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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Tuesday, August 18, 1981

9-Down : Parasite

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, 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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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,606
Across
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Laundry : WASH
5
Kind of circus : FLEA
9
Grand or little ___ : SLAM
13
Recorded proceedings : ACTA
14
Signified : MEANT
15
Marco ___ : POLO
16
Precariously : FROMHANDTOMOUTH
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Kind of dance or party : TEA
20
View from Bogotá : ANDES
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S. California city : INDIO
22
Pump or gillie : SHOE
23
Part of U.K. : ENG
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Skipper's command : ALLHANDSONDECK
31
Two-legged wolf's look : LEER
32
Rolling; undulate : WAVY
33
Word before hooray : HIP
35
Rivaling: Prefix : ANTI
36
White with age : HOARY
38
Provide a feast for : DINE
39
Before VWX : STU
40
Hindu woman's garment : SARI
41
Kelp : ALGA
42
Generosity : OPENHANDEDNESS
47
Chaney or Nol : LON
48
Concept : IDEA
49
Cavalier poet Thomas ___ : CAREW
52
Siouan of Oklahoma : OSAGE
54
By way of : VIA
57
Clumsy person's problem : HEAVYHANDEDNESS
60
Composer of "Rule, Britannia" : ARNE
61
Mount : STEED
62
Landed : ALIT
63
White-flecked horse : ROAN
64
Book by Oates : THEM
65
Ferber or Best : EDNA
Down
1
Transport buoyantly : WAFT
2
43,560 square feet : ACRE
3
Ancient Greek portico : STOA
4
Noah's second son : HAM
5
Parried, with "off" : FENDED
6
Carry into a carrier : LADE
7
Tolkien creatures : ENTS
8
From ___ Z : ATO
9
Parasite : SPONGE
10
Clamorous : LOUD
11
High: Comb. form : ALTI
12
Hawaiian honey eater : MOHO
14
Massenet opera : MANON
17
Guffaw : HAHA
18
Mork's friend on TV : MINDY
22
Title of respect in India : SHRI
23
Jealousy's next of kin : ENVY
24
Exclamation of concern : ALAS
25
Slowly, to Serkin : LENTO
26
Slackening; abatement : LETUP
27
Belle's boy : SWAIN
28
Row : OAR
29
Neighbor of Peru : CHILE
30
Kansas City's N.B.A. team : KINGS
34
Items in some patches : PEAS
36
Author of "Look Who's Talking!" : HAHN
37
"Are you a man ___ mouse?" : ORA
38
Actor Andrews : DANA
40
Pure; spotless : SNOWY
43
The Cosmos, e.g. : ELEVEN
44
Crown : DIADEM
45
Bordered : EDGED
46
Exploit : DEED
49
Trout type : CHAR
50
Prefix with space : AERO
51
Indian prince : RANA
52
Formal affirmation : OATH
53
Large knife of yore : SNEE
54
Grassland of South Africa : VELD
55
" ... pudding ___ the eating" : ISIN
56
Fox terrier of films from 1934 to 1947 : ASTA
58
Conferee at Potsdam in '45 : HST
59
Tartan wearer's turndown : NAE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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