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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Tuesday, May 24, 1983

9-Down : Rainwater tank

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, 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. 12,250
Across
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Tapering tuck : DART
5
Device for Walton : REEL
9
Quahog : CLAM
13
Arden and Merriam : EVES
14
Columnist Bombeck : ERMA
15
Relative of Doric : IONIC
17
Balderdash : POPPYCOCK
19
Simon's "California ___" : SUITE
20
Word with skin or cloth : OIL
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Compiègne's river : OISE
22
Rural crossings : STILES
23
Casting prelim : TRYOUT
25
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
27
Geometric concern : AREA
29
Forester's Hornblower : HORATIO
33
G. K. Chesterton character : FATHERBROWN
37
Strange : ODD
38
Maui bash : LUAU
39
Anagram for yea : AYE
40
Ceramic piece : TILE
41
"___ the ramparts ... " : OER
42
Large rosary bead : PATERNOSTER
46
Take for granted : PRESUME
48
One of a Hindu trinity : SIVA
49
They turn litmus red : ACIDS
51
Dormancy : TORPOR
55
Cite as an example : ADDUCE
58
Sandburg or Sagan : CARL
60
Dockworker's org. : ILA
61
Hapu member : MAORI
62
Descriptive of Arp's art : DADAISTIC
64
Madison Ave. writers : ADMEN
65
Part of Q.E.F. : ERAT
66
Wander : ROVE
67
Arias : SOLI
68
Resort town in Conn. : LYME
69
Lollapalooza : ONER
Down
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Station : DEPOT
2
To have, in Le Havre : AVOIR
3
Echo : REPLY
4
Recipe abbr. : TSP
5
Beginning elocutionist : RECITER
6
Piccadilly Circus statue : EROS
7
Hal March was one : EMCEE
8
"Mighty ___ a Rose" : LAK
9
Rainwater tank : CISTERN
10
An Alcott : LOUISA
11
Indigo : ANIL
12
Whit : MITE
16
These: Fr. : CES
18
"___ a Sweetheart," 1937 song : YOURE
22
Pack : STOW
24
Pearl Harbor site : OAHU
26
Farriers, often : SHOERS
28
Nullified, in law : ABATED
30
Put ___ (hard pressed) : TOIT
31
Laze : IDLE
32
Baltic feeder : ODER
33
Turkey on Broadway : FLOP
34
Mischa of movies : AUER
35
Scale allowance : TARE
36
Pumpernickel : RYE
40
Winter Palace resident : TSAR
42
"Manon Lescaut" composer : PUCCINI
43
Girlfriend, in Grenoble : AMIE
44
Chilean export : NITRATE
45
Rounded moldings : OVOLI
47
Food fish : SAUREL
50
Frightening : SCARY
52
One of Hillary's needs : PITON
53
Part of O.D. : OLIVE
54
Foyt or Unser : RACER
55
Spock's org. : AMA
56
Theme of this puzzle : DADS
57
Major follower : DOMO
59
Start of a breed in Eden : ADAM
62
___ Mar, Calif. city : DEL
63
Sign angels enjoy : SRO

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

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