9
Campground sights : TRAILERS
10
Overfeed : BATTEN
11
October stone : OPAL
12
Illustrator of "Paradise Lost" : DORE
13
Fulda feeder : EDER
21
Relative of 19 Across : TRET
23
Homilies: Abbr. : SERS
26
Dromedary : CAMEL
27
___ drab : OLIVE
28
Played a tape again : RERAN
29
"Woe ___!" : ISME
30
"Thaïs," e.g. : OPERA
32
Blades : EPEES
33
Common ___ : SENSE
34
Essays : TRIES
37
Part of N.A.M. : ASSN
40
Arena figures : ATHLETES
41
Royal Academy's first president : REYNOLDS
43
Take ___ the lam : ITON
44
___ rags : GLAD
46
Florentine master of frescoes : GIOTTO
48
Demeans : ABASES
50
Stage ploy : ASIDE
52
Huge : VAST
53
She: Fr. : ELLE
54
Muddy : ROIL
55
Jannings or Skoda : EMIL
57
Undiluted : NEAT
58
___ de León, Spain : ISLA
59
Excite : STIR
62
Building afterthought : ELL

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

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