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Audrey Koch
Audrey Koch

New York Times, Tuesday, May 26, 1981

50-Down : Membrane of a bird's beak

Author:
Audrey Koch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Audrey Koch has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
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O
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S
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C
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L
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A
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T
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R
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M
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A
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A
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A
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R
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S
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T
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C
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P
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P
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H
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U
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B
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C
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A
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C
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T
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S
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M
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P
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A
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C
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C
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C
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A
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B
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C
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O
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I
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D
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S
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N
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W
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,522
Across
1
Type of pear : BOSC
5
At another time : LATER
10
Arabian ruler : EMIR
14
Figure in a title search : AREA
15
Divert : AMUSE
16
Magic writing : RUNE
17
"Go away, grimalkin!" : SCAT
18
Arabs' folding materials : TENTS
19
Italian wine city : ASTI
20
Crusaders' foes : SARACENS
22
Part of a car's engine : PISTON
24
Bard : POET
25
Busy place : HIVE
26
Reddish brown : AUBURN
29
Waterfall : CATARACT
33
Stone pillar : STELE
34
Steve or Woody : ALLEN
35
Disfigure : MAR
36
Liquid measure : PINT
37
Mine entrances : ADITS
38
"Aria da ___," Millay book : CAPO
39
Refrigerant : ICE
40
Dutch cheeses : EDAMS
41
Site of the Mosque of Akbar : CAIRO
42
Subterranean cemetery : CATACOMB
44
Herb felines like : CATNIP
45
Does wrong : ERRS
46
Kittens, e.g. : PETS
47
Beat in a foot race : OUTRUN
50
Plot : CONSPIRE
54
Site of the Pearl Mosque : AGRA
55
That is, to Tacitus : IDEST
57
Kin of smashes : ADES
58
Use a letter opener : SLIT
59
Natives of Bergen : NORSE
60
"They ___ thataway!" : WENT
61
Kind : TYPE
62
Actress Garson : GREER
63
Cloy : SATE
Down
1
Deep in tone : BASS
2
Member of the dolphin family : ORCA
3
Scorch : SEAR
4
Ancient missile-launcher : CATAPULT
5
Triangular sail : LATEEN
6
Catkin : AMENT
7
Large casks : TUNS
8
Time in N. Eng. : EST
9
Delays : RESPITES
10
Blackboard cleaner : ERASER
11
Obligation : MUST
12
Division word : INTO
13
Curb : REIN
21
Leftover in Eden : CORE
23
___ the Terrible : IVAN
25
Stops : HALTS
26
Meat jelly : ASPIC
27
City on the Barge Canal : UTICA
28
Stephen Vincent ___ : BENET
29
Ascend : CLIMB
30
With might : AMAIN
31
"Isle of ___," 1934 song : CAPRI
32
Scout group : TROOP
34
___ apple : ADAMS
37
Trimming : ADORNING
38
Tools : CATSPAWS
40
Having the color of unbleached silk : ECRU
41
Members of a clowder : CATS
43
Charge with gas : AERATE
44
Middle : CENTER
46
Sheriff's band : POSSE
47
Hops kiln : OAST
48
Repulsive : UGLY
49
Journey : TRIP
50
Membrane of a bird's beak : CERE
51
Germ for an invention : IDEA
52
Lessee's outgo : RENT
53
Noble Italian family : ESTE
56
Beetle : DOR

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

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