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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Monday, July 1, 1985

25-Down : Reason

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,019
Across
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Home plate, for one : BASE
5
Bound collection of maps : ATLAS
10
"Sultanate" of Babe Ruth : SWAT
14
Pteroid : ALAR
15
Offenbach's "___ Parisienne" : GAITE
16
Roof border : EAVE
17
Anaheim Stadium player : CALIFORNIAANGEL
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D.D.E. predecessor : HST
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Cars : AUTOS
22
Portion : PIECE
23
Pier : ANTA
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Theater sign : SRO
25
Riverfront Stadium team : CINCINNATIREDS
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Sweets : CANDY
33
Epochal : ERAL
34
___ volente : DEO
35
Dance in Hilo : HULA
36
Gangling : GAWKY
38
He took a ribbing : ADAM
39
"The Heart ___ Lonely Hunter" : ISA
40
"___ Timberlane" : CASS
41
Reckon : OPINE
42
Bronx team : NEWYORKYANKEES
46
Hop-___-thumb : OMY
47
Cape ___, N.C. : FEAR
48
Contend verbally : ARGUE
51
Mexican vine : JALAP
53
Future fish : ROE
56
Kingdome Stadium team : SEATTLEMARINERS
59
Hebrew letter : TETH
60
Dwarf : GNOME
61
Med. course : ANAT
62
Music to a matador's ears : OLES
63
Soothed : EASED
64
Type of tie : BOLO
Down
1
Johann Sebastian ___ : BACH
2
Wellaway! : ALAS
3
Arms-talk acronym : SALT
4
Silkworm : ERI
5
Tropical rodent : AGOUTI
6
Kilt : TARTAN
7
Typesetting mach. : LINO
8
Monkshood : ATIS
9
Red or Coral : SEA
10
Elder : SENIOR
11
Conduct, as war : WAGE
12
With, to René : AVEC
13
Distant: Comb. form : TELE
18
Caprice : FANCY
19
___ Fools' Day : APRIL
23
A lick ___ promise : ANDA
24
Remain : STAY
25
Reason : CAUSE
26
Relative by marriage : INLAW
27
Filled with information : NEWSY
28
Neighbor of Okla. : ARK
29
Cantor or Fisher : EDDIE
30
College officials : DEANS
31
Indefinite amount : SOME
32
Yak : CHIN
36
Senator Hart : GARY
37
Inquire : ASK
38
Unoriginal person : APER
40
Halley's or Encke's ___ : COMET
41
Congolese mammal : OKAPI
43
Lads : YOUTHS
44
Blazing : AFLAME
45
Approached : NEARED
48
Concerning : ASTO
49
Stagger : REEL
50
Box-office figure : GATE
51
Site of a Napoleonic victory: 1806 : JENA
52
Andy's partner : AMOS
53
A gambling center : RENO
54
Opposite of written : ORAL
55
"___ Perpetua," Idaho motto : ESTO
57
Size abbr. : LGE
58
Arrest : NAB

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

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