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Charles E. Gersch
Charles E. Gersch

New York Times, Thursday, June 19, 1986

2-Down : ___ Ridge, famed race horse

Author:
Charles E. Gersch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Charles E. Gersch has 31 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,372
Across
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Nobody's favorite child : BRAT
5
"Blame It ___," 1984 film : ONRIO
10
"___ a man ... " : IMET
14
Part of U.S.S.R. : LITH
15
"___ pins ... " : NEEDLESAND
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A.P.O., e.g. : OVERSEASADDRESS
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Hiawatha's craft : CANOE
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Tacitus's thing : RES
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Oft-required enc. : SASE
22
Carpus : WRIST
24
Fifth word of an anthem : SEE
25
She played Mary Hartman : LASSER
28
Kept score : TALLIED
32
W.W. II agency : OPA
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Airport absentee : NOSHOW
36
Obi attachment : INRO
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Part of the N.Y.C. economy : GARMENTINDUSTRY
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Wagnerian role : ERDA
41
Really goes for, so to speak : EATSUP
42
Unc., e.g. : REL
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A popular way to cook : STIRFRY
45
Walked proudly : STRODE
47
Clothing sizes for Mr. Big? : XLS
48
Copycat's phrase : METOO
50
Sutherland offering : ARIA
52
Air, in compounds : AER
53
Montcalm's foe at Quebec: 1759 : WOLFE
57
Type of litigation : CLASSACTIONSUIT
60
TV sitcom: 1985 : OFFTHERACK
61
Bakery purchase : TART
62
Dracula companions, sometimes : BATS
63
Soft drinks or S.S. payments : COLAS
64
Site of Darius I's winter palace : SUSA
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Political group : BLOC
2
___ Ridge, famed race horse : RIVA
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Solar disk : ATEN
4
Partakes in the javelin event : THROWS
5
Only's companion : ONE
6
Approaches : NEARS
7
Bowling-alley button : RESET
8
Slayer of Castor : IDAS
9
Like a geezer : OLD
10
About four million people : ISRAELIS
11
West and Clark : MAES
12
Part of Mass.'s motto : ENSE
13
A.F.C. six-pointers : TDS
16
Mistake made in Mich. : EDSEL
18
Calm : SERENE
23
Laundry workers : IRONERS
24
Floor covering, in old saloons : SAWDUST
25
Theater sections : LOGES
26
Notwithstanding : APART
27
Corsi neighbor : SARDI
28
"Sixteen ___," Ernie Ford hit : TONS
29
Musical passage, for short : INTRO
30
Bobbled the ball : ERRED
31
"The White Company" author : DOYLE
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"Don't go!" : STAY
35
Batter's goal : HIT
38
Karl's followers : MARXISTS
39
Central Park, vis-à-vis Wall Street : UPTOWN
44
Gordon of comics : FLASH
46
Perches : ROOSTS
48
Bismuth, e.g. : METAL
49
Brier : ERICA
50
Esparto grass : ALFA
51
Finn's vessel : RAFT
52
Kind of phobia : ACRO
54
Maui bash : LUAU
55
Sapins : FIRS
56
Henri follower : ETTA
57
Pen's mate : COB
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N.R.C. predecessor : AEC
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Approvals : OKS

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

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