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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Tuesday, May 8, 1984

66-Down : C.I.A. forerunner

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,600
Across
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One of 24 : HOUR
5
Assists a felon : ABETS
10
Gush : POUR
14
Odd, in Edinburgh : ORRA
15
"Vive ___!" : LEROI
16
Texan's narrow pass : ABRA
17
Enlarging device : MAGNIFYINGGLASS
20
Choose : ELECT
21
Paris's river : SEINE
22
Snooze : NAP
23
Cloche or toque : HAT
25
Zola novel : NANA
27
Mirrors : LOOKINGGLASSES
34
Franklin or Turpin : BEN
35
Big dam in Germany : EDER
36
Climbing plant : LIANA
37
Knievel : EVEL
39
"Deirdre" playwright : YEATS
42
Grad : ALUM
43
Government monopoly : REGIE
45
Levin and Eaker : IRAS
47
Trevi number : TRE
48
T. Williams play, with "The" : GLASSMENAGERIE
52
Tiny particle : ATOM
53
Epoch : ERA
54
Away : OFF
57
French secular clergymen : ABBES
60
Shadow : UMBRA
64
Doris Day film, with "The" : GLASSBOTTOMBOAT
67
Harangue : RANT
68
Ferber and Best : EDNAS
69
Body of knowledge : LORE
70
Partner of bacon : EGGS
71
Pairs : DYADS
72
___ out (supplements) : EKES
Down
1
Kind of plate : HOME
2
Spoken : ORAL
3
Exhort : URGE
4
Estancia : RANCHO
5
Landon : ALF
6
Former rulers of Tunisia : BEYS
7
Buffalo's county : ERIE
8
Artist's activity : TONING
9
Distinctive : SIGNAL
10
Buddy : PAL
11
Scottish resort : OBAN
12
___ Major : URSA
13
File : RASP
18
"___ This Woman," Tracy film : ITAKE
19
Of hereditary factors : GENAL
24
Neat : TIDY
26
Largest of seven : ASIA
27
Flat : LEVEL
28
Second largest lake in Europe : ONEGA
29
Born : NEE
30
" ... amber waves of ___" : GRAIN
31
Intl. conference: 1968-72 : SALTI
32
Accustom : ENURE
33
Identical : SAME
34
Coast Guard target : BERG
38
Actress Eilbacher : LISA
40
___-la-la : TRA
41
Wise one : SAGE
44
These, in Taxco : ESTAS
46
Antitoxin : SERUM
49
Crowded about : MOBBED
50
Organize : EMBODY
51
Rove : RAMBLE
54
Monster : OGRE
55
Ensign : FLAG
56
Fearsome tooth : FANG
58
Lab burner : ETNA
59
African village : STAD
61
Schedule : BOOK
62
Scarce : RARE
63
Sweetsop : ATES
65
Kin of aves. : STS
66
C.I.A. forerunner : OSS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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